To simplify block device lookup and a few other upcoming areas, make sure
that we always have a struct block_device available for each disk and
each partition. The only downside of this is that each device and
partition uses a little more memory. The upside will be that a lot of
code can be simpl
Hello,
Please see lkml.kernel.org/r/x708btj5njtbc...@mtj.duckdns.org for a few nits
on the previous version.
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 02:27:31PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> To simplify block device lookup and a few other upcoming areas, make sure
> that we always have a struct block_device a
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 04:18:49PM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please see lkml.kernel.org/r/x708btj5njtbc...@mtj.duckdns.org for a few nits
> on the previous version.
Thanks, I've addressed the mapping_set_gfp mask nit and updated the
commit log. As Jan pointed also pointed out I think
Hello,
On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 05:45:15PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 04:18:49PM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Please see lkml.kernel.org/r/x708btj5njtbc...@mtj.duckdns.org for a few nits
> > on the previous version.
>
> Thanks, I've addressed the mappi
On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 03:20:23PM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Agreed. It'd be nice to replace the stale comment.
I've updated the comment.
> > Jan added lookup_sem in commit 56c0908c855afbb to prevent a three way
> > race between del_gendisk and blkdev_open due to the weird bdev vs
> > gendisk lif
