linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] xen/blkfront: cope with backend that fail empty BLKIF_OP_WRITE

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Date:	Tue,  2 Nov 2010 12:20:47 -0400
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Daniel Stodden <daniel.stodden@...rix.com>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] xen/blkfront: cope with backend that fail empty BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER requests

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>

Some(?) Xen block backends fail BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER requests, which
Linux uses as a cache flush operation.  In that case, disable use
of FLUSH.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Cc: Daniel Stodden <daniel.stodden@...rix.com>
---
 drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 76b874a..5e5a622 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -656,6 +656,14 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: write barrier op failed\n",
 				       info->gd->disk_name);
 				error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			}
+			if (unlikely(bret->status == BLKIF_RSP_ERROR &&
+				     info->shadow[id].req.nr_segments == 0)) {
+				printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: empty write barrier op failed\n",
+				       info->gd->disk_name);
+				error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			}
+			if (unlikely(error)) {
 				info->feature_flush = 0;
 				xlvbd_flush(info);
 			}
-- 
1.7.2.3

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