On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 03:47:56PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> I can see the appeal of not having to introduce the new bdev_handle type
> and just using struct file which unifies in-kernel and userspace block
> device opens. But I can see downsides too - the last fput() happening from
> task work
On Fri 25-08-23 02:58:43, Al Viro wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 01:04:31PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > this is a v2 of the patch series which implements the idea of
> > blkdev_get_by_*()
> > calls returning bdev_handle which is then passed to blkdev_put() [1]. This
> > makes the
On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 12:48:11PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> Hello,
>
> this is a v3 of the patch series which implements the idea of
> blkdev_get_by_*()
> calls returning bdev_handle which is then passed to blkdev_put() [1]. This
> makes the get and put calls for bdevs more obviously matching
tree/branch: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xiang/erofs.git dev
branch HEAD: 91b1ad0815fbb1095c8b9e8a2bf4201186afe304 erofs: release
ztailpacking pclusters properly
elapsed time: 2685m
configs tested: 134
configs skipped: 2
The following configs have been built successfully.
On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 12:48:32PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> Convert erofs to use bdev_open_by_path() and pass the handle around.
>
> CC: Gao Xiang
> CC: Chao Yu
> CC: linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org
> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig
> Acked-by: Gao Xiang
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara
> ---
Looks good
