linux-kernel - [PATCH 38/41] swap: do not send discards as barriers

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <1283509796-1510-39-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org>
Date:	Fri,  3 Sep 2010 12:29:53 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	jaxboe@...ionio.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@...hat.com, hch@....de, konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp,
	James.Bottomley@...e.de, tytso@....edu, chris.mason@...cle.com,
	swhiteho@...hat.com, vst@...b.net, jack@...e.cz,
	rwheeler@...hat.com, hare@...e.de, neilb@...e.de,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, mst@...hat.com, snitzer@...hat.com,
	k-ueda@...jp.nec.com, mpatocka@...hat.com
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 38/41] swap: do not send discards as barriers

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>

The swap code already uses synchronous discards, no need to add I/O barriers.

tj: superflous newlines removed.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Tested-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...onice.net>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 mm/swapfile.c |    9 +++------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 1f3f9c5..68cda16 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ static int discard_swap(struct swap_info_struct *si)
 	nr_blocks = ((sector_t)se->nr_pages - 1) << (PAGE_SHIFT - 9);
 	if (nr_blocks) {
 		err = blkdev_issue_discard(si->bdev, start_block,
-				nr_blocks, GFP_KERNEL,
-				BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT | BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER);
+				nr_blocks, GFP_KERNEL, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		cond_resched();
@@ -153,8 +152,7 @@ static int discard_swap(struct swap_info_struct *si)
 		nr_blocks = (sector_t)se->nr_pages << (PAGE_SHIFT - 9);
 
 		err = blkdev_issue_discard(si->bdev, start_block,
-				nr_blocks, GFP_KERNEL,
-				BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT | BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER);
+				nr_blocks, GFP_KERNEL, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
 		if (err)
 			break;
 
@@ -193,8 +191,7 @@ static void discard_swap_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si,
 			start_block <<= PAGE_SHIFT - 9;
 			nr_blocks <<= PAGE_SHIFT - 9;
 			if (blkdev_issue_discard(si->bdev, start_block,
-				    nr_blocks, GFP_NOIO, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT |
-							BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER))
+				    nr_blocks, GFP_NOIO, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT))
 				break;
 		}
 
-- 
1.7.1

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/