[dm-devel] lvm not updating reported device size until fs is unmounted (linux kernel 2.6.0-test3)

Joe Thornber thornber at sistina.com
Tue Aug 26 03:08:02 UTC 2003


On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 05:20:18PM -0700, Tupshin Harper wrote:
> Joe Thornber wrote:
> 
> >Tupshin,
> >
> >Thanks for finding this, at first glance it looks to me like a problem
> >with the block layer rather than dm.  I'll look into it today and try
> >and find a fix.
> >
> >- Joe
> > 
> >
> Hi, Joe. Just wondering if you've had a chance to look into this at all, 
> or if there is any additional leg-work you'd like me to do. I did find 
> that the exact same issue affects JFS as well as XFS

y, I did have a look at it, and posted a query to lkml on how they
wanted it fixed (since it is a block layer issue, not dm).  I've not
had a reply which means I'll just have to put a dm only fix in.

- Joe




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