From: Vladislav Bolkhovitin <vst@vlnb.net>
To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, scst-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [PATCH][SCST]: Update of text in SCST README about barriers usage
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:19:18 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <497DFEA6.1080108@vlnb.net> (raw)
This patch updates text in SCST README about barriers usage
Signed-off-by: Vladislav Bolkhovitin <vst@vlnb.net>
README | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Index: scst/README
===================================================================
--- scst/README (revision 641)
+++ scst/README (working copy)
@@ -607,12 +607,11 @@ IMPORTANT: By default for performance re
On Linux initiators for EXT3 and ReiserFS file systems the
barrier protection could be turned on using "barrier=1" and
"barrier=flush" mount options correspondingly. Note, that
- usually it turned off by default and the status of barriers
- usage isn't reported anywhere in the system logs as well as
- there is no way to know it on the mounted file system (at
- least no known one). Windows and, AFAIK, other UNIX'es don't
- need any special explicit options and do necessary barrier
- actions on write-back caching devices by default. Also note
+ usually it's turned off by default (see http://lwn.net/Articles/283161).
+ You can check if it's turn on or off by looking in /proc/mounts.
+ Windows and, AFAIK, other UNIX'es don't need any special
+ explicit options and do necessary barrier actions on
+ write-back caching devices by default. Also note
that on some real-life workloads write through caching might
perform better, than write back one with the barrier
protection turned on.
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