else if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_FILE)
ret = posix_fadvise(f->fd, off, len, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
else if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_BD) {
+ int retry_count = 0;
+
ret = blockdev_invalidate_cache(f);
+ while (ret < 0 && errno == EAGAIN && retry_count++ < 25) {
+ /*
+ * Linux multipath devices reject ioctl while
+ * the maps are being updated. That window can
+ * last tens of milliseconds; we'll try up to
+ * a quarter of a second.
+ */
+ usleep(10000);
+ ret = blockdev_invalidate_cache(f);
+ }
if (ret < 0 && errno == EACCES && geteuid()) {
if (!root_warn) {
log_err("fio: only root may flush block "