3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index f712e4cfd9dc..7cf3eb023521 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ static void update_ordered(ide_drive_t *drive)
                  * not available so we don't need to recheck that.
                  */
                 capacity = idedisk_capacity(drive);
-                barrier = ide_id_has_flush_cache(id) &&
+                barrier = ide_id_has_flush_cache(id) && !drive->noflush &&
                         (drive->addressing == 0 || capacity <= (1ULL << 28) ||
                          ide_id_has_flush_cache_ext(id));
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 05fbd9298db7..defd4b4bd374 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ static int __init ide_setup(char *s)
                 const char *hd_words[] = {
                         "none", "noprobe", "nowerr", "cdrom", "serialize",
                         "autotune", "noautotune", "minus8", "swapdata", "bswap",
-                        "minus11", "remap", "remap63", "scsi", NULL };
+                        "noflush", "remap", "remap63", "scsi", NULL };
                 unit = s[2] - 'a';
                 hw   = unit / MAX_DRIVES;
                 unit = unit % MAX_DRIVES;
@@ -1578,6 +1578,9 @@ static int __init ide_setup(char *s)
                         case -10: /* "bswap" */
                                 drive->bswap = 1;
                                 goto done;
+                        case -11: /* noflush */
+                                drive->noflush = 1;
+                                goto done;
                         case -12: /* "remap" */
                                 drive->remap_0_to_1 = 1;
                                 goto done;
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index dc7abef10965..99620451d958 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ typedef struct ide_drive_s {
         u8      waiting_for_dma;        /* dma currently in progress */
         u8      unmask;                 /* okay to unmask other irqs */
         u8      bswap;                  /* byte swap data */
+        u8      noflush;                /* don't attempt flushes */
         u8      dsc_overlap;            /* DSC overlap */
         u8      nice1;                  /* give potential excess bandwidth */