Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:23:49 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 1 of 2 - When a partition is claimed, claim the whole device for partitioning. |
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 12:35:57PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote: > ### Comments for ChangeSet > > Current devices can be 'claimed' by filesystems (when mounting) or > md/raid (when being included in an array) or 'raw' or .... > This stop concurrent access by these systems. > > However it is still possible for one system to claim the whole device > and a second system to claim one partition, which is not good. > > With this patch, when a partition is claimed, the whole device is > claimed for partitioning. So you cannot have a partition and the > whole devices claimed at the same time (except if the whole device > is claimed for partitioning).
Ok, this answers my question in the first mail...
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