[linux-lvm] /proc/partition problem
Heinz J . Mauelshagen
mauelshagen at sistina.com
Fri Aug 16 05:18:01 UTC 2002
Well, we had support for correct logical volume names ages ago already.
Hasn't been accepted by kernel folks :(
We need to live with 'nasty' names in /proc/partitions, sorry.
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 08:49:44AM +0900, kaoru at bsd.tnes.nec.co.jp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I reffered to /proc/partitions, a strange character code went
> into a name sequence when I created 26 or more volume of LV(s)
> on 2.4.19 with LVM-1.0.5.
>
> $ cat /proc/partitions
> major minor #blocks name
>
> 58 0 3145728 lvma
> 58 1 3145728 lvmb
> 58 2 512000 lvmc
> 58 3 204800 lvmd
> .........
> 58 24 53248 lvmy
> 58 25 53248 lvmz
> 58 26 53248 lvm{
> 58 27 53248 lvm|
> 58 28 53248 lvm}
> 58 29 53248 lvm~
> 58 30 53248 lvm
> 58 31 53248 lvm
> 58 32 53248 lvm
> 58 33 53248 lvm
> 58 34 53248 lvm
>
> I think that this problem is depended on illegal codes of
> a disk_name function(fs/partitions/check.c).
>
> According to fs/partitions/check.c:
>
> char *disk_name (struct gendisk *hd, int minor, char *buf)
> {
> .................
>
> if (part)
> sprintf(buf, "%s%c%d", maj, unit+'a', part);
> else
> sprintf(buf, "%s%c", maj, unit+'a');
> return buf;
>
> }
>
> I think it is better that the LVM staff discuss the fault of
> this code with Linux Kernel code maintainer.
>
> --------
> Kaoru
>
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