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Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 08/11] block: rename barrier/ordered to flush
- From: Tejun Heo <tj kernel org>
- To: Christoph Hellwig <hch lst de>
- Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch infradead org>, tytso mit edu, linux-scsi vger kernel org, jaxboe fusionio com, jack suse cz, linux-kernel vger kernel org, linux-raid vger kernel org, linux-ide vger kernel org, dm-devel redhat com, James Bottomley suse de, konishi ryusuke lab ntt co jp, linux-fsdevel vger kernel org, vst vlnb net, rwheeler redhat com, swhiteho redhat com, chris mason oracle com
- Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 08/11] block: rename barrier/ordered to flush
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:23:55 +0200
Hello,
On 08/17/2010 03:26 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> -#define blk_queue_flushing(q) ((q)->ordseq)
>> +#define blk_queue_flushing(q) ((q)->flush_seq)
>
> Btw, I think this one should just go away. It's only used by
> ide in an attempt to make ordered sequences atomic, which isn't
> needed for the new design.
Yeap, agreed. I couldn't really understand why the the sequence
needed to be atomic for ide in the first place so just left it alone.
Do you understand why it tried to be atomic?
Thanks.
--
tejun
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