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    [PATCH] partition table flush/read cleanup · 816ab591
    Alexander Viro authored
    Big One.  Flushing/rereading partition tables is taken from
    ->revalidate() for partitioned devices; now it's done in the
    caller (check_disk_change()).  BLKRRPART handling also moved
    out of drivers - they are still allowed to override it (DAC960
    and i2o are the only remaining ones), but common case is handled
    in fs/block_dev.c.
    
    Note: we are still only shifting stuff - bd_sem deadlocks in
    check_disk_change() are still there.  However, now we have all
    relevant code outside of drivers and that will allow to fix the
    thing (see next patches).
    816ab591
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