linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] extend e2fsprogs functionality to add EXT2_FLAG

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Message-ID: <4B4CA6A9.3030401@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:43:21 +0100
From:	Michal Novotny <minovotn@...hat.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
CC:	Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] extend e2fsprogs functionality to add EXT2_FLAG_DIRECT
 option

On 01/12/2010 05:38 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Ok, I looked at the issue.  The problem is that the Xen backend drivers
> are (as expected) utterly braindead and submit bios directly from the
> virtualization backed without using proper abstractions and thus
> bypassing all the cache coherency features in the fileystems (the block
> device nodes are just another mini-filesystem in that respect).  So
> when you first have buffered access in the host pages may stay in cache
> and get overwritten directly on disk by a Xen guest, and once the guest
> is down the host may still use the now stale cached data.
>
> I would recommend to migrate your cutomers to KVM which uses the proper
> abtractions and thus doesn't have this problem.  There's a reason after
> all why all the Xen dom0 mess never got merged to mainline.
>    
So, do you think the problem is in the Xen backend drivers and to make 
it working right in Xen the driver fix is needed?
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