On 3/3/22, 2:57 AM, "Martin Wilck" wrote:
> I agree. kpartx is a tool for creating linear dm mappings that behave
> roughly like partitions. And it should stay that way. We (made the
> mistake to) add convenience functionality to setup loop devices when
> kpartx is called with a re
On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 12:07:11AM +, Ritika Srivastava wrote:
> On 2/28/22, 2:44 PM, "Benjamin Marzinski" wrote:
>
> > So unless I'm missing something, we'd only really want this for removing
> > a kpartx device, in the case where somehow you have /dev/loopXpY
> > partitions witho
On 2/28/22, 2:44 PM, "Benjamin Marzinski" wrote:
> So unless I'm missing something, we'd only really want this for removing
> a kpartx device, in the case where somehow you have /dev/loopXpY
> partitions without the LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN flag set on the disk. That
That's correct. We only
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 10:16:35PM +, Ritika Srivastava wrote:
> Ben,
>
> Thank you for reviewing this.
>
> On 2/22/22, 11:32 AM, "Benjamin Marzinski" wrote:
>
>> And I'm trying to figure out why you want to create /dev/loop0p1 if you
>> already have /dev/mapper/loop0p1? The ability
Ben,
Thank you for reviewing this.
On 2/22/22, 11:32 AM, "Benjamin Marzinski" wrote:
> And I'm trying to figure out why you want to create /dev/loop0p1 if you
> already have /dev/mapper/loop0p1? The ability of kpartx to create
> partitioned loop devices predates the existance "kpartx -
On 2/22/22, 10:28 AM, "Benjamin Marzinski" wrote:
On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 12:41:48PM -0800, Ritika Srivastava wrote:
>> Add -P, partition scanning option to kpartx which would set
>> LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN flag during loop device creation.
>> This option is same as losetup -P option.
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 06:59:10PM +, Ritika Srivastava wrote:
> On 2/22/22, 10:28 AM, "Benjamin Marzinski" wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 12:41:48PM -0800, Ritika Srivastava wrote:
> >> Add -P, partition scanning option to kpartx which would set
> >> LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN flag dur
On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 12:41:48PM -0800, Ritika Srivastava wrote:
> Add -P, partition scanning option to kpartx which would set
> LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN flag during loop device creation.
> This option is same as losetup -P option.
I'm confused here. What's the benefit of doing this? Doesn't this creat
Hi,
Gentle ping
Please help review this.
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Thanks,
Ritika
On 2/11/22, 3:51 PM, Ritika Srivastava wrote:
Add -P, partition scanning option to kpartx which would set
LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN flag during loop device creation.
This option is same as losetup -P option.
S
Add -P, partition scanning option to kpartx which would set
LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN flag during loop device creation.
This option is same as losetup -P option.
Signed-off-by: Ritika Srivastava
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kpartx/kpartx.c | 17 +
kpartx/lopart.c | 5 -
kpartx/lopart.h | 2 +-
3 files chan
Add -P, partition scanning option to kpartx which would set
LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN flag during loop device creation.
This option is same as losetup -P option.
Signed-off-by: Ritika Srivastava
---
kpartx/kpartx.c | 17 +
kpartx/lopart.c | 5 -
kpartx/lopart.h | 2 +-
3 files chan
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