This patch adds ioctl option for noflush suspending. As the interface is extended, the version number is incremented. Should have no effect on the behavior. Test results: Confirmed the option is given from user-space correctly. The patch is for: 2.6.18-mm2 + patch 1-4 Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff -rupN 4-target-rval-iface-change/drivers/md/dm.h 5-add-noflush-ioctl-opt/drivers/md/dm.h --- 4-target-rval-iface-change/drivers/md/dm.h 2006-10-05 10:45:08.000000000 -0400 +++ 5-add-noflush-ioctl-opt/drivers/md/dm.h 2006-10-05 10:54:03.000000000 -0400 @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ * Suspend feature flags */ #define DM_SUSPEND_LOCKFS_FLAG (1 << 0) +#define DM_SUSPEND_NOFLUSH_FLAG (1 << 1) /* * List of devices that a metadevice uses and should open/close. diff -rupN 4-target-rval-iface-change/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c 5-add-noflush-ioctl-opt/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c --- 4-target-rval-iface-change/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c 2006-10-05 10:26:33.000000000 -0400 +++ 5-add-noflush-ioctl-opt/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c 2006-10-05 10:53:22.000000000 -0400 @@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ static int do_suspend(struct dm_ioctl *p if (param->flags & DM_SKIP_LOCKFS_FLAG) suspend_flags &= ~DM_SUSPEND_LOCKFS_FLAG; + if (param->flags & DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG) + suspend_flags |= DM_SUSPEND_NOFLUSH_FLAG; if (!dm_suspended(md)) r = dm_suspend(md, suspend_flags); @@ -810,6 +812,8 @@ static int do_resume(struct dm_ioctl *pa /* Suspend if it isn't already suspended */ if (param->flags & DM_SKIP_LOCKFS_FLAG) suspend_flags &= ~DM_SUSPEND_LOCKFS_FLAG; + if (param->flags & DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG) + suspend_flags |= DM_SUSPEND_NOFLUSH_FLAG; if (!dm_suspended(md)) dm_suspend(md, suspend_flags); diff -rupN 4-target-rval-iface-change/include/linux/dm-ioctl.h 5-add-noflush-ioctl-opt/include/linux/dm-ioctl.h --- 4-target-rval-iface-change/include/linux/dm-ioctl.h 2006-10-05 10:24:05.000000000 -0400 +++ 5-add-noflush-ioctl-opt/include/linux/dm-ioctl.h 2006-10-05 10:55:10.000000000 -0400 @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ typedef char ioctl_struct[308]; #define DM_DEV_SET_GEOMETRY _IOWR(DM_IOCTL, DM_DEV_SET_GEOMETRY_CMD, struct dm_ioctl) #define DM_VERSION_MAJOR 4 -#define DM_VERSION_MINOR 10 +#define DM_VERSION_MINOR 11 #define DM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL 0 #define DM_VERSION_EXTRA "-ioctl (2006-09-14)" @@ -323,4 +323,9 @@ typedef char ioctl_struct[308]; */ #define DM_SKIP_LOCKFS_FLAG (1 << 10) /* In */ +/* + * Set this to suspend without flushing queued ios. + */ +#define DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG (1 << 11) /* In */ + #endif /* _LINUX_DM_IOCTL_H */ -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel