dm multipath will report barriers as not supported with this patch. Signed-off-by: Lars Marowsky-Bree --- diff/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c 2005-04-21 17:32:53.000000000 +0100 +++ source/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c 2005-04-21 19:28:47.000000000 +0100 @@ -765,6 +765,9 @@ struct mpath_io *mpio; struct multipath *m = (struct multipath *) ti->private; + if (bio_barrier(bio)) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + mpio = mempool_alloc(m->mpio_pool, GFP_NOIO); dm_bio_record(&mpio->details, bio); @@ -985,6 +988,9 @@ if (!error) return 0; /* I/O complete */ + if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP) + return error; + spin_lock(&m->lock); if (!m->nr_valid_paths) { if (!m->queue_if_no_path || m->suspended) { --- diff/drivers/md/dm-snap.c 2005-04-21 16:10:51.000000000 +0100 +++ source/drivers/md/dm-snap.c 2005-04-21 19:24:47.000000000 +0100 @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ /* Full snapshots are not usable */ if (!s->valid) - return -1; + return -EIO; /* * Write to snapshot - higher level takes care of RW/RO --- diff/drivers/md/dm.c 2005-04-21 16:09:16.000000000 +0100 +++ source/drivers/md/dm.c 2005-04-21 19:24:47.000000000 +0100 @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ /* error the io and bail out */ struct dm_io *io = tio->io; free_tio(tio->io->md, tio); - dec_pending(io, -EIO); + dec_pending(io, r); bio_put(clone); } }