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author | Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev> | 2025-03-10 18:44:12 -0400 |
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committer | Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev> | 2025-07-01 22:42:21 -0400 |
commit | 32cac05544745980ada5ebe3bf4ee42d2ee9fcf8 (patch) | |
tree | c2142071c590de578e1021c5bfe845b6b35170c1 /scripts/gdb/linux/vfs.py | |
parent | 524282906bbabf939eb4b79cf97c0195c8a1df35 (diff) |
block: Allow REQ_FUA|REQ_READ
FUA is also allowed with reads, not just writes.
The specified behaviour is:
- If the location being read from in the drive cache is dirty, it's
flushed
- Read is serviced from media, not cache
It's documented in the NVME specification, and the nvme driver already
passes through REQ_FUA for reads, not just writes, so there's no reason
for the block layer to be disallowing it.
To validate behaviour, a simple test was run on a variety of hardware
that checks latency of repeated reads to the same location (cached
reads), random reads (uncached), and FUA reads to the same location.
Data:
- Samsung consumer SSDs
Reads appear to not be cached
- Seagate SCSI hard drives (ST20000NM002D)
Reads are cached, and FUA reads appear to work correctly
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20250311133517.3095878-1-kent.overstreet@linux.dev/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bcachefs/26585.34711.506258.318405@quad.stoffel.home/T/#m5fffbc0e1c68cf0479c94b9f4ac1bef297333782
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
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