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+/*
+ * flushb.c --- This routine flushes the disk buffers for a disk
+ *
+ * Copyright 1997, 2000, by Theodore Ts'o.
+ *
+ * WARNING: use of flushb on some older 2.2 kernels on a heavily loaded
+ * system will corrupt filesystems. This program is not really useful
+ * beyond for benchmarking scripts.
+ *
+ * %Begin-Header%
+ * This file may be redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public
+ * License.
+ * %End-Header%
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include "../misc/nls-enable.h"
+
+/* For Linux, define BLKFLSBUF if necessary */
+#if (!defined(BLKFLSBUF) && defined(__linux__))
+#define BLKFLSBUF _IO(0x12,97) /* flush buffer cache */
+#endif
+
+const char *progname;
+
+static void usage(void)
+{
+ fprintf(stderr, _("Usage: %s disk\n"), progname);
+ exit(1);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ int fd;
+
+ progname = argv[0];
+ if (argc != 2)
+ usage();
+
+ fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY, 0);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ perror("open");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ /*
+ * Note: to reread the partition table, use the ioctl
+ * BLKRRPART instead of BLKFSLBUF.
+ */
+#ifdef BLKFLSBUF
+ if (ioctl(fd, BLKFLSBUF, 0) < 0) {
+ perror("ioctl BLKFLSBUF");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ return 0;
+#else
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ _("BLKFLSBUF ioctl not supported! Can't flush buffers.\n"));
+ return 1;
+#endif
+}