dm multipath will report barriers as not supported with this patch. Signed-off-by: Lars Marowsky-Bree [submitted to -mm] --- diff/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c 2005-06-17 20:48:29.000000000 +0100 +++ source/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c 2005-07-06 17:18:50.000000000 +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); @@ -988,6 +991,9 @@ if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_ahead(bio)) return error; + 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 2005-07-06 17:18:42.000000000 +0100 +++ source/drivers/md/dm-snap.c 2005-07-06 17:18:50.000000000 +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 2005-06-17 20:48:29.000000000 +0100 +++ source/drivers/md/dm.c 2005-07-06 17:18:50.000000000 +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); } }