Bug#956877: release-notes: Upgrade from XFS removes mount option "barrier|nobarrier"
Hendrik Boom:
> On Sun, May 03, 2020 at 09:34:34AM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote:
>> [...]
>
> Would that refer to the write battier on the hard drive? Isn't that
> essential to the safe operation of XFS?
>
> -- hendrik
>
Not any longer AFAICT. The following patch discussion in the Linux
kernel suggests that it was a "no-op" for some time up to its removal:
* https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9486549/
~Niels
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