[PATCH] invalidate_device()/check_disk_change() fixes
* bogus calls of invalidate_buffers() gone from floppy_open() * invalidate_buffers() killed. * new helper - __invalidate_device(bdev, do_sync). invalidate_device() is calling it. * fixed races between floppy_open()/floppy_open and floppy_open()/set_geometry(): a) floppy_open()/floppy_release() is done under a semaphore. That closes the races between simultaneous open() on /dev/fd0foo and /dev/fd0bar. b) pointer to struct block_device is kept as long as floppy is opened (per-drive, non-NULL when number of openers is non-zero, does not contribute to block_device refcount). c) set_geometry() grabs the same semaphore and invalidates the devices directly instead of messing with setting fake "it had changed" and calling __check_disk_change(). * __check_disk_change() killed - no remaining callers * full_check_disk_change() killed - ditto.
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