[Ocfs2-tools-devel] [RFC] changing default block device detection method and more

[Sunil Mushran]

I have no issues starting with /dev. I guess it could be a bit
easier than /proc/devices but not by much. Either way, this issue
needs to be addressed.

Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote:
> Sunil Mushran wrote:
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>> Apart from what you've pointed out, we have also to deal with multipath
>> and lvm.
>>     
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> scanning /dev will catch all of those automatically without special tricks.
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>   
>> Have you looked into lib/filters/filter.c in LVM2. That starts
>> scanning from /proc/devices.
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> No. I am avoiding any interaction with /proc as many subsystems are moving
> towards /sys and they won't keep /proc interface compat forever. Basically I
> don't want to end up rewriting this code any time soon :)
>
>   
>> blkid was added before upstream picked up the changes. We have no intention
>> of making our lives harder. ;)
>>     
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> Can we than kill it from the tree if it's barely required?
>
> Fabio
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