From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>,
Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/19] brd: use __register_blkdev to allocate devices on demand
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 12:23:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7a14a59e-9ff2-73e3-6fb6-b19e1d472699@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200903080119.441674-11-hch@lst.de>
On 9/3/20 10:01 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Use the simpler mechanism attached to major_name to allocate a brd device
> when a currently unregistered minor is accessed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> ---
> drivers/block/brd.c | 39 +++++++++++----------------------------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Cheers,
Hannes
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-04 10:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-03 8:01 simplify gendisk lookup and remove struct block_device aliases v3 Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 01/19] char_dev: replace cdev_map with an xarray Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:16 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 02/19] block: merge drivers/base/map.c into block/genhd.c Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:17 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 03/19] block: cleanup del_gendisk a bit Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:18 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 04/19] block: split block_class_lock Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:19 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 05/19] block: rework requesting modules for unclaimed devices Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:20 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 06/19] block: add an optional probe callback to major_names Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:20 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 07/19] ide: remove ide_{,un}register_region Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 08/19] swim: don't call blk_register_region Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:21 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 09/19] sd: use __register_blkdev to avoid a modprobe for an unregistered dev_t Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:22 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 10/19] brd: use __register_blkdev to allocate devices on demand Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:23 ` Hannes Reinecke [this message]
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 11/19] loop: " Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:24 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 12/19] md: " Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:25 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 13/19] ide: switch to __register_blkdev for command set probing Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:26 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 14/19] floppy: use a separate gendisk for each media format Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 9:59 ` Denis Efremov
2020-09-04 10:28 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 15/19] amiflop: use separate gendisks for Amiga vs MS-DOS mode Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:28 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 16/19] ataflop: use a separate gendisk for each media format Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-03 8:14 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2020-09-04 10:29 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 17/19] z2ram: reindent Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:29 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 18/19] z2ram: use separate gendisk for the different modes Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:30 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-09-03 8:01 ` [PATCH 19/19] block: switch gendisk lookup to a simple xarray Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-04 10:30 ` Hannes Reinecke
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-08-30 6:24 simplify gendisk lookup and remove struct block_device aliases v2 Christoph Hellwig
2020-08-30 6:24 ` [PATCH 10/19] brd: use __register_blkdev to allocate devices on demand Christoph Hellwig
2020-08-26 6:24 simplify gendisk lookup and remove struct block_device aliases Christoph Hellwig
2020-08-26 6:24 ` [PATCH 10/19] brd: use __register_blkdev to allocate devices on demand Christoph Hellwig
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