On Thu 06-07-23 08:38:40, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 02:21:28PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > > Create struct bdev_handle that contains all parameters that need to be > > passed to blkdev_put() and provide blkdev_get_handle_* functions that > > return this structure instead of plain bdev pointer. This will > > eventually allow us to pass one more argument to blkdev_put() without > > too much hassle. > > Can we use the opportunity to come up with better names? blkdev_get_* > was always a rather horrible naming convention for something that > ends up calling into ->open. > > What about: > > struct bdev_handle *bdev_open_by_dev(dev_t dev, blk_mode_t mode, void *holder, > const struct blk_holder_ops *hops); > struct bdev_handle *bdev_open_by_path(dev_t dev, blk_mode_t mode, > void *holder, const struct blk_holder_ops *hops); > void bdev_release(struct bdev_handle *handle);
I'd maybe use bdev_close() instead of bdev_release() but otherwise I like the new naming. Honza -- Jan Kara <j...@suse.com> SUSE Labs, CR _______________________________________________ Linux-f2fs-devel mailing list Linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-f2fs-devel