Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

* 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (46 commits)
  xen-blkfront: disable barrier/flush write support
  Added blk-lib.c and blk-barrier.c was renamed to blk-flush.c
  block: remove BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT
  aic7xxx_old: removed unused 'req' variable
  block: remove the BH_Eopnotsupp flag
  block: remove the BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER flag
  block: remove the WRITE_BARRIER flag
  swap: do not send discards as barriers
  fat: do not send discards as barriers
  ext4: do not send discards as barriers
  jbd2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  jbd2: Modify ASYNC_COMMIT code to not rely on queue draining on barrier
  jbd: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  nilfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  reiserfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  gfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  btrfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  xfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  block: pass gfp_mask and flags to sb_issue_discard
  dm: convey that all flushes are processed as empty
  ...

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 34 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 3ff06f475eef..4b33a18c32e0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct blkfront_info
         struct gnttab_free_callback callback;
         struct blk_shadow shadow[BLK_RING_SIZE];
         unsigned long shadow_free;
-        int feature_barrier;
+        unsigned int feature_flush;
         int is_ready;
 };
 
@@ -419,26 +419,12 @@ static int xlvbd_init_blk_queue(struct gendisk *gd, u16 sector_size)
 }
 
 
-static int xlvbd_barrier(struct blkfront_info *info)
+static void xlvbd_flush(struct blkfront_info *info)
 {
-        int err;
-        const char *barrier;
-
-        switch (info->feature_barrier) {
-        case QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN:       barrier = "enabled (drain)"; break;
-        case QUEUE_ORDERED_TAG:         barrier = "enabled (tag)"; break;
-        case QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE:        barrier = "disabled"; break;
-        default:                        return -EINVAL;
-        }
-
-        err = blk_queue_ordered(info->rq, info->feature_barrier);
-
-        if (err)
-                return err;
-
+        blk_queue_flush(info->rq, info->feature_flush);
         printk(KERN_INFO "blkfront: %s: barriers %s\n",
-               info->gd->disk_name, barrier);
-        return 0;
+               info->gd->disk_name,
+               info->feature_flush ? "enabled" : "disabled");
 }
 
 
@@ -517,7 +503,7 @@ static int xlvbd_alloc_gendisk(blkif_sector_t capacity,
         info->rq = gd->queue;
         info->gd = gd;
 
-        xlvbd_barrier(info);
+        xlvbd_flush(info);
 
         if (vdisk_info & VDISK_READONLY)
                 set_disk_ro(gd, 1);
@@ -663,8 +649,8 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
                                 printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: write barrier op failed\n",
                                        info->gd->disk_name);
                                 error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-                                info->feature_barrier = QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE;
-                                xlvbd_barrier(info);
+                                info->feature_flush = 0;
+                                xlvbd_flush(info);
                         }
                         /* fall through */
                 case BLKIF_OP_READ:
@@ -1077,20 +1063,20 @@ static void blkfront_connect(struct blkfront_info *info)
         /*
          * If there's no "feature-barrier" defined, then it means
          * we're dealing with a very old backend which writes
-         * synchronously; draining will do what needs to get done.
+         * synchronously; nothing to do.
          *
-         * If there are barriers, then we can do full queued writes
-         * with tagged barriers.
-         *
-         * If barriers are not supported, then there's no much we can
-         * do, so just set ordering to NONE.
+         * If there are barriers, then we use flush.
          */
-        if (err)
-                info->feature_barrier = QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN;
-        else if (barrier)
-                info->feature_barrier = QUEUE_ORDERED_TAG;
-        else
-                info->feature_barrier = QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE;
+        info->feature_flush = 0;
+
+        /*
+         * The driver doesn't properly handled empty flushes, so
+         * lets disable barrier support for now.
+         */
+#if 0
+        if (!err && barrier)
+                info->feature_flush = REQ_FLUSH;
+#endif
 
         err = xlvbd_alloc_gendisk(sectors, info, binfo, sector_size);
         if (err) {