[linux-lvm] Problem with vgscan/ vgcfgrestore

Wichert Akkerman wichert at cistron.nl
Tue Mar 13 22:26:26 UTC 2001


Previously Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Wichert writes:
> > I figured that out by now. I think I'll add the LVM10 ioctls to 
> > strace 4.4 actually :)
> 
> That would be nice.

Turns out this is impossible: LVM made the same mistake some of the OSS
sound drivers did and used ioctl numbers that the kernel already uses
for other purposes. This is not a problem for the kernel itself, but
means a tool like strace can't decode syscalls.

Wichert.

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