Re: [PATCHSET block#for-2.6.36-post] block: replace barrier withsequenced flush

[Ric Wheeler]

On 08/20/2010 12:00 PM, Chris Mason wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:18:07AM -0400, Ric Wheeler wrote:
> > On 08/20/2010 09:22 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > FYI: here's a little writeup to document the new cache flushing scheme,
> > > intended to replace Documentation/block/barriers.txt.  Any good
> > > suggestion for a filename in the kernel tree?
> > >
> > > ---
> >
> > I was thinking that we might be better off using the "durable
> > writes" term more since it is well documented (at least in the
> > database world, where it is the "D" in ACID properties).  Maybe
> > "durable_writes_support.txt" ?
>
> sata_lies.txt?
>
> Ok, maybe writeback_cache.txt?
>
> -chris

writeback_cache.txt is certainly the least confusing :)

ric

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