From: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: remove REQ_HARDBARRIER
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:07:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CC3326E.5020009@fusionio.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101023165924.GA1395@lst.de>
On 2010-10-23 18:59, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> REQ_HARDBARRIER is dead now, so remove the leftovers. What's left
> at this point is:
>
> - various checks inside the block layer.
> - sanity checks in bio based drivers.
> - now unused bio_empty_barrier helper.
> - Xen blockfront use of BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER - it's dead for a while,
> but Xen really needs to sort out it's barrier situaton.
> - setting of ordered tags in uas - dead code copied from old scsi
> drivers.
> - scsi different retry for barriers - it's dead and should have been
> removed when flushes were converted to FS requests.
> - blktrace handling of barriers - removed. Someone who knows blktrace
> better should add support for REQ_FLUSH and REQ_FUA, though.
Thanks Christoph, applied for 2.6.37 (but with a few days of brewing).
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-23 19:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-16 16:51 [RFC PATCHSET block#for-2.6.36-post] block: convert to REQ_FLUSH/FUA Tejun Heo
2010-08-16 16:51 ` [PATCH 1/5] block/loop: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support Tejun Heo
2010-08-16 16:52 ` [PATCH 2/5] virtio_blk: " Tejun Heo
2010-08-16 18:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-08-17 8:17 ` Tejun Heo
2010-08-17 13:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-08-17 16:22 ` Tejun Heo
2010-08-18 10:22 ` Rusty Russell
2010-08-17 1:16 ` Rusty Russell
2010-08-17 8:18 ` Tejun Heo
2010-08-19 15:14 ` [PATCH 2/5 UPDATED] virtio_blk: drop REQ_HARDBARRIER support Tejun Heo
2010-08-16 16:52 ` [PATCH 3/5] lguest: replace VIRTIO_F_BARRIER support with VIRTIO_F_FLUSH/FUA support Tejun Heo
2010-08-19 15:15 ` [PATCH 3/5] lguest: replace VIRTIO_F_BARRIER support with VIRTIO_F_FLUSH support Tejun Heo
2010-08-16 16:52 ` [PATCH 4/5] md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support Tejun Heo
2010-08-24 5:41 ` Neil Brown
2010-08-25 11:22 ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 11:42 ` Neil Brown
2010-08-16 16:52 ` [PATCH 5/5] dm: implement " Tejun Heo
2010-08-16 19:02 ` Mike Snitzer
2010-08-17 9:33 ` Tejun Heo
2010-08-17 13:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-08-17 14:07 ` Mike Snitzer
2010-08-17 16:51 ` Tejun Heo
2010-08-17 18:21 ` Mike Snitzer
2010-08-18 6:32 ` Tejun Heo
2010-08-19 10:32 ` Kiyoshi Ueda
2010-08-19 15:45 ` Tejun Heo
2010-08-18 9:53 ` [RFC PATCHSET block#for-2.6.36-post] block: convert to REQ_FLUSH/FUA Christoph Hellwig
2010-08-18 14:26 ` James Bottomley
2010-08-18 14:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-08-19 15:37 ` FUJITA Tomonori
2010-08-19 15:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-08-19 15:56 ` FUJITA Tomonori
[not found] ` <201008241745.35242.philipp.reisner@linbit.com>
[not found] ` <20101022083511.GA7853@lst.de>
[not found] ` <201010231318.33517.philipp.reisner@linbit.com>
[not found] ` <4CC311D5.9040904@fusionio.com>
2010-10-23 16:59 ` [PATCH] block: remove REQ_HARDBARRIER Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-23 17:17 ` Matthew Wilcox
2010-10-23 19:07 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2010-10-24 11:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-11-10 13:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-11-10 13:59 ` Jens Axboe
2010-10-23 19:08 ` Jens Axboe
2010-10-25 8:54 ` Tejun Heo
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