Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix return code for ioctl( BLKRRPART ) if device is down

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On Tue, 03/24 11:34, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 24/03/2015 11:16, Fam Zheng wrote:
> > If issued right after link down, "blockdev --rereadpt" will be stuck for a
> > while and then return normally. Although the underlying capacity and partition
> > table are not correctly updated. And it means that userspace can't detect the
> > error at all.
> > 
> > Fix this by propargating the error of "read capacity" command through the
> > stack, so that the ioctl could fail with -EIO.
> > 
> > Fam Zheng (3):
> >   block: Return error in rescan_partitions if revalidating disk failed
> >   sd: Return error in sd_revalidate_disk if read capacity failed
> >   sd: Return -EIO if read capacity failed
> > 
> >  block/partition-generic.c |  6 +++---
> >  drivers/scsi/sd.c         | 22 +++++++++++++---------
> >  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>

Ping?

> 
> Though patch 3 could be seen as a change in userspace ABI, so I'm less
> sure about it.
> 
> Paolo
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