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Re: [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen_disk: implement BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_
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Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen_disk: implement BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE, remove BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER |
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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:41:01 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 01:23:35PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 12:21:53PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > That is true, in fact I couldn't figure out what I had to implement just
> > reading the comment. So I went through the blkback code and tried to
> > understand what I had to do, but I got it wrong.
> >
> > Reading the code again it seems to me that BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE
> > is supposed to have the same semantics as REQ_FLUSH, that implies a
> > preflush if nr_segments > 0, not a postflush like I did.
>
> It's worse - blkfront translates both a REQ_FLUSH or a REQ_FUA
> into BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE.
I think that is what remained of the BARRIER request.
>
> REQ_FLUSH either is a pre flush or a pure flush without a data transfer,
> and REQ_FUA is a post flush. So to get the proper semantics you'll have
> to do both, _and_ sequence it so that no operation starts before the
> previous one finished.
If I were to emulate the SCSI SYNC command which one would it be?
I think REQ_FLUSH? In which I would think that the blkfront needs to
get rid of the REQ_FUA part?
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] xen_disk: implement BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE, remove BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER, Stefano Stabellini, 2012/04/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] xen_disk: implement BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE, remove BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, 2012/04/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] xen_disk: implement BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE, remove BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER, Christoph Hellwig, 2012/04/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen_disk: implement BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE, remove BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER, Ian Campbell, 2012/04/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen_disk: implement BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE, remove BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER, Christoph Hellwig, 2012/04/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen_disk: implement BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE, remove BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER, Stefano Stabellini, 2012/04/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen_disk: implement BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE, remove BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER, Ian Campbell, 2012/04/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen_disk: implement BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE, remove BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER, Christoph Hellwig, 2012/04/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen_disk: implement BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE, remove BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER,
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <=