Andrew,
What became of this patch ? Is it needed ?
diff -urpN --exclude-from=/home/davej/.exclude bk-linus/fs/block_dev.c linux-2.5/fs/block_dev.c
--- bk-linus/fs/block_dev.c 2003-03-17 12:40:51.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.5/fs/block_dev.c 2003-03-17 13:09:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -653,15 +653,16 @@ int blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev
struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
down(&bdev->bd_sem);
- switch (kind) {
- case BDEV_FILE:
- case BDEV_FS:
- sync_blockdev(bd_inode->i_bdev);
- break;
- }
lock_kernel();
- if (!--bdev->bd_openers)
+ if (!--bdev->bd_openers) {
+ switch (kind) {
+ case BDEV_FILE:
+ case BDEV_FS:
+ sync_blockdev(bd_inode->i_bdev);
+ break;
+ }
kill_bdev(bdev);
+ }
if (bdev->bd_contains == bdev) {
if (disk->fops->release)
ret = disk->fops->release(bd_inode, NULL);
-
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