linux-kernel - Re: [patch 21/50] brd: dont show ramdisks in /proc/partitions

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Date:	Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:51:11 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org>
To:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org, jejb@...nel.org,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Marcin Krol <hawk@...-linux.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 21/50] brd: dont show ramdisks in /proc/partitions

Chris Wright wrote:
 > From: Marcin Krol <hawk@...-linux.org>
 >
> I also think that someone somewhere (long time ago) excluded ramdisks from
> /proc/partitions for good reasons.  It is possible that now such new
> "feature" is harmless, but I think there are more chances that someone
> will say "hey, /proc/partitions has changed, now my software doesn't work"
> then "hey where did my new 2.6.25 feature go".  nbd devices are also
> excluded, maybe for very same (unknown to me) reasons.

This seems a bit like cargo cult programming to me.  If there isn't a 
known, good, reason to revert this behaviour change, I would consider it 
a bugfix, not a regression.

	-hpa
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