From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@eu.citrix.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Flush pending AIO on reboot and shutdown.
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:46:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080813134608.GN6165@implementation.uk.xensource.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080813132358.17672.68212.stgit@gleb-debian.qumranet.com.qumranet.com>
Gleb Natapov, le Wed 13 Aug 2008 16:23:58 +0300, a écrit :
> If there is outstanding IDE IO when BIOS starts execution then IDE
> commands sent by BIOS will interfere with it and will leave IDE
> subsystem in unpredictable state. This can happen when system reboots
> unexpectedly without waiting for IO completion. Flushing IO before exit
> prevents data lose.
I'm wondering: isn't that what happens with real machines?
Samuel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-13 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-13 13:23 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Flush pending AIO on reboot and shutdown Gleb Natapov
2008-08-13 13:46 ` Samuel Thibault [this message]
2008-08-13 13:59 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-13 14:06 ` Samuel Thibault
2008-08-13 14:25 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-13 14:29 ` Samuel Thibault
2008-08-13 14:40 ` Avi Kivity
2008-08-13 14:41 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-13 16:14 ` Samuel Thibault
2008-08-13 13:52 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-13 14:13 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-13 15:07 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-13 15:18 ` Avi Kivity
2008-08-13 15:47 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-13 16:36 ` Avi Kivity
2008-08-13 15:23 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-13 15:53 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-13 18:35 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-13 18:40 ` Avi Kivity
2008-08-13 18:53 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-13 19:04 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-14 10:26 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-13 19:03 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-13 22:32 ` Samuel Thibault
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