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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt12
-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/super.c11
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 560f88d..0c5086db 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -139,8 +139,16 @@ commit=nrsec (*) Ext4 can be told to sync all its data and metadata
Setting it to very large values will improve
performance.
-barrier=1 This enables/disables barriers. barrier=0 disables
- it, barrier=1 enables it.
+barrier=<0|1(*)> This enables/disables the use of write barriers in
+ the jbd code. barrier=0 disables, barrier=1 enables.
+ This also requires an IO stack which can support
+ barriers, and if jbd gets an error on a barrier
+ write, it will disable again with a warning.
+ Write barriers enforce proper on-disk ordering
+ of journal commits, making volatile disk write caches
+ safe to use, at some performance penalty. If
+ your disks are battery-backed in one way or another,
+ disabling barriers may safely improve performance.
orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is
enabled by default.
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index ba92c60..cb96f127c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
unsigned long def_mount_opts;
struct super_block *sb = vfs->mnt_sb;
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
+ journal_t *journal = sbi->s_journal;
struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
def_mount_opts = le32_to_cpu(es->s_default_mount_opts);
@@ -729,8 +730,13 @@ static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
seq_printf(seq, ",commit=%u",
(unsigned) (sbi->s_commit_interval / HZ));
}
- if (test_opt(sb, BARRIER))
- seq_puts(seq, ",barrier=1");
+ /*
+ * We're changing the default of barrier mount option, so
+ * let's always display its mount state so it's clear what its
+ * status is.
+ */
+ seq_puts(seq, ",barrier=");
+ seq_puts(seq, test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? "1" : "0");
if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT))
seq_puts(seq, ",journal_async_commit");
if (test_opt(sb, NOBH))
@@ -1909,6 +1915,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
sbi->s_resgid = le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resgid);
set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, RESERVATION);
+ set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, BARRIER);
/*
* turn on extents feature by default in ext4 filesystem
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