linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET block#for-2.6.36-post] block: replace barrier with sequenced flush

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Message-ID: <4C6EA729.7030308@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:02:49 -0400
From:	Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com>
To:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	jaxboe@...ionio.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	James.Bottomley@...e.de, tytso@....edu, swhiteho@...hat.com,
	konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp, dm-devel@...hat.com, vst@...b.net,
	jack@...e.cz, hare@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET block#for-2.6.36-post] block: replace barrier with
 sequenced flush

On 08/20/2010 12:00 PM, Chris Mason wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:18:07AM -0400, Ric Wheeler wrote:
>> On 08/20/2010 09:22 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>> FYI: here's a little writeup to document the new cache flushing scheme,
>>> intended to replace Documentation/block/barriers.txt.  Any good
>>> suggestion for a filename in the kernel tree?
>>>
>>> ---
>>
>> I was thinking that we might be better off using the "durable
>> writes" term more since it is well documented (at least in the
>> database world, where it is the "D" in ACID properties).  Maybe
>> "durable_writes_support.txt" ?
>
> sata_lies.txt?
>
> Ok, maybe writeback_cache.txt?
>
> -chris

writeback_cache.txt is certainly the least confusing :)

ric

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