linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] Check for device resize when rescanning partitions

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Message-ID: <x49ej419jr5.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:17:34 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Patterson <andrew.patterson@...com>
Cc:	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	axboe@...nel.dk, andmike@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mike.miller@...com,
	genanr@...phone.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] Check for device resize when rescanning partitions

Andrew Patterson <andrew.patterson@...com> writes:

> Check for device resize when rescanning partitions
>
> Check for device resize in the rescan_partitions() routine. If the device
> has been resized, the bdev size is set to match. The rescan_partitions()
> routine is called when opening the device and when calling the
> BLKRRPART ioctl.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Patterson <andrew.patterson@...com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
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