[Lguest] [PATCH] lguest: barrier me harder

[Rusty Russell]

Impact: barrier correctness in example launcher

I doubt either lguest user will complain about performance.

Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe at oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>

diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
--- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -1630,6 +1630,13 @@ static bool service_io(struct device *de
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* OK, so we noted that it was pretty poor to use an fdatasync as a
+	 * barrier.  But Christoph Hellwig points out that we need a sync
+	 * *afterwards* as well: "Barriers specify no reordering to the front
+	 * or the back."  And Jens Axboe confirmed it, so here we are: */
+	if (out->type & VIRTIO_BLK_T_BARRIER)
+		fdatasync(vblk->fd);
+
 	/* We can't trigger an IRQ, because we're not the Launcher.  It does
 	 * that when we tell it we're done. */
 	add_used(dev->vq, head, wlen);