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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/loop.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 55bea9c95b45..cf80cdf5e440 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ static void __loop_update_dio(struct loop_device *lo, bool dio)
if (lo->use_dio == use_dio)
return;
- /* flush dirty pages before changing direct IO */
- vfs_fsync(lo->lo_backing_file, 0);
+ /* flush dirty pages before starting to use direct I/O */
+ if (use_dio)
+ vfs_fsync(lo->lo_backing_file, 0);
/*
* The flag of LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO is handled similarly with