From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] /proc/partition problem Message-ID: <20020816120315.B12990@sistina.com> References: <20020815084944kaoru@rifu.bsd.tnes.nec.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20020815084944kaoru@rifu.bsd.tnes.nec.co.jp>; from kaoru@bsd.tnes.nec.co.jp on Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 08:49:44AM +0900 Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Aug 16 05:18:01 2002 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com Well, we had support for correct logical volume names ages ago already. Hasn't been accepted by kernel folks :( We need to live with 'nasty' names in /proc/partitions, sorry. On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 08:49:44AM +0900, kaoru@bsd.tnes.nec.co.jp wrote: > Hi, > > I reffered to /proc/partitions, a strange character code went > into a name sequence when I created 26 or more volume of LV(s) > on 2.4.19 with LVM-1.0.5. > > $ cat /proc/partitions > major minor #blocks name > > 58 0 3145728 lvma > 58 1 3145728 lvmb > 58 2 512000 lvmc > 58 3 204800 lvmd > ......... > 58 24 53248 lvmy > 58 25 53248 lvmz > 58 26 53248 lvm{ > 58 27 53248 lvm| > 58 28 53248 lvm} > 58 29 53248 lvm~ > 58 30 53248 lvm > 58 31 53248 lvm > 58 32 53248 lvm > 58 33 53248 lvm > 58 34 53248 lvm > > I think that this problem is depended on illegal codes of > a disk_name function(fs/partitions/check.c). > > According to fs/partitions/check.c: > > char *disk_name (struct gendisk *hd, int minor, char *buf) > { > ................. > > if (part) > sprintf(buf, "%s%c%d", maj, unit+'a', part); > else > sprintf(buf, "%s%c", maj, unit+'a'); > return buf; > > } > > I think it is better that the LVM staff discuss the fault of > this code with Linux Kernel code maintainer. > > -------- > Kaoru > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-