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

[Tupshin Harper]

Joe Thornber wrote:

>On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 05:20:18PM -0700, Tupshin Harper wrote:
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>>Joe Thornber wrote:
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>>>Tupshin,
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>>>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
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>>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
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>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.
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>- Joe
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Well, it's a couple of months later, and a number of 2.6.0-test kernels 
later, and this is still a problem (as of test9). It would be a major 
shame if 2.6.0 got releaesd with this basic functionality broken. Did 
you ever have a chance to work on a dm specific fix?

Thanks
-Tupshin