[dm-devel] kpartx return codes

Christophe Varoqui christophe.varoqui at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 18:58:03 UTC 2012


On jeu., 2012-01-12 at 17:58 +0000, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 12/07/2011 03:55 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > I noticed some issues with kpartx return codes:
> > 
> > On an unconnected loop device we get warnings,
> > but an EXIT_SUCCESS ?
> > 
> >   # kpartx -a /dev/loop1 && echo EXIT_SUCCESS
> >   read error, sector 0
> >   llseek error
> >   llseek error
> >   llseek error
> >   EXIT_SUCCESS
> > 
> > Also for a loop device that is connected,
> > I get a "failed" warning, but the EXIT_SUCCESS
> > is appropriate in that case as the mapped device
> > is present and usable
> > 
> >   # kpartx -a /dev/loop0
> >  /dev/mapper/loop0p1: mknod for loop0p1 failed: File exists
> > 
> > cheers,
> > Pádraig.
> > 
> > p.s. the git repo on kernel.org is no longer available
> 
> repo is still not available.
> I was kinda waiting for that before attempting to look at the above issues.
> 
The master repo of multipath-tools is now on http://git.opensvc.com

Sorry for not advertizing more.

cvaroqui




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