--- /dev/null
+diff -u -r kernel-2.4.20/drivers/block/blkpg.c kernel-2.4.20-l15/drivers/block/blkpg.c
+--- kernel-2.4.20/drivers/block/blkpg.c Fri Aug 2 17:39:43 2002
++++ kernel-2.4.20-l15drivers/block/blkpg.c Tue Apr 8 19:40:22 2003
+@@ -296,3 +296,38 @@
+ }
+
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_ioctl);
++
++#define NUM_DEV_NO_WRITE 16
++static int dev_no_write[NUM_DEV_NO_WRITE];
++
++/*
++ * Debug code for turning block devices "read-only" (will discard writes
++ * silently). This is for filesystem crash/recovery testing.
++ */
++void dev_set_rdonly(kdev_t dev, int no_write)
++{
++ if (dev) {
++ printk(KERN_WARNING "Turning device %s read-only\n",
++ bdevname(dev));
++ dev_no_write[no_write] = 0xdead0000 + dev;
++ }
++}
++
++int dev_check_rdonly(kdev_t dev) {
++ int i;
++
++ for (i = 0; i < NUM_DEV_NO_WRITE; i++) {
++ if ((dev_no_write[i] & 0xffff0000) == 0xdead0000 &&
++ dev == (dev_no_write[i] & 0xffff))
++ return 1;
++ }
++ return 0;
++}
++
++void dev_clear_rdonly(int no_write) {
++ dev_no_write[no_write] = 0;
++}
++
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_rdonly);
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_check_rdonly);
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_clear_rdonly);
+diff -u -r kernel-2.4.20/drivers/block/loop.c kernel-2.4.20-l15/drivers/block/loop.c
+--- kernel-2.4.20/drivers/block/loop.c Thu Nov 28 15:53:12 2002
++++ kernel-2.4.20-l15/drivers/block/loop.c Tue Apr 8 19:40:22 2003
+@@ -474,6 +474,9 @@
+ spin_unlock_irq(&lo->lo_lock);
+
+ if (rw == WRITE) {
++ if (dev_check_rdonly(rbh->b_rdev))
++ goto err;
++
+ if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY)
+ goto err;
+ } else if (rw == READA) {
+diff -u -r kernel-2.4.20/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c kernel-2.4.20-l15/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+--- kernel-2.4.20/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c Thu Nov 28 15:53:13 2002
++++ kernel-2.4.20-l15/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c Tue Apr 8 19:42:09 2003
+@@ -558,6 +558,10 @@
+ */
+ static ide_startstop_t do_rw_disk (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, unsigned long block)
+ {
++ if (rq->cmd == WRITE && dev_check_rdonly(rq->rq_dev)) {
++ ide_end_request(1, HWGROUP(drive));
++ return ide_stopped;
++ }
+ if (IDE_CONTROL_REG)
+ OUT_BYTE(drive->ctl,IDE_CONTROL_REG);
+