Re: [PATCH 0/3] btrfs-progs: remove full /dev scanning

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On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 09:29:56AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 8/21/14, 3:44 AM, Anand Jain wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >  A long time back there was an attempt to remove it but
> >  this avoided it. Pls ref to the link in this discussion.
> > 
> >  https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-btrfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg27272.html
> 
> Hm, I guess I don't understand this.  How is udev related to whether
> or not /proc/partitions is sufficient vs. recursive /dev?

The argument about udev is probably invalid, /proc/filesystem is
populated by kernel afaics.

> To be clear, my patchset keeps the -d / --all-devices option.
> 
> It simply discovers all devices via /proc/partitions, not via
> a full /dev tree walk.

I'm fine with that.
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