On 13 Apr 2016, at 17:09, Alex Bligh <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's what > https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.txt > has to say:
Aha. I found the original thread where I asked about this (it was on linux-fsdevel): http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg45584.html Specifically this from Tejun Heo who I believe is/was a block layer / fs layer maintainer: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg45616.html > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Alex Bligh <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > a) If I do not complete a write command, I may avoid writing it to disk > > indefinitely (despite completing subsequently received FLUSH > > commands). The only flushes to disk that I am obliged to flush > > are those that I've actually told the block layer that I have done. > > Yes, driver doesn't have any ordering responsibility w.r.t. FLUSH for > writes which it hasn't declared finished yet. > > b) If I receive a flush command, and prior to completing that flush > > command, I receive subsequent write commands, I may execute > > (and, if I like, write, to disk) write commands received AFTER that > > flush command. I presume if the subsequent write commands write to > > blocks that I am meant to be flushing, I can just forget about > > the blocks I am meant to be flushing (because they would be > > overwritten) provided *something* overwritten what was there before. > > The first half is correct. The latter half may be correct if there's > no intervening write but _please_ don't do that. If there's something > to be optimized there, it should be done in upper layers. It's > playing with fire. -- Alex Bligh
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