Messages in this thread | | | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Ramdisk ioctl bug fix, kernel 2.4.14 | Date | Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:56:32 -0500 (EST) |
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> Most disk devices can't change their size with a few commands as a ram disk can > as it's a physical constant. Ram disks are virtual so their size is whatever > the user specifies, with a kernel configured upper limit. I argue that the size > is the allocated amount, not the upper limit.
I think your problem is that you are querying the disk to ask it the file system size ? If so you asked the wrong code - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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