From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751926Ab1LHMaq (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2011 07:30:46 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:35171 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751092Ab1LHMap (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2011 07:30:45 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:30:38 +0100 From: Karel Zak To: Phillip Susi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vivek Goyal , Jens Axboe Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add partition resize function to BLKPG ioctl Message-ID: <20111208123038.GA16493@nb.redhat.com> References: <4ED6F320.5060709@cfl.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4ED6F320.5060709@cfl.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:23:12PM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Add a new operation code ( BLKPG_RES_PARTITION ) to the > BLKPG ioctl that allows altering the size of an existing > partition, even if it is currently in use. It seems very close to Vivek's BLKPG_EXTEND_PARTITION idea, see: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/9/1/351 It's evident that we (userspace) need something better than BLKPG_{ADD,DEL}_* and BLKRRPART, but no response from kernel side :-( Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com