Re: [PATCH 0/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed

[PATCH 0/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed · Ming Lei <hidden> · 2021-02-05
[PATCH 1/2] block: move partitions check code into single helper · Ming Lei <hidden> · 2021-02-05
[PATCH 2/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed · Ming Lei <hidden> · 2021-02-05
Re: [PATCH 2/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-02-05
Re: [PATCH 2/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed · Ming Lei <hidden> · 2021-02-05
Re: [PATCH 0/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed · Ming Lei <hidden> · 2021-02-15
Re: [PATCH 0/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-02-16
Re: [PATCH 0/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed · Ming Lei <hidden> · 2021-02-17
Re: [PATCH 0/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-02-17
Re: [PATCH 0/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed · Ming Lei <hidden> · 2021-02-18

From: Ming Lei <hidden>
Date: 2021-02-17 03:09:20
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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:

quoted

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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