Re: [PATCH] block: Fix BLKRRPART regression

[Shinichiro Kawasaki]

On Apr 16, 2024 / 09:10, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote:
> On 4/12/2024 12:12 AM, Shinichiro Kawasaki wrote:
> > On Apr 10, 2024 / 23:39, Saranya Muruganandam wrote:
> >> The BLKRRPART ioctl used to report errors such as EIO before we changed
> >> the blkdev_reread_part() logic.
> >>
> >> Add a flag and capture the errors returned by bdev_disk_changed()
> >> when the flag is set. Set this flag for the BLKRRPART path when we
> >> want the errors to be reported when rereading partitions on the disk.
> >>
> >> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240320015134.GA14267@xxxxxx/
> >> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> >> Tested: Tested by simulating failure to the block device and will
> >> propose a new test to blktests.
> >> Fixes: 4601b4b130de ("block: reopen the device in blkdev_reread_part")
> >> Reported-by: Saranya Muruganandam <saranyamohan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Saranya Muruganandam <saranyamohan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > The change looks good to me. I also confirmed the fix with the new,
> > corresponding blktests test case.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@xxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@xxxxxxx>
> 
> which patch is the final one ? Is it this one or the one posted with
> title :-
> 
> "block: propagate partition scanning errors to the BLKRRPART ioctl​" ?
> 
> Please clarify so I can make sure to run some tests at my end.

The patch I reviewed and tested is the one that Saranya reflected my comment.
It is found here:

    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20240410233932.256871-1-saranyamohan@xxxxxxxxxx/