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author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2009-05-08 18:29:27 -0700 |
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committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2009-05-08 18:29:27 -0700 |
commit | d585a021c0b10b0477d6b608c53e1feb8cde0507 (patch) | |
tree | 5ca059da1db7f15d4b29427644ad9c08270c885c /Documentation/lguest/lguest.c | |
parent | 84e5b0d00f8f84c4ae226be131d4bebbcee88bd3 (diff) | |
parent | 091bf7624d1c90cec9e578a18529f615213ff847 (diff) |
Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc5' into next
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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/lguest/lguest.c | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c index f2dbbf3bdea..d36fcc0f271 100644 --- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c +++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c @@ -1630,6 +1630,13 @@ static bool service_io(struct device *dev) } } + /* OK, so we noted that it was pretty poor to use an fdatasync as a + * barrier. But Christoph Hellwig points out that we need a sync + * *afterwards* as well: "Barriers specify no reordering to the front + * or the back." And Jens Axboe confirmed it, so here we are: */ + if (out->type & VIRTIO_BLK_T_BARRIER) + fdatasync(vblk->fd); + /* We can't trigger an IRQ, because we're not the Launcher. It does * that when we tell it we're done. */ add_used(dev->vq, head, wlen); |