On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Udo A. Steinberg wrote:
> Jan Niehusmann wrote:
> >
> > The following patch actually prevents the corruption I described.
> >
> > I'd like to hear from the people having problems with hdparm, if it helps
> > them, too.
>
> Yes, it prevents the issue.
>
> > Please note that the patch circumvents the problem more than it fixes it.
> > The true fix would invalidate the mappings, but I don't know how to do it.
>
> I don't know either. What does Alexander Viro say to all of this?
That invalidate_buffers() should leave the unhashed ones alone. If it can't
be found via getblk() - just leave it as is.
IOW, let it skip bh if (bh->b_next == NULL && !destroy_dirty_buffers).
No warnings needed - it's a normal situation.
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