linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Allow userspace block device implementation

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Message-ID: <87d47kh9kh.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:49:34 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Kyle Moffett <kyle@...fetthome.net>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Zachary Amsden <zamsden@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, axboe@...nel.dk, hch@...radead.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Paul.Clements@...eleye.com,
	tytso@....edu, miklos <miklos@...redi.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow userspace block device implementation

Kyle Moffett <kyle@...fetthome.net> writes:
>
>   (1) The ability to rearrange, resize, and restructure
> partition-tables on the fly.  The existing "re-read partition tables"
> infrastructure does not safely and reasonably handle changes to the
> partition-table while partitions are mounted. 

It doesn't today (and I really hate it too), but is there a hard reason it
couldn't be fixed to support that properly? 

-Andi

-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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