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[Xen-devel] Re: linux-next regression: IO errors in with ext4 and xen-bl

To: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: linux-next regression: IO errors in with ext4 and xen-blkfront
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:20:15 -0400
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, "Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:57:40AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 2010-10-22 10:56, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:54:54AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> >> So how about we just disable barriers for Xen atm? I would really really
> >> like to push that branch out as well now, since I'll be travelling for
> >> most of the merge window this time.
> > 
> > Yes, that's what removing/commenting out that line does.
> 
> Certainly, but I meant in the barrier branch for submission. If
> it doesn't do empty flushes to begin with, that should be fixed
> up before being enabled in any case.

Yes, it should have been disabled log ago.  I had a long discussion with
them abnout it when they introduced the even more buggy barriers by
tags mode for .36 but they simply ignored it.

> I'll disable barrier support in xen-blkfront.c for now.

Thanks.


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