block: add enable_write_cache flag

Add a enable_write_cache flag in the block driver state, and use it to
decide if we claim to have a volatile write cache that needs controlled
flushing from the guest.  The flag is off if cache=writethrough is
defined because O_DSYNC guarantees that every write goes to stable
storage, and it is on for cache=none and cache=writeback.

Both scsi-disk and ide now use the new flage, changing from their
defaults of always off (ide) or always on (scsi-disk).

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/block_int.h b/block_int.h
index 3e4b4a387b..f95c80b906 100644
--- a/block_int.h
+++ b/block_int.h
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
     /* the memory alignment required for the buffers handled by this driver */
     int buffer_alignment;
 
+    /* do we need to tell the quest if we have a volatile write cache? */
+    int enable_write_cache;
+
     /* NOTE: the following infos are only hints for real hardware
        drivers. They are not used by the block driver */
     int cyls, heads, secs, translation;