Remove partitions from components of an md array

They do nothing but cause confusion.

Assemble.c

@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ int Assemble(struct supertype *st, char *mddev, int mdfd,
 			}
 			dfd = dev_open(devname, O_RDWR|O_EXCL);
 
+			remove_partitions(dfd);
+
 			if (super) {
 				free(super);
 				super = NULL;
@@ -460,6 +462,8 @@ int Assemble(struct supertype *st, char *mddev, int mdfd,
 			int dfd;
 			dfd = dev_open(devname, O_RDWR|O_EXCL);
 
+			remove_partitions(dfd);
+
 			if (super) {
 				free(super);
 				super = NULL;

ChangeLog

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Changes Prior to this release
     -   Fix endian problem with 'bitmap' metadata
     -   Allow a number (of partitions) after the 'yes' option to --auto=
 	This is particularly useful in the 'create' line in mdadm.conf.
+    -   Remove partitions from any whole device that is made part of
+	an md array.  This is a work-around for annoying messages
+	when the first block on some drive accidentally looks like a
+	partition table.
 
 Changes Prior to 2.5.3 release
     -   Document v0.91 superblocks in md.4

Create.c

@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ int Create(struct supertype *st, char *mddev, int mdfd,
 				fstat(fd, &stb);
 				disk.major = major(stb.st_rdev);
 				disk.minor = minor(stb.st_rdev);
+				remove_partitions(fd);
 				close(fd);
 			}
 			switch(pass){

Manage.c

@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ int Manage_subdevs(char *devname, int fd,
 						close(dfd);
 						continue;
 					}
+					remove_partitions(dfd);
 					close(dfd);
 					break;
 				}

mdadm.h

@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ extern int enough(int level, int raid_disks, int layout,
 		   char *avail, int avail_disks);
 extern int ask(char *mesg);
 extern unsigned long long get_component_size(int fd);
+extern void remove_partitions(int fd);
 
 
 extern char *human_size(long long bytes);

util.c

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include	"md_p.h"
 #include	<sys/utsname.h>
 #include	<ctype.h>
+#include	<linux/blkpg.h>
 
 /*
  * Parse a 128 bit uuid in 4 integers
@@ -118,6 +119,25 @@ int get_linux_version()
 	return (a*1000000)+(b*1000)+c;
 }
 
+void remove_partitions(int fd)
+{
+	/* remove partitions from this block devices.
+	 * This is used for components added to an array
+	 */
+#ifdef BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION
+	struct blkpg_ioctl_arg a;
+	struct blkpg_partition p;
+
+	a.op = BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION;
+	a.data = (void*)&p;
+	a.datalen = sizeof(p);
+	a.flags = 0;
+	memset(a.data, 0, a.datalen);
+	for (p.pno=0; p.pno < 16; p.pno++)
+		ioctl(fd, BLKPG, &a);
+#endif
+}
+
 int enough(int level, int raid_disks, int layout,
 	   char *avail, int avail_disks)
 {