[Bug 1488688] [NEW] partprobe fails on /dev/mapper/353333330000007d0

[Loic Dachary]

Public bug reported:

Steps to reproduce on Ubuntu 14.04 on a virtual machine with no /dev/sda
device

# apt-get install linux-image-extra-3.13.0-61-generic
# modprobe scsi_debug vpd_use_hostno=0 add_host=1 dev_size_mb=200
# ls -l /dev/mapper
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root        7 Aug 25 23:00 353333330000007d0 -> ../dm-0
crw------- 1 root root  10, 236 Aug 25 11:45 control
# /sbin/sgdisk --new=2:0:100M --change-name=2:'ceph journal' --partition-guid=2:a94ad65f-fadb-4178-851b-5261c06ee3b9 --typecode=2:45b0969e-8ae0-4982-bf9d-5a8d867af560 --mbrtogpt -- /dev/mapper/353333330000007d0
Warning: The kernel is still using the old partition table.
The new table will be used at the next reboot.
The operation has completed successfully.
# partprobe /dev/mapper/353333330000007d0
Device /dev/mapper/353333330000007d0p2 not found
device-mapper: table ioctl on  failed: No such device or address
Device /dev/mapper/353333330000007d0p2 not found
device-mapper: table ioctl on  failed: No such device or address
# ls -l /dev/mapper
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root        7 Aug 25 23:00 353333330000007d0 -> ../dm-0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252,   2 Aug 25 23:00 353333330000007d0p2
crw------- 1 root root  10, 236 Aug 25 11:45 control
# partprobe /dev/mapper/353333330000007d0
# ls -l /dev/mapper
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root        7 Aug 25 23:00 353333330000007d0 -> ../dm-0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252,   1 Aug 25 23:00 353333330000007d0-part2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252,   2 Aug 25 23:00 353333330000007d0p2
crw------- 1 root root  10, 236 Aug 25 11:45 control

** Affects: multipath-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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