linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: add GENHD_FL

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Message-ID: <20110813185453.GA16933@infradead.org>
Date:	Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:54:53 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: add GENHD_FL_UNPARTITIONABLE

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 05:32:37PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
> There are cases where suppressing partition scan is useful - e.g. for
> lo devices

Err, partitioning loop devices is extremly useful.

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