From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Ewan D . Milne" <emilne@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:16:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210217071629.GA15362@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210217030714.GB259250@T590>
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:07:14AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> Do you think it is correct for ioctl(BLKRRPART) to always drop/re-add
> partition device node?
Yes, that is what it is designed to do. The only reason to call this
ioctl is when userspace software has written new partition table
information to the disk.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-17 7:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-05 2:17 [PATCH 0/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed Ming Lei
2021-02-05 2:17 ` [PATCH 1/2] block: move partitions check code into single helper Ming Lei
2021-02-05 2:17 ` [PATCH 2/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed Ming Lei
2021-02-05 7:14 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-05 7:30 ` Ming Lei
2021-02-15 4:03 ` [PATCH 0/2] " Ming Lei
2021-02-16 8:44 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-17 3:07 ` Ming Lei
2021-02-17 7:16 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2021-02-18 7:57 ` Ming Lei
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