From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 20 13:30:16 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDEA21065672 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:30:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B9BF8FC14 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:30:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pAKDUGIq016001 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:30:16 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id pAKDUG5a015998; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:30:16 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:30:16 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201111201330.pAKDUG5a015998@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jason Edwards Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF71106564A for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:28:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE07A8FC08 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:28:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pAKDShEI050724 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:28:43 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id pAKDShM4050698; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:28:43 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201111201328.pAKDShM4050698@red.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:28:43 GMT From: Jason Edwards To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: kern/162690: gpart label changes only take effect after a reboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:30:16 -0000 >Number: 162690 >Category: kern >Synopsis: gpart label changes only take effect after a reboot >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 20 13:30:16 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jason Edwards >Release: FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 >Organization: ZFSguru >Environment: FreeBSD zfsguru.bsd 9.0-RC2 FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 #0: Fri Nov 18 16:17:10 UTC 2011 root@zfsguru:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: gpart has functionality to change the label of a (GPT) partition. This functionality works like it should, however, after a label change the /dev/gpt/ entries remain unchanged. glabel status output remains unchanged. The change only takes effect after a reboot. The device was not in use or otherwise 'locked', gpart list shows the new label, but otherwise it appears that the gpart modify -l command does not actually change the device entries, as is expected and desired. >How-To-Repeat: [root@zfsguru ~]# gpart show ada0 => 34 12582845 ada0 GPT (6.0G) 34 512 1 freebsd-boot (256k) 546 1502 - free - (751k) 2048 12576768 2 freebsd-zfs (6G) 12578816 4063 - free - (2M) [root@zfsguru ~]# glabel status Name Status Components iso9660/ZFSGURU-LIVECD N/A cd0 gpt/testdisk1 N/A ada0p2 [root@zfsguru ~]# gpart list ada0 | grep label label: (null) label: testdisk1 [root@zfsguru ~]# gpart modify -i 1 -l "bootlabel" ada0 ada0p1 modified [root@zfsguru ~]# gpart list ada0 | grep label label: bootlabel label: testdisk1 [root@zfsguru ~]# glabel status Name Status Components iso9660/ZFSGURU-LIVECD N/A cd0 gpt/testdisk1 N/A ada0p2 [root@zfsguru ~]# ls -l /dev/gpt/ total 0 crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 76 Nov 20 13:19 testdisk1 >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: