Hi, On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 03:43:16PM +0100, Andreas Klauer wrote: > On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 08:52:18AM -0500, Paul Clements wrote: > > The pid is also used to break a hung connection. See nbd_xmit_timeout. > > I'm using the pid to find the first free NBD device... > > If it's going away I guess I'll have to stick to /proc/partitions...? > Although last time I tried, it did not work too well. This was just an idea I am thinking about. If it is deprecated, it would still be around for a while. And my first idea was to replace it with other information that are not internal, like 'connected' which would be a boolean type. > > (discussion on the NBD list, March 2014, "How to find a free NBD device") Yes some better non-racy way to find a free nbd would be good. Best regards, Markus -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |
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