https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373052 User casualprogrammer@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373052#c1 --- Comment #1 from Casual J. Programmer 2008-03-21 12:42:11 MST --- Created an attachment (id=203438) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=203438) /var/log/messages -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373052 User mkoenig@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373052#c2 Matthias Koenig changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #2 from Matthias Koenig 2008-04-03 06:17:41 MST --- As badblocks is expected to get EIO errors, there is no way to find out if the device is offline. The system calls do not give enough information about this. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373052 User mkoenig@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373052#c4 Matthias Koenig changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |casualprogrammer@yahoo.com --- Comment #4 from Matthias Koenig 2008-04-03 11:03:59 MST --- Because dmesg prints the kernel ring buffer. Is there any reason you need to run badblocks on an offline device? Can you provide a strace log of the process? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373052 User mkoenig@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373052#c6 Matthias Koenig changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #6 from Matthias Koenig 2008-04-15 08:34:26 MST --- The problem is that the kernel lets you open the device. But a IO call like read() just returns EIO. There is no possiblility in the syscall interface to distinguish between read failed because of a broken sector or read failed because device is offline. As badblocks can considered to be a lowlevel tool, I will not fix this. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.