Hi Guys, The two patches changes block ioctl(BLKRRPART) for avoiding drop & re-add partitions if partitions state isn't changed. The current behavior confuses userspace because partitions can disappear anytime when ioctl(BLKRRPART). Ming Lei (2): block: move partitions check code into single helper block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed block/genhd.c | 2 + block/partitions/check.h | 2 + block/partitions/core.c | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- fs/block_dev.c | 28 +++++++++-- include/linux/genhd.h | 4 ++ 5 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) Cc: Ewan D. Milne <emilne@xxxxxxxxxx> -- 2.29.2
