linux-kernel - sd-async-shutdown.patch [was: 2.6.30 -mm merge plans]

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Message-ID:  <49C9885F.2090604@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:26:55 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shaohua.li@...el.com,
	arjan@...radead.org, James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com
Subject:  sd-async-shutdown.patch [was: 2.6.30 -mm merge plans]

Andrew Morton wrote:
>     sd-async-shutdown.patch
> 
>  Merge

This one seems questionable to me. Is this going to allow the machine to 
power off before the disk shutdown is complete? That's definitely 
something we don't want (for cache flushing and head unload reasons).

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