Re: [PATCH] block: check disk flag before setting scan bit

[Jens Axboe]

On 1/16/23 1:38?AM, wangjie wrote:
> No need to scan partitions for disk who has set flag GENHD_FL_NO_PART in
> driver code. In disk_scan_partitions function, the same checking is
> existing, so we believe this change is reasonable.
> 
> In our case, some virtual block devices are not managed by GPT, then scan
> partition operation is not a must. So we set GENHD_FL_NO_PART flag in
> driver intended to avoid partitions being dropped/added.
> But GD_NEED_PART_SCAN bit was still set by bdev_check_media_change, which
> causing problems here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: wangjie

Signed-off-by is in the wrong format, and the whole email is badly
mangled...

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This didn't quote well, but the original is also useless. You do realize
you send this email to a public list? Please get rid of it.

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Jens Axboe