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From: Andreas Klauer <Andreas.Klauer@metamorpher.de>
To: Paul Clements <paul.clements@us.sios.com>
Cc: Markus Pargmann <mpa@pengutronix.de>,
	"nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net" 
	<nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net>, Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"kernel@pengutronix.de" <kernel@pengutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [Nbd] [RFC 4/4] nbd: Add support for nbd as root device
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 15:43:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150131144316.GA4328@EIS> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAECXXi5+VhBeZwZ5aosc+Oc+0bCZbJZTjzYA-QTRrJCjs2NFOw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 08:52:18AM -0500, Paul Clements wrote:
>    The pid is also used to break a hung connection. See nbd_xmit_timeout.

I'm using the pid to find the first free NBD device...

If it's going away I guess I'll have to stick to /proc/partitions...?
Although last time I tried, it did not work too well.

(discussion on the NBD list, March 2014, "How to find a free NBD device")

Regards
Andreas

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-01-31 14:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-13 13:44 [RFC 0/4] nbd: root device support Markus Pargmann
2015-01-13 13:44 ` [RFC 1/4] nbd: Replace kthread_create with kthread_run Markus Pargmann
2015-01-13 13:44 ` [RFC 2/4] nbd: Split 'DO_IT' into three functions Markus Pargmann
2015-01-26 16:16   ` Paul Clements
2015-01-26 16:23     ` Markus Pargmann
2015-01-13 13:44 ` [RFC 3/4] nbd: Create helper functions for ioctls Markus Pargmann
2015-01-28 21:04   ` Paul Clements
2015-01-30  7:54     ` Markus Pargmann
2015-01-13 13:44 ` [RFC 4/4] nbd: Add support for nbd as root device Markus Pargmann
2015-01-20 11:51   ` Markus Pargmann
2015-01-29 23:42   ` [Nbd] " Wouter Verhelst
2015-01-30  8:04     ` Markus Pargmann
2015-01-30 17:30       ` Wouter Verhelst
2015-01-31 12:38         ` Markus Pargmann
     [not found]           ` <CAECXXi5+VhBeZwZ5aosc+Oc+0bCZbJZTjzYA-QTRrJCjs2NFOw@mail.gmail.com>
2015-01-31 14:43             ` Andreas Klauer [this message]
2015-01-31 15:45               ` Markus Pargmann
2015-01-31 15:00             ` Markus Pargmann
2015-01-30 18:10       ` [Nbd] " H. Peter Anvin
2015-01-31 12:08         ` Markus Pargmann

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