linux-kernel - Re: REQ_FLUSH, REQ_FUA and open/close of block devices

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Message-ID: <20110520122010.GA25628@infradead.org>
Date:	Fri, 20 May 2011 08:20:10 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Alex Bligh <alex@...x.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: REQ_FLUSH, REQ_FUA and open/close of block devices

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 04:06:27PM +0100, Alex Bligh wrote:
> Should a close() of a dirty block device result in a REQ_FLUSH?

No, why would it?  That's what fsync is for.

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