** Description changed:

- # lsb_release -a
- No LSB modules are available.
- Distributor ID:       Ubuntu
- Description:  Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Release:      12.04
- Codename:     precise
+ [IMPACT]
  
- # apt-cache policy parted
- parted:
-   Installed: 2.3-8ubuntu5
-   Candidate: 2.3-8ubuntu5
-   Version table:
-  *** 2.3-8ubuntu5 0
-         500 http://mirrors.service.softlayer.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 
Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+ The patch dm-part-sync.patch, added during the precise development
+ cycle, caused a regression wherein users are unable to use parted to
+ manipulate partitions contained within an LVM logical volume under
+ either of two conditions:
  
+ 1) You specify the "disk" using the /dev/VG/LV symlink rather than
+ /dev/mapper/vg-lv
+ 
+ 2) There is more than one partition within the "disk"
+ 
+ In addition to LVM, this should also apply to dmraid disks.
+ 
+ The first problem is fixed by looking up the canonical /dev/mapper/
+ device name of the disk, and using that as the base name when building
+ the names of the partition devices.  The second problem is fixed by
+ assuming that dm disks can hold MAX_NUM_PARTS partitions, rather than
+ looking up what the kernel reports in the sysfs ext_range attribute,
+ which is just one.
+ 
+ [TESTCASE]
  
  # lvcreate -n test -L 10M matrix
-   Rounding up size to full physical extent 12.00 MiB
-   Logical volume "test" created
+   Rounding up size to full physical extent 12.00 MiB
+   Logical volume "test" created
  # parted --script -- /dev/matrix/test mklabel msdos
  # parted --script -- /dev/matrix/test mkpart primary ext4 1 2
  # parted --script -- /dev/matrix/test mkpart primary ext4 3 4
  device-mapper: create ioctl failed: Device or resource busy
  Error: Failed to add partition 1 (No such device or address)
  # ls /dev/mapper/matrix-test*
  /dev/mapper/matrix-test
  /dev/mapper/matrix-test1
  
- If I remove rebuild parted without the dm-part-sync.patch  (actually,
- also without dmraid.patch and udevadm-settle.patch, otherwise it would
- not build), it works properly:
+ [Regression Potential]
  
- 
- root@matrix:~# lvcreate -n test -L 10M matrix
-   Rounding up size to full physical extent 12.00 MiB
-   Logical volume "test" created
- root@matrix:~# parted --script -- /dev/matrix/test mklabel msdos
- root@matrix:~# parted --script -- /dev/matrix/test mkpart primary ext4 1 2
- Error: msdos disk labels do not support partition names.
- root@matrix:~# parted --script -- /dev/matrix/test mkpart primary ext4 3 4
- Error: msdos disk labels do not support partition names.
- Error: msdos disk labels do not support partition names.
- root@matrix:~# ls /dev/mapper/matrix-test*
- /dev/mapper/matrix-test
- /dev/mapper/matrix-test1
- /dev/mapper/matrix-test2
- --- 
- ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
- Architecture: amd64
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
- Package: parted 2.3-8ubuntu5
- PackageArchitecture: amd64
- ProcEnviron:
-  TERM=xterm
-  LANG=en_US
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
- ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
- Tags:  precise
- Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
- UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-06-13 (0 days ago)
- UserGroups:
+ The changes are unlikely to impact anything other than using parted on
+ dm devices, which is essentially broken in its current state.

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  dm-part-sync.patch breaks creating multiple partitions on a LVM volume

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