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Once the blockdev inode for /dev/ram0 is dirtied we have a memory-backed
inode on the blockdev superblock's s_dirty list.

sync_sb_inodes() sees the memory-backed inode on the superblock and assumes
that all the other inodes on the superblock are also memory-backed.  This is
not true for the blockdev superblock!  We forget to write out dirty pages
against the following blockdevs.

Fix this by just leaving the inode dirty and moving on to inspect the other
blockdev inodes on sb->s_io.

(This is a little inefficient: an alternative is to leave dirtied
memory-backed inodes on inode_in_use, so nobody ever even considers them for
writeout.  But that introduces an inconsistency and is a bit kludgey).

Here is rocket driver patch against 2.5.70-bk18.  Changes are:

-  Removed non-GPL license text from headers
-  Removed check_region()/request_region() raciness
-  Made the driver a >2.5 driver only (as you had suggested)

already being unhashed on entry.

as we delete the entry, we can only poison the back pointer, not the
traversal pointer (rcu traversal only ever walks forward).

Make __d_drop() take this into account.

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drivers/char/pty.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/rio/rio_linux.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/epca.c converted to dynamic allocation

arch/v850/kernel/{memcons,simcons}.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/vt.c converted to dynamic allocation

arch/um/drivers/* converted to dynamic allocation

arch/cris/drivers/serial.c converted to dynamic allocation

arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/s390/char/con3215.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/s390/char/sclp_tty.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/s390/char/tubtty.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/s390/net/ctctty.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c converted to dynamic allocation

arch/mips/baget/vacserial.c converted to dynamic allocation

arch/ppc/8xx_io/uart.c converted to dynamic allocation

arch/ppc/8260_io/uart.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/ip2main.c converted to dynamic allocation

arch/mips/au1000/common/serial.c converted to dynamic allocation

arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c converted to dynamic allocation

arch/ppc/4xx_io/serial_sicc.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/esp.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/usb/class/bluetty.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/hvc_console.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/synclinkmp.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/synclink.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/mxser.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/moxa.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/pcxx.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/riscom8.c converted to dynamic allocation

drivers/char/rocket.c converted to dynamic allocation