Re: Kernel 2.6.30.4 loop(..?) regression (& with/2.6.31-rc6)

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 07:23:11AM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> If both '-o nobarrier' and the patch solves the issue, what is the next  
> action that should be taken?  Update the documentation to always use
> -o nobarrier for cryptoloop? Or get the patch reverted in mainline?

We'll have to figure out why it causes those problems and how fix them.
-o nobarrier on a loop device is extremly unsafe as you will possible
lose large amounts of log updates in case of a crash.

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