From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACD3CC433DB for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:47:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63B5164DFF for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:47:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229830AbhBPIrN (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Feb 2021 03:47:13 -0500 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.211]:40362 "EHLO verein.lst.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229956AbhBPIpM (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Feb 2021 03:45:12 -0500 Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id E238C6736F; Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:44:30 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:44:30 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Ming Lei Cc: Jens Axboe , Christoph Hellwig , linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Ewan D . Milne" Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] block: avoid to drop & re-add partitions if partitions aren't changed Message-ID: <20210216084430.GA23694@lst.de> References: <20210205021708.1498711-1-ming.lei@redhat.com> <20210215040341.GA257964@T590> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210215040341.GA257964@T590> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 12:03:41PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > Hello, I think this is a fundamentally bad idea. We should not keep the parsed partition state around forever just to work around some buggy user space software.