- remove the use of BLKRRPART (telling the kernel to re-read the partition table) in most cases

- replace with tell_kernel() and will_tell_kernel()
- correctly handle in standalone the need to reboot, with no way to forget it
  (telling the WM to quit nicely then call reboot when it's done)

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/c/stuff.xs.pl b/perl-install/c/stuff.xs.pl
index dc162af36..ec4047b0c 100644
--- a/perl-install/c/stuff.xs.pl
+++ b/perl-install/c/stuff.xs.pl
@@ -229,11 +229,24 @@ dgettext(domainname, msgid)
    char * msgid
 
 int
-add_partition(hd, start_sector, size_sector, part_number)
+del_partition(hd, part_number)
   int hd
+  int part_number
+  CODE:
+  {
+    struct blkpg_partition p = { 0, 0, part_number, "", "" };
+    struct blkpg_ioctl_arg s = { BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION, 0, sizeof(struct blkpg_partition), (void *) &p };
+    RETVAL = ioctl(hd, BLKPG, &s) == 0;
+  }
+  OUTPUT:
+  RETVAL
+
+int
+add_partition(hd, part_number, start_sector, size_sector)
+  int hd
+  int part_number
   unsigned long start_sector
   unsigned long size_sector
-  int part_number
   CODE:
   {
     long long start = start_sector * 512;