From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60583) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnAeP-0006FU-FY for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:45:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnAeN-0007Gy-2v for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:45:29 -0400 Received: from e23smtp07.au.ibm.com ([202.81.31.140]:54920) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnAeM-0007C5-Ft for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:45:27 -0400 Received: from /spool/local by e23smtp07.au.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:33:59 +1000 Received: from d23relay03.au.ibm.com (d23relay03.au.ibm.com [9.190.235.21]) by d23dlp01.au.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9053D2CE8044 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:45:04 +1000 (EST) Received: from d23av02.au.ibm.com (d23av02.au.ibm.com [9.190.235.138]) by d23relay03.au.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id r5DGiqJs30146782 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:44:55 +1000 Received: from d23av02.au.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d23av02.au.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id r5DGj0iU020903 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:45:00 +1000 Message-ID: <51B9F708.5030304@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:14:56 +0530 From: chandrashekar shastri MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <51B99CAE.2040006@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <51B9C00A.80100@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <51B9C00A.80100@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] fdisk still shows the "/dev/sdb" partitions even after the removal of scsi disk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Laszlo Ersek Cc: libvir-list@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, virt-tools-list@redhat.com On 06/13/2013 06:20 PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > On 06/13/13 12:19, chandrashekar shastri wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have filed a bug "fdisk still shows the "/dev/sdb" partitions even >> after the removal of scsi disk" for the upstream kernel. >> >> Bug link: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1190525 >> >> RHEL guest shows the partittions even after the removal of scsi disk: >> fdisk still shows the "/dev/sdb" partitions even after the removal of >> scsi disk. >> >> Guest details: >> ------------------- >> Kernel : 2.6.32-358 >> >> Host Details : >> >> Upstream Kernel, Qemu, Libvirt and virt-manager >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> kernel version : 3.9.0+ >> qemu version : QEMU emulator version 1.5.0 >> libvirt version : 1.0.5 >> virt-install : 0.600.3 >> >> Steps to reproduce the issue: >> >> I. Add the SCSI disk through the virt-manager. >> 2. Create the partition using fdisk (eg: /dev/sbb) >> 3. Create a filesystem and format using mkfs.ext3 or mkfs.ext4 >> 4. Remove the scsi disk through the virt-manager. >> 5. Again run the fdisk /dev/sdb, the guests still shows the partition >> even after the removal of the disk. >> >> This issue is not seen with virt-io disk. >> >> This issue is also reproducible without even creating the partitions. >> >> Expected Result: >> >> The output of fdisk /dev/sd* should not show the enties after the >> removal of scsi disks > What happens if you run "scsi-rescan --remove" or "scsi-rescan > --forcerescan" in the guest? (Paolo had recommended this to me for an > independent problem / case.) Thanks for the input, I will try out and update the bug accordingly. Regards, Chandrashekar > > Laszlo >