Re: [resend v1 5/5] drivers/scsi/sd.c: Convert to use disk_set_capacity

[Singh, Balbir]

On Tue, 2020-01-07 at 22:15 -0500, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> Balbir,
> 
> > > We already emit an SDEV_EVT_CAPACITY_CHANGE_REPORTED event if device
> > > capacity changes. However, this event does not automatically cause
> > > revalidation.
> > 
> > The proposed idea is to not reinforce revalidation, unless explictly
> > specified (in the thread before Bob Liu had suggestions). The goal is
> > to notify user space of changes via RESIZE. SCSI sd can opt out of
> > this IOW, I can remove this if you feel
> > SDEV_EVT_CAPACITY_CHANGE_REPORTED is sufficient for current use cases.
> 
> I have no particular objection to the code change. I was just observing
> that in the context of sd.c, RESIZE=1 is more of a "your request to
> resize was successful" notification due to the requirement of an
> explicit userland action in case a device reports a capacity change.
> 

That is true, yes I agree with your observation.

Balbir Singh.