Re: [Nbd] [PATCH][V3] nbd: add multi-connection support

From: Wouter Verhelst
Date: Thu Oct 06 2016 - 09:10:47 EST


On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 03:31:55AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> No, they match the cache flush semantics in every other storage protocol
> known to me, and they match the expectations of both the Linux kernel
> and any other OS or comsumer I know about perfectly.

Okay, I've updated the proto.md file then, to clarify that in the case
of multiple connections, a client MUST NOT send a flush request until it
has seen the replies to the write requests that it cares about. That
should be enough for now.

Thanks,

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people in the world who think they really understand all of its rules,
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