Re: [PATCH] xfsprogs: document barrier deprecation in xfs(5)

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On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 11:53:53AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 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>

Looks ok.
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> ---
> 
> 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
> 
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