Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:07:14 +0800 | From | Ming Lei <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed |
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On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 09:44:30AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 12:03:41PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > > Hello, > > I think this is a fundamentally bad idea. We should not keep the > parsed partition state around forever just to work around some buggy > user space software.
What is the bug in userspace software?
Do you think it is correct for ioctl(BLKRRPART) to always drop/re-add partition device node?
-- Ming
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