Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751020AbWIHI1d (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 04:27:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751029AbWIHI1d (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 04:27:33 -0400 Received: from natlemon.rzone.de ([81.169.145.170]:5293 "EHLO natlemon.rzone.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751020AbWIHI1c (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 04:27:32 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 10:27:18 +0200 From: Olaf Hering To: Michael Tokarev Cc: Linux-kernel Subject: Re: re-reading the partition table on a "busy" drive Message-ID: <20060908082718.GA30894@aepfle.de> References: <45004707.4030703@tls.msk.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45004707.4030703@tls.msk.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 583 Lines: 13 On Thu, Sep 07, Michael Tokarev wrote: > Is it possible to implement such a feature? I mean, is it > easy to know which *partitions* (subdevices?) of the whole > device are currently in use, as opposed to the whole drive? Its already there, see include/linux/blkpg.h parted uses this interface, fdisk and others use the rereadpt ioctl. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/