On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:15:54 +0530 Ritesh Raj Sarraf <r...@debian.org> wrote: > Control: tag -1 +confirmed > > > Can you please try the attached patch ? > > >
That works: # ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Jun 16 10:23 control lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:39 mpatha -> ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:39 mpatha-part1 -> ../dm-8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathb -> ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathc -> ../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathd -> ../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathe -> ../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathf -> ../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathg -> ../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathh -> ../dm-7 # fdisk /dev/mapper/mpatha Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.28). Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. Be careful before using the write command. Command (m for help): d Selected partition 1 Partition 1 has been deleted. Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered. Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Re-reading the partition table failed.: Invalid argument The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8). # ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Jun 16 10:23 control lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:41 mpatha -> ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:44 mpathb -> ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathc -> ../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathd -> ../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathe -> ../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathf -> ../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathg -> ../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 10:29 mpathh -> ../dm-7 -- Andrew Patterson Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
