fsync, ext3, raid (md) 1, write barriers and PATA caching

[Christian Kujau]

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> It also looks like barrier=1 is or will be the default for ext3. Is there
> a way I can check if this is the case on my system?

Hm, indeed: if write barriers are not available, mounting an XFS 
filesystem shows:

> Filesystem "md0": Disabling barriers, not supported by the underlying device

Mounting the same device when formatted with ext3 does not show this 
message nor does /proc/mounts reveal anything....could this be tweaked 
somehow?

Christian.
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