On 15/07/21 11:47, Yury Kamenev wrote:
+#ifdef CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK_NO_PART_SCAN
+ if (unlikely(partitions_scanning_disable))
+ /* disable partitions scanning if it was stated in virtio features*/
+ if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_NO_PART_SCAN))
+ vblk->disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
+#endif
+
Has this been added to the spec? It doesn't seem like a good idea, as
pointed out by Stefan[1], Christoph[2] and myself[3].
Paolo
[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20210524145654.GA2632@xxxxxx/T/#m2697cb41578490aad49ed1d8fa6604bf0924b54d
[2]
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20210524145654.GA2632@xxxxxx/T/#mc59329fd824102f94ac2f6b29fe94a652849aca0
[3]
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20210524145654.GA2632@xxxxxx/T/#mee6787c4fd87790b64feccc9e77fd5f618c2c336
