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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] AOE: fix up the block device registration so that it actually works now.
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 06:43:38 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050120144338.GC13036@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sm4wkyut.fsf@coraid.com>

On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 08:35:06AM -0500, Ed L Cashin wrote:
> Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 09:08:14AM -0500, Ed L Cashin wrote:
> >> > diff -Nru a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
> >> > --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c	2005-01-18 16:06:57 -08:00
> >> > +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c	2005-01-18 16:06:57 -08:00
> >> > @@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
> >> >  aoeblk_exit(void)
> >> >  {
> >> >  	kmem_cache_destroy(buf_pool_cache);
> >> > +	unregister_blkdev(AOE_MAJOR, DEVICE_NAME);
> >> >  }
> >> 
> >> The unregister_blkdev should already be in aoemain.c:aoe_exit.
> >
> > Why?  You do a register_blockdev() in this file, so if something fails,
> > you should also unregister here.  
> 
> No, the register_blkdev that you see in aoeblk.c is the artifact of a
> snafu I made in patch submission.  I submitted a small patch yesterday
> (ID below) that corrects the snafu and makes block-2.6 the same as the
> driver I have.
> 
>   Message-ID: <87mzv5m9pl.fsf@coraid.com>

Ah, missed that as you didn't CC: me...  I'll apply that one later on
today.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2005-01-20 14:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-19  0:09 [PATCH] AOE: fix up the block device registration so that it actually works now Greg KH
2005-01-19 14:08 ` Ed L Cashin
2005-01-19 21:56   ` Greg KH
2005-01-20 13:35     ` Ed L Cashin
2005-01-20 14:43       ` Greg KH [this message]
2005-01-19 20:43 ` Ed L Cashin

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