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I know, that the /dev/sde block device doesn't exist anymore (cause I've stopped a piece of software, which simulated it), but I still see it in the lsblk output and in the /dev directory.

When I try the fdisk -l /dev/sde command I see a lot of errors in the syslog (below):

Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.631827] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.631835] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.631838] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Add. Sense: Logical unit not supported
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.631839] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] CDB: 
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.631840] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.631845] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 0
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.638989] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639024] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639026] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Add. Sense: Logical unit not supported
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639027] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] CDB: 
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639029] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639034] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 0
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639039] Buffer I/O error on dev sde, logical block 0, async page read
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639857] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639859] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639861] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Add. Sense: Logical unit not supported
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639862] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] CDB: 
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639862] Read(10): 28 00 00 01 86 98 00 00 08 00
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639866] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 99992
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639884] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639886] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639887] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Add. Sense: Logical unit not supported
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639887] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] CDB: 
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639888] Read(10): 28 00 00 01 86 98 00 00 08 00
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639891] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 99992
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.639892] Buffer I/O error on dev sde, logical block 12499, async page read
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640065] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640068] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640069] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Add. Sense: Logical unit not supported
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640070] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] CDB: 
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640071] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640075] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 0
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640089] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640090] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640091] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] Add. Sense: Logical unit not supported
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640092] sd 49:0:0:1: [sde] CDB: 
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640092] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640095] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 0
Sep 26 16:25:41 ubuntu3 kernel: [29651.640096] Buffer I/O error on dev sde, logical block 0, async page read

How should I tell Linux to remove the /dev/sde from its list of active block devices?

OS: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS with kernel 3.19.0-78-generic

(working as virtual machine under VMware Fusion 8.5.8 on MacBook)

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You can remove each path to the device from the SCSI subsystem

echo 1 > /sys/block/sde/device/delete
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  • Sometimes I don't know if it's sde or not... What's the most reliable way to make sure it's inactive? All the tools like fdisk, blkid and lsblk don't return errors on inactive devices, only the cfdisk shows FATAL ERROR – HEKTO Sep 27 '17 at 15:42
  • This throws a Permission Denied error on Ubuntu 20.04, even if running this as root. – Martin Aug 10 '20 at 17:33

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