From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx>
---
fdisk/utils.c | 10 ++++++----
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fdisk/utils.c b/fdisk/utils.c
index 352a934..5bb4984 100644
--- a/fdisk/utils.c
+++ b/fdisk/utils.c
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ void fdisk_init_debug(int mask)
/**
* fdisk_new_context:
+ * @filename: path to the device to be handled
+ * @readonly: how to open the device
+ *
+ * If the @readonly flag is set to false, fdisk will attempt to open
+ * the device with read-write mode and will fallback to read-only if
+ * unsuccessful.
*
* Returns: newly allocated fdisk context
*/
@@ -155,10 +161,6 @@ struct fdisk_context *fdisk_new_context_from_filename(const char *fname, int rea
int fd, errsv = 0;
struct fdisk_context *cxt = NULL;
- /*
- * Attempt to open the device with r-w permissions
- * by default, otherwise try read-only.
- */
if (readonly == 1 || (fd = open(fname, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
if ((fd = open(fname, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
return NULL;
--
1.7.4.1
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