Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758297AbZDFUWt (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:22:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756922AbZDFUWg (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:22:36 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:48076 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755882AbZDFUWg (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:22:36 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 13:20:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: Hua Zhong cc: "'Theodore Tso'" , "'Jens Axboe'" , "'Linux Kernel Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/8][RFC] IO latency/throughput fixes In-Reply-To: <002501c9b6f3$f85b4910$e911db30$@com> Message-ID: References: <1239022088-29002-1-git-send-email-jens.axboe@oracle.com> <20090406151054.GD5178@kernel.dk> <20090406183157.GD7376@mit.edu> <002501c9b6f3$f85b4910$e911db30$@com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 493 Lines: 15 On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Hua Zhong wrote: > > Grr..making writeback as default would break people's setup that relies on > the ordered semantics, especially in the embedded world. It's a big no-no. We could make it a config option, perhaps. Linus -- 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/