1 files changed, 20 insertions, 34 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 3ff06f475ee..4b33a18c32e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct blkfront_info
 	struct gnttab_free_callback callback;
 	struct blk_shadow shadow[BLK_RING_SIZE];
 	unsigned long shadow_free;
-	int feature_barrier;
+	unsigned int feature_flush;
 	int is_ready;
 };
 
@@ -419,26 +419,12 @@ static int xlvbd_init_blk_queue(struct gendisk *gd, u16 sector_size)
 }
 
 
-static int xlvbd_barrier(struct blkfront_info *info)
+static void xlvbd_flush(struct blkfront_info *info)
 {
-	int err;
-	const char *barrier;
-
-	switch (info->feature_barrier) {
-	case QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN:	barrier = "enabled (drain)"; break;
-	case QUEUE_ORDERED_TAG:		barrier = "enabled (tag)"; break;
-	case QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE:	barrier = "disabled"; break;
-	default:			return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	err = blk_queue_ordered(info->rq, info->feature_barrier);
-
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
+	blk_queue_flush(info->rq, info->feature_flush);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "blkfront: %s: barriers %s\n",
-	       info->gd->disk_name, barrier);
-	return 0;
+	       info->gd->disk_name,
+	       info->feature_flush ? "enabled" : "disabled");
 }
 
 
@@ -517,7 +503,7 @@ static int xlvbd_alloc_gendisk(blkif_sector_t capacity,
 	info->rq = gd->queue;
 	info->gd = gd;
 
-	xlvbd_barrier(info);
+	xlvbd_flush(info);
 
 	if (vdisk_info & VDISK_READONLY)
 		set_disk_ro(gd, 1);
@@ -663,8 +649,8 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: write barrier op failed\n",
 				       info->gd->disk_name);
 				error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-				info->feature_barrier = QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE;
-				xlvbd_barrier(info);
+				info->feature_flush = 0;
+				xlvbd_flush(info);
 			}
 			/* fall through */
 		case BLKIF_OP_READ:
@@ -1077,20 +1063,20 @@ static void blkfront_connect(struct blkfront_info *info)
 	/*
 	 * If there's no "feature-barrier" defined, then it means
 	 * we're dealing with a very old backend which writes
-	 * synchronously; draining will do what needs to get done.
+	 * synchronously; nothing to do.
 	 *
-	 * If there are barriers, then we can do full queued writes
-	 * with tagged barriers.
-	 *
-	 * If barriers are not supported, then there's no much we can
-	 * do, so just set ordering to NONE.
+	 * If there are barriers, then we use flush.
 	 */
-	if (err)
-		info->feature_barrier = QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN;
-	else if (barrier)
-		info->feature_barrier = QUEUE_ORDERED_TAG;
-	else
-		info->feature_barrier = QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE;
+	info->feature_flush = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * The driver doesn't properly handled empty flushes, so
+	 * lets disable barrier support for now.
+	 */
+#if 0
+	if (!err && barrier)
+		info->feature_flush = REQ_FLUSH;
+#endif
 
 	err = xlvbd_alloc_gendisk(sectors, info, binfo, sector_size);
 	if (err) {