From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-pf1-f174.google.com (mail-pf1-f174.google.com [209.85.210.174]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F12B1758F for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:25:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.dk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernel.dk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel-dk.20230601.gappssmtp.com header.i=@kernel-dk.20230601.gappssmtp.com header.b="KoexH+w2" Received: by mail-pf1-f174.google.com with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-6d9bd8adb9aso1236859b3a.0 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2024 06:25:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel-dk.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1705328725; x=1705933525; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:references:cc:to :content-language:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=BTyVfmz2hJiEVhEw5q632zLaT46LN9kFqtDeoZ21t38=; b=KoexH+w2oSte6g5cT7KETen9CTcd7grY2LqVcfQlZwKJwsloGdDXVrgOuT+PX/8z3d lDFTcUCucjEzcnt3E385WfVmT4SzFbLTU3Uh2nQlmhVg24xo7uHm9HCwXNFhmSVt16Q/ Ip9ovgLD6RKVEunXVKeYz9Pc0Bz8I9UkyT+iZqjcZHryeYmj/8lZx+Vn1MQAOeagkB1r S7uAYVyv5yCukNdf5WTYKyc01EV/nRw07MAm3eK+9fB74bh3VtADF3pNwAvp10VIQu4k uOHUQqttILKdjN6wgDX+e6n6JSegUUcFcuBg43t5JEqNj9MWcat21SmVRs3ABSftalfU GU4Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1705328725; x=1705933525; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:references:cc:to :content-language:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=BTyVfmz2hJiEVhEw5q632zLaT46LN9kFqtDeoZ21t38=; b=t0nRQTb7o3ZWdPJXdDp/UlrMaAE0UDDMB/54Za1Ajf0QHaHl97xnxIP/+OPtMkguj1 7/jAxXRlwrUv+AxHGTtCF81TQsjf4IGrd0SR6IxYdM4XPXFLLRI3REbh8/IhmhIr4ZAJ qtnqVBvwnHsDzdb3JI/ENy7VY9f9h0rs02rV8Q2ohndqI8ZL5p/4kM7aCq5ZtyVDXYoX M3BrHDEzxYccDnq4ZtAv1lFvHfVUFOSl7ifG+acTVW9uh3Hf4lM3SJC5/+0ECmn215V1 ultNli0MIuHgFHDlrezrx3Yl3XdwvF86bDSJ/3CeAYZ7u/qqGhNyu3qik3/MzqqJ9+6o fuUg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yw8XPmCfKVzhlZAUGqRhvDWZ2lSSQdOLPi6PL+u6nQvwAw3qnhG A0LRjY1uOZNHY8iJ42bLdbUFeyOHXBzx7w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEMmMZ+G6wxO5aJo2jFS6EC5M2q8MHX4wmy+6f5xjeOWbzyzNji9fVsN/f5iY+bMwQpNo1Ovg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a00:2d94:b0:6da:83a2:1d5e with SMTP id fb20-20020a056a002d9400b006da83a21d5emr13067220pfb.2.1705328724591; Mon, 15 Jan 2024 06:25:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.150] ([198.8.77.194]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j5-20020aa783c5000000b006d99f930607sm7895860pfn.140.2024.01.15.06.25.23 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 15 Jan 2024 06:25:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <603ce174-4307-4425-a597-60236c237fdc@kernel.dk> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:25:22 -0700 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: PROBLEM: BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION with GENHD_FL_NO_PART used to return ENXIO, now returns EINVAL Content-Language: en-US To: Karel Zak , Allison Karlitskaya Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org References: <20240115125722.bwumutabu4itbrho@ws.net.home> From: Jens Axboe In-Reply-To: <20240115125722.bwumutabu4itbrho@ws.net.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 1/15/24 5:57 AM, Karel Zak wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 01:13:49PM +0100, Allison Karlitskaya wrote: >> hi, >> >> [1.] One line summary of the problem: >> BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION on an empty loopback device used to return ENXIO >> but now returns EINVAL, breaking partprobe > > Note that partx from util-linux also assumes ENXIO, and this errno is > interpreted as non-error ("ignore this partition"). Can someone send a patch for this? -- Jens Axboe