Remove the bio_empty_barrier() check.

To determine whether the kernel is capable of handling empty barrier
BIOs, we check for the presence of the bio_empty_barrier() macro,
which was introduced in 2.6.24. If this macro is defined, then we can
flush disk vdevs; if it isn't, then flushing is disabled.

Unfortunately, the bio_empty_barrier() macro was removed in 2.6.37,
even though the kernel is still capable of handling empty barrier BIOs.

As a result, flushing is effectively disabled on kernels >= 2.6.37,
meaning that starting from this kernel version, zfs doesn't use
barriers to guarantee on-disk data consistency. This is quite bad and
can lead to potential data corruption on power failures.

This patch fixes the issue by removing the configure check for
bio_empty_barrier(), as we don't support kernels <= 2.6.24 anymore.

Thanks to Richard Kojedzinszky for catching this nasty bug.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Closes #1318
This commit is contained in:
Etienne Dechamps
2013-02-24 11:22:07 +00:00
committed by Brian Behlendorf
parent d75af3c0eb
commit d9b0ebbe82
3 changed files with 0 additions and 29 deletions
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@@ -604,8 +604,6 @@ vdev_disk_physio(struct block_device *bdev, caddr_t kbuf,
return __vdev_disk_physio(bdev, NULL, kbuf, size, offset, flags);
}
/* 2.6.24 API change */
#ifdef HAVE_BIO_EMPTY_BARRIER
BIO_END_IO_PROTO(vdev_disk_io_flush_completion, bio, size, rc)
{
zio_t *zio = bio->bi_private;
@@ -646,13 +644,6 @@ vdev_disk_io_flush(struct block_device *bdev, zio_t *zio)
return 0;
}
#else
static int
vdev_disk_io_flush(struct block_device *bdev, zio_t *zio)
{
return ENOTSUP;
}
#endif /* HAVE_BIO_EMPTY_BARRIER */
static int
vdev_disk_io_start(zio_t *zio)