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Re: [RFC 00/11] DAX fsynx/msync support

From Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC 00/11] DAX fsynx/msync support
Date 2015-11-04 19:40 +0100
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Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> writes:

>> Hence once the filesystem has waited on the REQ_WRITE|REQ_FLUSH IO
>> to complete, we know that all the earlier REQ_WRITE IOs are on
>> stable storage, too. Hence there's no need for the elevator to drain
>> the queue to guarantee completion ordering - the dispatch ordering
>> and flush/fua write semantics guarantee that when the flush/fua
>> completes, all the IOs dispatch prior to that flush/fua write are
>> also on stable storage...
>
> Des xfs rely on this model for correctness?  If so, I'd say we've got a
> problem.

Dave?
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Re: [RFC 00/11] DAX fsynx/msync support Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-11-02 00:40 +0100
  Re: [RFC 00/11] DAX fsynx/msync support Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 2015-11-02 15:30 +0100
    Re: [RFC 00/11] DAX fsynx/msync support Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-11-02 21:20 +0100
      Re: [RFC 00/11] DAX fsynx/msync support Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 2015-11-02 22:10 +0100
        Re: [RFC 00/11] DAX fsynx/msync support Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 2015-11-04 19:40 +0100
        Re: [RFC 00/11] DAX fsynx/msync support Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-11-05 09:40 +0100
          Re: [RFC 00/11] DAX fsynx/msync support Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 2015-11-05 20:50 +0100
          Re: [RFC 00/11] DAX fsynx/msync support Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> - 2015-11-05 22:00 +0100

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