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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Subject: simplify block device claiming
Date: Thu,  2 Jul 2020 10:49:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200702084919.3720275-1-hch@lst.de> (raw)

Hi Jens,

this series simplifies how we claim block devices for exclusive opens.

Diffstat:
 drivers/block/loop.c   |    7 -
 fs/block_dev.c         |  231 ++++++++++++++++---------------------------------
 include/linux/blkdev.h |    3 
 3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 160 deletions(-)

             reply	other threads:[~2020-07-02  8:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-02  8:49 Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2020-07-02  8:49 ` [PATCH 1/4] block: simplify the restart case in __blkdev_get Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-02  8:49 ` [PATCH 2/4] block: refactor bd_start_claiming Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-02  8:49 ` [PATCH 3/4] block: use bd_prepare_to_claim directly in the loop driver Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-02  8:49 ` [PATCH 4/4] block: integrate bd_start_claiming into __blkdev_get Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-10 15:42 ` simplify block device claiming Christoph Hellwig

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