From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261861AbULGR3a (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2004 12:29:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261862AbULGR3J (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2004 12:29:09 -0500 Received: from omx1-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.179.11]:4744 "EHLO omx1.americas.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261861AbULGR2V (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Dec 2004 12:28:21 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:28:12 -0600 From: Robin Holt To: Andy Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Rereading disk geometry without reboot Message-ID: <20041207172812.GD11423@lnx-holt.americas.sgi.com> References: <20041206202356.GA5866@thumper2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041206202356.GA5866@thumper2> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 02:23:56PM -0600, Andy wrote: > I am using linux kernel 2.6.9 on a san. I have file systems on > non-partitioned disks. I can resize the disk on the SAN, reboot and grow > the XFS file system those disks. What I would like to avoid rebooting or > even unmounting the filesystem if possible. > > Is there any way to get the kernel to re-read the disk geometry and change > the information it holds without rebooting or reloading the module (which is > as bad as a reboot in my case)? Does anybody know if lvm can do this? > > Thanks, > > Andy > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/