Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:55:18 +0200
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       "Eric D. Mudama" <edmudama@mail.bounceswoosh.org>,
       Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl>,
       Ed Tomlinson <edt@aei.ca>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: flush cache range proposal (was Re: ide errors in 7-rc1-mm1 and later)
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On Thu, Jun 10 2004, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Oh, also:
> 
> We'll need to write up precisely _why_ this is used, and give some 
> examples of usage, for people reading the proposal (mostly T13-ish 
> people) who have not been following the lkml barrier discussion closely.

Proposal looks fine, but please lets not forget that flush cache range
is really a band-aid because we don't have a proper ordered write in the
first place. Personally, I'd much rather see that implemented than flush
cache range. It would be way more effective.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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