Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Default to cache=writeback

2010-06-01 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: > > On 26.05.2010, at 21:28, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > >> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: >>> In the previous discussion Anthony brought up the fact that cache=writeback >>> is >>> safe enough considering data integrity

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Default to cache=writeback

2010-06-01 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 01.06.2010 13:31, schrieb Alexander Graf: > > On 26.05.2010, at 21:28, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > >> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: >>> In the previous discussion Anthony brought up the fact that cache=writeback >>> is >>> safe enough considering data integrity. If so,

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Default to cache=writeback

2010-06-01 Thread Alexander Graf
On 26.05.2010, at 21:28, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: >> In the previous discussion Anthony brought up the fact that cache=writeback >> is >> safe enough considering data integrity. If so, I don't see a reason not to >> use >> it as default, a

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Default to cache=writeback

2010-05-26 Thread Stefan Hajnoczi
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: > In the previous discussion Anthony brought up the fact that cache=writeback is > safe enough considering data integrity. If so, I don't see a reason not to use > it as default, as it speeds up things a lot. cache=writeback is not a good def