Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add partition resize function to BLKPG ioctl

[Phillip Susi]

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On 12/21/2011 03:46 PM, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> I guess taking disk mutex will help us providing mutual exclusion between
> multiple ioctls or multiple instances of same ioctl. Like, while you are
> extending a partition and checking for overlap, you don't want another call
> making progress on next partition which might overlap with this partition.

Good point; I will put it back and grab it in the correct order.

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