Re: XFS and nobarrier with SSDs

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/14/15 4:34 AM, Georg Schönberger wrote:
> On 2015-12-14 11:27, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:18:54AM +0000, Georg Sch?nberger wrote:
>>>> Or to phrase it
>>>> differently:  If nobarrier makes a difference skipping it is not safe.
>>> I do not fully understand that sentence, what do you mean by "makes a
>>> difference" and "skipping is not safe"?
>> The rule of thumb is: if nobarrier makes your workload run faster you
>> should not be using it, aka: don't use it.
> OK, thanks for clarification.
> Should the XFS FAQ be updated?
> *http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q._Should_barriers_be_enabled_with_storage_which_has_a_persistent_write_cache.3F

Yes, it should.  I've made some edits, hopefully it's up to date and clear now.

Thanks,
-Eric