Re: [PATCH 1/5] [BLOCK] Add 'discard' request handling

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On Fri, Aug 08 2008, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Until we have overlap detection, I think we should make the discard
> request a explicit barrier. Otherwise we could have problems with a
> discard being passed by a write request and such.

But that wreaks havoc with merging, since a barrier

a) must be inserted at the back of the queue, and
b) always has merging disabled


-- 
Jens Axboe

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