On Dec 14, 2007 7:26 AM, NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Given an fd on a block device, returns a string like > > /block/sda/sda1 > > which can be used to find related information in /sys. > > Ideally we should have an ioctl that works on char devices as well, > but that seems far from trivial, so it seems reasonable to have > this until the later can be implemented. > > Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> > > ### Diffstat output > ./block/ioctl.c | 13 +++++++++++++ > ./include/linux/fs.h | 2 ++ > 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+) > > diff .prev/block/ioctl.c ./block/ioctl.c > --- .prev/block/ioctl.c 2007-12-14 17:18:50.000000000 +1100 > +++ ./block/ioctl.c 2007-12-14 16:15:41.000000000 +1100 > @@ -227,8 +227,21 @@ int blkdev_ioctl(struct inode *inode, st > struct block_device *bdev = inode->i_bdev; > struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk; > int ret, n; > + char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE*2 + 10]; > > switch(cmd) { > + case BLKGETNAME: > + strcpy(b, "/block/"); As pointed out to when you came up with the idea, we can't do this. A devpath is a path to the device and will not necessarily start with "/block" for block devices. It may start with "/devices" and can be much longer than BDEVNAME_SIZE*2 + 10. Please do not apply! Kay - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html