Re: write back cache and barriers

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>]

Martin Steigerwald wrote:

> Hello Eric,
> 
> for my article I looked at the source code of those. It seems that journal 
> block device tests wether barriers work
> 
> commit.c:       if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP && barrier_done) {
> commit.c:                       "JBD: barrier-based sync failed on %s - "
> commit.c:                       "disabling barriers\n",
> 
> Also reiserfs 3 seems to deactivate barriers if not avaible (journal.c)
> 
>                 if (reiserfs_barrier_flush(p_s_sb)) {
>                         int ret;
>                         lock_buffer(journal->j_header_bh);
>                         ret = submit_barrier_buffer(journal->j_header_bh);
>                         if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
>                                 set_buffer_uptodate(journal->j_header_bh);
>                                 disable_barrier(p_s_sb);
>                                 goto sync;
>                         }
>                         wait_on_buffer(journal->j_header_bh);
>                         check_barrier_completion(p_s_sb, 
> journal->j_header_bh);
>                 } else {
> 
> (both sources from kernel 2.6.17.7)

Yep, you're right, not quite sure how I missed that...

Thanks,

-Eric