linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] bdi: Create a flag to indicate that a backing device needs stable page writes

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Message-ID: <yq1ehkg8us1.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net>
Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:10:22 -0400
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] bdi: Create a flag to indicate that a backing device needs stable page writes

>>>>> "Darrick" == Darrick J Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com> writes:

Darrick> This creates BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES, which indicates that a
Darrick> device requires stable page writes.  It also plumbs in a sysfs
Darrick> attribute so that admins can check the device status.

Might be nice to make the sysfs knob tweakable. Also, don't forget to
add a suitable blurb to Documentation/ABI/.

Feel free to add my Acked-by:

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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