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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: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:23:43 +0200
Hello,
On 08/17/2010 07:08 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 06:23:55PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> 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?
>
> I think initial drafs of the barrier specification talked about atomic
> sequences. Except for that I can't think of any reason.
Hmm... alright, I'll rip it out.
Thanks.
--
tejun
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