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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/6] target/file: Re-enable optional fd_buffered_io=1 operation
    On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 01:16:44PM -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
    > * Optionally allow fd_buffered_io=1 to be enabled for people
    > * who want use the fs buffer cache as an WriteCache mechanism.
    > *
    > * This means that in event of a hard failure, there is a risk
    > * of silent data-loss if the SCSI client has *not* performed a
    > * forced unit access (FUA) write, or issued SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
    > * to write-out the entire device cache.
    > */

    Oh, I get Vlads flame. This doesn't simply disable O_DSYNC now but also
    sets WCE=1. In this case I don't really get the point of the patch, why
    can't we simply set it from configfs?



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