Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:36:28 -0500 | From | Phillip Susi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add partition resize function to BLKPG ioctl |
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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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