linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC] ext4: Don't send extra barrier during fsync if there are no dirty pages.

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Date:	Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:44:53 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com>,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>, djwong@...ibm.com,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Keith Mannthey <kmannth@...ibm.com>,
	Mingming Cao <mcao@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] ext4: Don't send extra barrier during fsync if there are no dirty pages.

"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 03:13:44PM -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote:
>> > IO_CMD_FSYNC doesn't exist right now, but sure, it means we don't have
>> 
>> Well, there's IOCB_CMD_FSYNC.  But still, this isn't the same thing as
>> what's requested.  If I understand correctly, what is requested is a
>> mechanism to flush out all data for multiple file descriptors and follow
>> that with a single barrier/flush (and yes, Ted did give a summary of the
>> commands that would be required to accomplish that).
>> 
>> There still remains the question of why this should be tied to the AIO
>> submission interface.
>
> I don't think it should, personally.  The only excuse might be if
> someone wanted to do an asynchronous fsync(), but I don't think that
> makes sense in most cases.

In case it wasn't clear, we are in agreement on this.

Cheers,
Jeff
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