[dm-devel] [PATCH] Fix over-zealous flush_disk when changing device size.

[Jeff Moyer]

NeilBrown <neilb at suse.de> writes:

> -int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *bdev)
> +int __invalidate_device2(struct block_device *bdev, bool kill_dirty)
>  {
>  	struct super_block *sb = get_super(bdev);
>  	int res = 0;
> @@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *bdev)
>  		 * hold).
>  		 */
>  		shrink_dcache_sb(sb);
> -		res = invalidate_inodes(sb);
> +		res = invalidate_inodes(sb, kill_dirty);
>  		drop_super(sb);
>  	}
>  	invalidate_bdev(bdev);

Neil, I think you also need to change the EXPORT_SYMBOL from
__invalidate_device to __invalidate_device2.  The floppy module won't
build without that change.

Cheers,
Jeff