Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:31:06 +1100 | From | Martin Pool <> | Subject | Re: rescan partitions returns EIO since 2.6.8 |
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On 6 Dec 2004, Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 11:47:22AM +1100, Martin Pool wrote: > > On 5 Dec 2004, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > > To me it seems more correct that a request to read the partition table > > should fail if the partition table can't be read. > > I do not view BLKRRPART as a request to read the partition table. > It is a request to revalidate: "if the disk is in use, return EBUSY, > otherwise, discard any old information, read any new information". > If the disk is blank then there is no new information to read, > that is not an error, and certainly not an I/O error. > > > if you really want to roll it back I won't object. > > Yes, I think I want to - am getting worried mail from people > who very much dislike I/O errors on a brand-new disk.
OK, my mistake. Please take it out.
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