From 005a1d15f5a6b2bb4ada80349513effbf22b4588 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:58:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] xen-blkfront: disable barrier/flush write support The driver doesn't handle empty flushes. Disable barrier/flush write support until this is fixed up. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c index f2ffc46..739b4c1 100644 --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c @@ -1067,8 +1067,15 @@ static void blkfront_connect(struct blkfront_info *info) * If there are barriers, then we use flush. */ 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) { -- 2.7.4