On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:56:53 +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> Since commit 10c70d95c0f2 ("block: remove the bd_openers checks in
> blk_drop_partitions") we allow rereading of partition table although
> there are users of the block device. This has an undesirable consequence
> that e.g. if sda and sdb are assembled to a RAID1 device md0 with
> partitions, BLKRRPART ioctl on sda will rescan partition table and
> create sda1 device. This partition device under a raid device confuses
> some programs (such as libstorage-ng used for initial partitioning for
> distribution installation) leading to failures.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] block: Do not reread partition table on exclusively open device
commit: 8d67fc20caf8b08ef6c90a04970846a950d46dd1
Best regards,
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Jens Axboe
