On Thu, Aug 26 2010 at 6:50pm -0400, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Once we have a need for using request-based DM for something other than > multipath we can take a fresh look at implementing rq-based FLUSH+FUA. > > Mike > > p.s. I know how hard NEC worked on request-based DM's barrier support; > so I'm not suggesting this lightly. For me it just seems like we're > carrying complexity in DM that hasn't ever been required. To be clear: the piece that I was saying wasn't required is the need to for request-based DM to clone a FLUSH to send to multiple targets (saying as much was just a confusing distraction.. please ignore that). Anyway, my previous email's question still stands. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html