On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:34:07 +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> Create struct bdev_handle that contains all parameters that need to be
> passed to blkdev_put() and provide bdev_open_* functions that return
> this structure instead of plain bdev pointer. This will eventually allow
> us to pass one more argume
> replacement) I think we can go ahead with the series as is. As you said
> there will be some conflicts in btrfs and I've learned about f2fs conflicts
> as well so I can rebase & repost the series on top of rc1 to make life
> easier for you.
That is be much appreciated. Thank you!
> So besides my last fput() worry about I think this could work and would be
> probably a bit nicer than what I have. But before going and redoing the whole
> series let me gather some more feedback so that we don't go back and forth.
> Christoph, Christian, Jens, any opinion?
I'll be a bit under
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 and
On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 12:48:18PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> Convert xen/blkback to use bdev_open_by_dev() and pass the
> handle around.
>
> CC: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara
> ---
Looks good to me,
Acked-by: Christian Brauner
