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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 09:11:04 -0700
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Asai Thambi SP <asamymuthupa@micron.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] mtip32xx: Abort secure erase when drive is mounted
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On Mon, Feb 22 2016, Asai Thambi SP wrote:
> 
> To avoid erasing a device with a mounted filesystem, try to get exclusive
> access to the blkdev object corresponding to the device.

I don't think this needs to be in the kernel, why not just check from
the official format tool if the device is mounted or not?

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Jens Axboe