Hi.. On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Prashant Shah <pshah.mumbai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I am confused on how does Linux kernel handle writes done directly to > the /dev/sda3 partitions which is not even mounted. > > Is the kernel even aware of such writes, does it go though the request > queue, I/O scheduler, etc ? Is it possible to monitor such writes ? IIRC, blktrace is designed to monitor such I/O events at the block level. Try it :) -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
