linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] mtip32xx: Abort secure erase when drive is mounted

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Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 2016 09:11:04 -0700
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Asai Thambi SP <asamymuthupa@...ron.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@...ron.com>,
	Selvan Mani <smani@...ron.com>,
	Rajesh Kumar Sambandam <rsambandam@...ron.com>,
	Vignesh Gunasekaran <vgunasekaran@...ron.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] mtip32xx: Abort secure erase when drive is mounted

On Mon, Feb 22 2016, Asai Thambi SP wrote:
> 
> To avoid erasing a device with a mounted filesystem, try to get exclusive
> access to the blkdev object corresponding to the device.

I don't think this needs to be in the kernel, why not just check from
the official format tool if the device is mounted or not?

-- 
Jens Axboe