Re: Failure to reread partition tables on non-busy devices

From: Doug Ledford (dledford@redhat.com)
Date: Sun Nov 17 2002 - 22:06:39 EST

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On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 07:43:27PM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote:
> Not really. Correct fix is:
> a) in fs/block_dev.c::full_check_disk_change() replace
>
> if (check_disk_change(bdev)) {
> with
> if (check_disk_change(bdev) && bdev->bd_invalidated) {
>
> b) lost the check in rescan_partitions().
>
> Other callers either do that check themselves or don't want that check to
> happen at all (BLKRRPART).

Well, since you didn't attach the patch, here it is.

-- Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> 919-754-3700 x44233 Red Hat, Inc. 1801 Varsity Dr. Raleigh, NC 27606

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