Re: [PATCH 1/2] NBD: set uninitialized devices to size 0

From: Bill Davidsen
Date: Tue Aug 28 2007 - 22:55:48 EST


Andrew Morton wrote:
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:06:39 -0400
Paul Clements <paul.clements@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This fixes errors with utilities (such as LVM's vgscan) that try to scan all devices. Previously this would generate read errors when uninitialized nbd devices were scanned:

I somewhat randomly marked both these as 2.6.24 material. If you think
that was incorrect, please shout out.

I have the feeling that I mentioned nbd issues several releases ago, but never got to getting more info on reproducing them. I try not to submit bugs I can't reproduce, oftem they're my fault :-(


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