From a4dff3043c231d57f982af635c9d2192ee40e5ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Bellinger Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 16:25:41 -0700 Subject: target/file: Use O_DSYNC by default for FILEIO backends Convert to use O_DSYNC for all cases at FILEIO backend creation time to avoid the extra syncing of pure timestamp updates with legacy O_SYNC during default operation as recommended by hch. Continue to do this independently of Write Cache Enable (WCE) bit, as WCE=0 is currently the default for all backend devices and enabled by user on per device basis via attrib/emulate_write_cache. This patch drops the now unnecessary fd_buffered_io= token usage that was originally signalling when to explictly disable O_SYNC at backend creation time for buffered I/O operation. This can end up being dangerous for a number of reasons during physical node failure, so go ahead and drop this option for now when O_DSYNC is used as the default. Also allow explict FUA WRITEs -> vfs_fsync_range() call to function in fd_execute_cmd() independently of WCE bit setting. Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger --- drivers/target/target_core_file.h | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/target/target_core_file.h') diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.h b/drivers/target/target_core_file.h index fbd59ef7d8be..70ce7fd7111d 100644 --- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.h +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.h @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ #define FBDF_HAS_PATH 0x01 #define FBDF_HAS_SIZE 0x02 -#define FDBD_USE_BUFFERED_IO 0x04 struct fd_dev { u32 fbd_flags; -- cgit