linux-kernel - Re: Question about REQ_FLUSH and bios with data

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Message-ID: <20130809191140.GM9905@beardog.cce.hp.com>
Date:	Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:11:40 -0500
From:	scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, tj@...nel.org, scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com
Subject: Re: Question about REQ_FLUSH and bios with data


On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 02:09:34PM -0500, scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com wrote:
> 
> So, I'm working on a block driver using the make_request_fn
> interface, and have to handle a bio that comes in with
> (bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) set AND data to transfer. 
> 
> According to Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.txt:
> 
> 	The REQ_FLUSH flag can be OR ed into the r/w flags of a
> 	bio submitted from the filesystem and will make sure the
> 	volatile cache of the storage device has been flushed
> 	before the actual I/O operation is started. 
> 
> So I've written code that handles that case, along with the
> various error cases I might encounter, I think, which leads
> to my question:
> 
> How do I get such a bio with a data transfer AND the REQ_FLUSH bit
> set to come into the driver?   Just wondering how to test this case.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> (I cc'ed Tejun Heo just because his name is in block/blk-flush.c)
> 
> -- steve

Oops, you'd think I'd know Jens's email address by now.

-- steve

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