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    block: add GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN · d27769ec
    Tejun Heo authored
    There are cases where suppressing partition scan is useful - e.g. for
    lo devices and pseudo SATA devices which advertise to be a disk but
    get upset on partition scan (some port multiplier control devices show
    such behavior).
    
    This patch adds GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN which suppresses partition scan
    regardless of the number of possible partitions.  disk_partitionable()
    is renamed to disk_part_scan_enabled() as suppressing partition scan
    doesn't imply the device can't be partitioned using
    BLKPG_ADD/DEL_PARTITION calls from userland.  show_partition() now
    directly tests disk_max_parts() to maintain backward-compatibility.
    
    -v2: Updated to make it clear that only partition scan is suppressed
         not partitioning itself as suggested by Kay Sievers.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
    d27769ec
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