Re: [Nbd] [Qemu-devel] Is NBD_CMD_FLAG_FUA valid during NBD_CMD_FLUSH?
On 05/04/2016 07:09, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> > TRIM is an advisory operation, so it doesn't make sense to force access
> > to the medium.
>
> I think it does make sense. It means that on completion there is no
> pending discard operation (i.e. either there wasn't a discard or if
> there was, it has completed) and other readers will see the final state
> of the blocks.
This is what already happens though, isn't it?
Paolo
>> > The closest you could get would be to add FUA to WRITE_ZEROES. But
>> > since WRITE_ZEROES is not a particularly common operation there isn't
>> > much to gain compared to FLUSHing after the write has completed; in
>> > fact SCSI doesn't have a FUA bit on its WRITE SAME command.
> Right, I guess this would mostly be for consistency when FUA is
> supported more or less everywhere else.
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