[dm-devel] use WRITE_FLUSH instead of REQ_FLUSH
Mike Snitzer
snitzer at redhat.com
Mon Jan 7 14:23:49 UTC 2013
On Mon, Jan 07 2013 at 12:12am -0500,
Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Alasdair
>
> Please push this patch to 3.8 kernel. (I already sent it before, but it
> was forgotten somehow).
>
> Mikulas
>
> ---
>
> dm-bufio: use WRITE_FLUSH instead of REQ_FLUSH
>
> Use WRITE_FLUSH instead of REQ_FLUSH to make it consistent with the rest
> of the kernel. There is no functional change - the kernel accepts either
> WRITE_FLUSH or REQ_FLUSH.
Well the important distinction is the flush bio is originating in
dm-bufio whereas other DM targets that test for REQ_FLUSH are just
passing the flush through. Saying as much makes the need for this patch
more explicit.
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