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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] nbd: support FLUSH requests
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:
> From: Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk>
>
> The NBD device does not support writeback caching, thus it is not safe
> against power losses unless the client opens the target with O_DSYNC or
> O_SYNC.
>
> Add support for a new flag that the server can pass. If the flag is
> enabled, we translate REQ_FLUSH requests into the NBD_CMD_FLUSH
> command.
>
> Cc: <nbd-general@lists.sf.net>
> Cc: Paul Clements <Paul.Clements@steeleye.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk>

Looks good.

Acked-by: Paul.Clements@steeleye.com


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