From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270005AbUJNIjd (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 04:39:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269999AbUJNIjd (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 04:39:33 -0400 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([81.187.226.98]:41477 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270002AbUJNIjF (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 04:39:05 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:39:00 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: mikem@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net Cc: akpm@osdl.org, axboe@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: cciss update [2/2] fixes for Steeleye Lifekeeper Message-ID: <20041014083900.GB7747@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , mikem@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net, akpm@osdl.org, axboe@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org References: <20041013212253.GB9866@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041013212253.GB9866@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:22:53PM -0500, mike.miller@hp.com wrote: > This patch addresses a problem with clustering software and also some of our utilies. We had to modify the modify the open specifically for clustering. This is the same as was done for 2.4. We also have to register the reserved volumes with the OS so when the backup server breaks the reservations he can call BLKRRPART to set the volume to the correct size. > We also have to register a controller that may not have any logical volumes configured. This is for the online utils as well as clustering. > > Patch applies to 2.6.9-rc4. Please apply in order. > Please consider this for inclusion. No, this is bogus. Never call add_disk on a volume that hasn't been configured and full set up. If you need to talk to our driver without online volumes add a character device.