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Diffstat (limited to 'util-linux/fdisk.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | util-linux/fdisk.c | 43 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/fdisk.c b/util-linux/fdisk.c index b86b13bdc..976558693 100644 --- a/util-linux/fdisk.c +++ b/util-linux/fdisk.c @@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ enum action { OPEN_MAIN, TRY_ONLY, CREATE_EMPTY_DOS, CREATE_EMPTY_SUN }; static void update_units(void); #if ENABLE_FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE static void change_units(void); -static void reread_partition_table(int leave); static void delete_partition(int i); static unsigned get_partition(int warn, unsigned max); static void list_types(const char *const *sys); @@ -2553,7 +2552,6 @@ write_table(void) ptes[3].changed = 1; for (i = 3; i < g_partitions; i++) { struct pte *pe = &ptes[i]; - if (pe->changed) { write_part_table_flag(pe->sectorbuffer); write_sector(pe->offset_from_dev_start, pe->sectorbuffer); @@ -2565,27 +2563,24 @@ write_table(void) sgi_write_table(); } else if (LABEL_IS_SUN) { - int needw = 0; - - for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) - if (ptes[i].changed) - needw = 1; - if (needw) - sun_write_table(); + for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) { + if (ptes[i].changed) { + sun_write_table(); + break; + } + } } - printf("The partition table has been altered!\n\n"); - reread_partition_table(1); -} - -static void -reread_partition_table(int leave) -{ - int i; + printf( + "The partition table has been altered.\n" + "Calling ioctl(BLKRRPART) to re-read partition table.\n" + ); - printf("Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table\n"); sync(); - /* sleep(2); Huh? */ + /* Users with slow external USB disks on a 320MHz ARM system (year 2011) + * report that sleep is needed, otherwise BLKRRPART may fail with -EIO: + */ + sleep(1); i = ioctl_or_perror(dev_fd, BLKRRPART, NULL, "WARNING: rereading partition table " "failed, kernel still uses old table"); @@ -2597,11 +2592,9 @@ reread_partition_table(int leave) "information\n"); #endif - if (leave) { - if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) - close_dev_fd(); - exit(i != 0); - } + if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) + close_dev_fd(); + exit(i != 0); } #endif /* FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE */ @@ -3100,7 +3093,7 @@ int fdisk_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) verify(); break; case 'w': - write_table(); /* does not return */ + write_table(); /* does not return */ break; #if ENABLE_FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED case 'x': |