From 47c0f3b8ae90885b937ecbd193f7803420c50a50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Mazzoleni <amadvance@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 19:40:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Before spinning down flush all the disk caches

---
 cmdline/unix.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmdline/unix.c b/cmdline/unix.c
index 83eebbf3..7841fa71 100644
--- a/cmdline/unix.c
+++ b/cmdline/unix.c
@@ -1548,6 +1548,11 @@ int devquery(tommy_list* high, tommy_list* low, int operation, int others)
 {
 	void* (*func)(void* arg) = 0;
 
+	if (operation == DEVICE_DOWN) {
+		/* flush all the disk caches before spinning down */
+		sync();
+	}
+
 #if HAVE_LINUX_DEVICE
 	tommy_node* i;
 	struct stat st;