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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.rst b/Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.rst index c575e08beda8..c3707d071780 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.rst +++ b/Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.rst @@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ flag in the features field of the queue_limits structure. Implementation details for bio based block drivers -------------------------------------------------- -For bio based drivers the REQ_PREFLUSH and REQ_FUA bit are simplify passed on -to the driver if the drivers sets the BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE flag and the drivers +For bio based drivers the REQ_PREFLUSH and REQ_FUA bit are simply passed on to +the driver if the driver sets the BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE flag and the driver needs to handle them. *NOTE*: The REQ_FUA bit also gets passed on when the BLK_FEAT_FUA flags is @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ When the BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE flag is set, REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_PREFLUSH requests with a payload are automatically turned into a sequence of a REQ_OP_FLUSH request followed by the actual write by the block layer. -When the BLK_FEAT_FUA flags is set, the REQ_FUA bit simplify passed on for the +When the BLK_FEAT_FUA flags is set, the REQ_FUA bit is simply passed on for the REQ_OP_WRITE request, else a REQ_OP_FLUSH request is sent by the block layer after the completion of the write request for bio submissions with the REQ_FUA bit set. |