Devices and methods for reconfiguring a programmable fabric include identifying resources in a programmable fabric of the programmable device as belonging to a partition. Reconfiguring the programmable fabric also includes creating a mask for the partition that indicates that the identified resources belong to the partition. Reconfiguring the partition also includes reconfiguring resources, via a configuration controller, in programmable fabric associated with the partition using the mask without changing resources associated with other partitions in the programmable fabric.