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Date:      Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:07:36 -0600
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r212160 - in head/sys: cam/ata cam/scsi cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs geom geom/sched kern sys
Message-ID:  <4C802028.4040400@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100902213926.GA2542@garage.freebsd.pl>
References:  <201009021940.o82JeS8M017537@svn.freebsd.org> <20100902213926.GA2542@garage.freebsd.pl>

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 On 9/2/2010 3:39 PM, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 07:40:28PM +0000, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
>> Author: gibbs
>> Date: Thu Sep 2 19:40:28 2010
>> New Revision: 212160
>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/212160
>>
>> Log:
>> Correct bioq_disksort so that bioq_insert_tail() offers barrier semantic.

...

>> sys/geom/geom_io.c
>> Mark bios with the BIO_FLUSH command as BIO_ORDERED.
> [...]
>
> Don't you think it would be better to set the flag from within
> g_io_request()? This way every BIO_FLUSH consumer doesn't have to
> remember to set it. Or am I missing something?

I don't feel strongly one way or the other, but I thought that
g_io_request()'s job was to execute the request and to test invariants,
not to set policy.  Perhaps I misinterpreted it's role.

--
Justin




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