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authorChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>2009-09-04 19:01:15 +0200
committerAnthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>2009-09-11 10:19:46 -0500
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block: add enable_write_cache flag
Add a enable_write_cache flag in the block driver state, and use it to decide if we claim to have a volatile write cache that needs controlled flushing from the guest. The flag is off if cache=writethrough is defined because O_DSYNC guarantees that every write goes to stable storage, and it is on for cache=none and cache=writeback. Both scsi-disk and ide now use the new flage, changing from their defaults of always off (ide) or always on (scsi-disk). Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/block_int.h b/block_int.h
index 3e4b4a3..f95c80b 100644
--- a/block_int.h
+++ b/block_int.h
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
/* the memory alignment required for the buffers handled by this driver */
int buffer_alignment;
+ /* do we need to tell the quest if we have a volatile write cache? */
+ int enable_write_cache;
+
/* NOTE: the following infos are only hints for real hardware
drivers. They are not used by the block driver */
int cyls, heads, secs, translation;