Current method to identify and verify the user provided device_path needs device SB to be accessible. In situations where SB isn't accessible or read fails. Using devid will help.
Anand Jain (1): Btrfs: device delete by devid fs/btrfs/ioctl.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++--------- fs/btrfs/volumes.h | 2 +- include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h | 8 ++++++++ 4 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) Anand Jain (2): btrfs-progs: move is_numerical to utils-lib.h and make it non static btrfs-progs: device delete to accept devid Documentation/btrfs-device.txt | 2 +- cmds-device.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- cmds-replace.c | 11 ---------- ioctl.h | 8 +++++++ utils-lib.c | 11 ++++++++++ utils.h | 1 + 6 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) -- 2.0.0.153.g79dcccc -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html