Since kernel v4.10, the barrier mount option is deprecated: 2291dab2 xfs: Always flush caches when integrity is required 4cf4573d xfs: deprecate barrier/nobarrier mount option Document this fact in the xfs(5) manpage. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/man/man5/xfs.5 b/man/man5/xfs.5 index c7fb780..745dad4 100644 --- a/man/man5/xfs.5 +++ b/man/man5/xfs.5 @@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ CRC enabled filesystems always use the attr2 format, and so will reject the noattr2 mount option if it is set. .TP .BR barrier | nobarrier +Note: This option has been +.B deprecated +as of kernel v4.10; in that version, integrity operations are +always performed and the mount option is ignored. These mount +options will be removed no earlier than kernel v4.15. +.sp Enables/disables the use of block layer write barriers for writes into the journal and for data integrity operations. This allows for drive level write caching to be enabled, for -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
