On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 17:22 +0100, Andre Brinkmann wrote:
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Jens Axboe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Gesendet: Montag, 11. Dezember 2006 17:12
> > An: Ross S. W. Walker
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected];
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Betreff: Re: how to explain this?
> > 
> > On Mon, Dec 11 2006, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> > >
> > > So the only way to assure order with bio is use of BIO_RW_BARRIER?
> > 
> > (don't top post)
> > 
> > The answer is yes. We probably could split the BIO_RW_BARRIER to only
> > provide io scheduler ordering like the REQ_SOFTBARRIER does for
> > requests. So far there hasn't been a use for it.
> > 
> 
> Dumb question: It is possible that a request to block A outruns a request to
> block B. But is it also possible that a read request to block A outruns a
> write request to block A?
> 
> Isn't there any kind of checking inside the elevator algorithms?

as Jens pointed in previous email, this is upper layer responsibility.

> 
> André
> 
> > --
> > Jens Axboe
> 
> 
> 

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