On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:03:10AM +0200, folkert wrote: > In virt-manager I saw that there's the option for cache writeback for > storage devices. > I'm wondering: does this also make kvm to ignore write barriers invoked > by the virtual machine? No, that would be unsafe. When the guest issues a flush then QEMU will ensure that data reaches the disk with -drive cache=writeback. Stefan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html