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Message #20937
[Bug 1174098] Re: blockdev doesn't work as reported with loop devices
Hello Ketil, or anyone else affected,
Accepted util-linux into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-
linux/2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.
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mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
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bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
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Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
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advance!
** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1174098
Title:
blockdev doesn't work as reported with loop devices
Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “util-linux” source package in Trusty:
Fix Committed
Status in “util-linux” source package in Utopic:
Fix Released
Bug description:
SRU Justification:
[Impact]
blockdev won't work correctly with loopback devices.
[Test Case]
1) Create and mount a loop back device on /dev/loop0
2) Run:
$ sudo blockdev --report /dev/loop0
This should work without an ioctl error.
[Regression Potential]
This patch is backported from an upstream release commit 569d1dac.
Its already in utopic, and the patch modifies the program to no longer use an invalid ioctl call.
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According to blockdev's manual:
--report
Print a report for the specified device. It is possible to give
multiple devices. If none is given, all devices which appear in
/proc/partitions are shown. Note that the partition StartSec is
in 512-byte sectors.
However, I'm running Ubuntu installed with wubi, so my root dev is on
a loopback device. Here's my /proc/partitions:
major minor #blocks name
7 0 30457856 loop0
7 1 31457280 loop1
8 0 732574584 sda
8 1 26214400 sda1
8 2 307263488 sda2
8 3 1 sda3
8 5 399092736 sda5
So according to the manual, all these devices should be printed with
blockdev --report. But they are not, the loop devices are excluded:
$ sudo blockdev --report
[sudo] password for user:
RO RA SSZ BSZ StartSec Size Device
rw 256 512 4096 0 750156374016 /dev/sda
rw 256 512 4096 2048 26843545600 /dev/sda1
rw 256 512 4096 52430848 314637811712 /dev/sda2
rw 256 512 1024 666957824 1024 /dev/sda3
rw 256 512 4096 666959872 408670961664 /dev/sda5
$
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: util-linux 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-27.46-generic 3.5.7.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 28 23:48:07 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-12 (381 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: util-linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-15 (164 days ago)
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