Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261488AbVA1G6I (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:58:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261491AbVA1G6I (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:58:08 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:22957 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261488AbVA1G6D (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:58:03 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:58:00 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Doug Maxey Cc: Linux Kernel , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Jeff Garzik , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi/sata write barrier support Message-ID: <20050128065759.GD4800@suse.de> References: <20050127120244.GO2751@suse.de> <200501272242.j0RMgoP5016154@falcon30.maxeymade.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200501272242.j0RMgoP5016154@falcon30.maxeymade.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1142 Lines: 29 On Thu, Jan 27 2005, Doug Maxey wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:02:48 +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > >Hi, > > > >For the longest time, only the old PATA drivers supported barrier writes > >with journalled file systems. This patch adds support for the same type > >of cache flushing barriers that PATA uses for SCSI, to be utilized with > >libata. > > What, if any mechanism supports changing the underlying write cache? > > That is, assuming this is common across PATA and SCSI drives, and it is > possible to turn the cache off on the IDE drives, would switching the > cache underneath require completing the inflight IO? Not sure what you mean, switching it off while the io is in flight? You cannot do that, either the cache state will change right before starting the io or right after. The cache state at the start of the barrier write will determine the action taken. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/