linux-kernel - Re: [bug] latest -git boot hang

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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:13:35 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [bug] latest -git boot hang

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Tejun Heo wrote:
>>
>> Yeap, if fedora didn't work, I think it should be hidden.  Do we already
>> have place to hide things like this?
>>
> 
> By the way, I don't see anything in this patchset that lets userspace
> discover the parent device.  Since the old rule of
> 
>     partition device = parent device + partition number
> 
> ... no longer holds, this is a serious omission for something that is in
> mainstream (and therefore *requires* that a new interface is deployed
> for anything that cares.)
> 
> This will have to be addressed before 2.6.28 final.

The sysfs directory for the parent can be reached by "cd -P
/sys/class/block/PART/..".  That should be enough, right?  I'll add
the partition attribute but I don't really think we need to do
anything to improve parent discovery.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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