What causes "unknown partition table" events and how can I prevent them from being logged ?

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Issue

  • A large number of "unknown partition table" events are constantly being logged in /var/log/messages file:

    Jul  7 15:01:21 hostname kernel: sdel: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:01:21 hostname kernel: sdaq: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:01:21 hostname kernel: sddl: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:01:21 hostname kernel: sdaq: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:01:21 hostname kernel: sddl: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sdaq: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sddl: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sdaq: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sddl: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sdas: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sddn: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sdas: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sddn: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sday: unknown partition table
    Jul  7 15:07:47 hostname kernel: sddt: unknown partition table
    :
    
  • Are these messages normal or are they something to worry about?

  • Is the logging of these messages expected behavior?
  • Is there a workaround to prevent these from being logged?
  • What is the root cause of these messages?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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