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-rw-r--r--drivers/md/dm.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index a503b95ecbf..f3cc5d99fe8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -639,8 +639,14 @@ static void dec_pending(struct dm_io *io, int error)
* There can be just one barrier request so we use
* a per-device variable for error reporting.
* Note that you can't touch the bio after end_io_acct
+ *
+ * We ignore -EOPNOTSUPP for empty flush reported by
+ * underlying devices. We assume that if the device
+ * doesn't support empty barriers, it doesn't need
+ * cache flushing commands.
*/
- if (!md->barrier_error && io_error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
+ if (!md->barrier_error &&
+ !(bio_empty_barrier(bio) && io_error == -EOPNOTSUPP))
md->barrier_error = io_error;
end_io_acct(io);
free_io(md, io);
@@ -2284,7 +2290,12 @@ static void process_barrier(struct mapped_device *md, struct bio *bio)
if (!bio_empty_barrier(bio)) {
__split_and_process_bio(md, bio);
- dm_flush(md);
+ /*
+ * If the request isn't supported, don't waste time with
+ * the second flush.
+ */
+ if (md->barrier_error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
+ dm_flush(md);
}
if (md->barrier_error != DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE)