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From: Andi Kleen <ak@colin2.muc.de>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ide barrier support, #2
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> See the patch, WRITESYNC is used solely internally in raid1.
> WRITEBARRIER is a bitmask of BIO_RW and BIO_RW_BARRIER and that is what
> you want. I'll make that more clear. Writes will not be reordered around
> the barrier either, btw.

It would be still misnamed. I want a flush and not a barrier.

Anyways, when you apply the patch just change the cmd that what
you think is right.

-Andi