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* simplify gendisk lookup and remove struct block_device aliases v3
@ 2020-09-03  8:01 Christoph Hellwig
  2020-09-03  8:01 ` [PATCH 01/19] char_dev: replace cdev_map with an xarray Christoph Hellwig
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  0 siblings, 19 replies; 42+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2020-09-03  8:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jens Axboe
  Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman, Rafael J. Wysocki, Denis Efremov,
	David S. Miller, Song Liu, Al Viro, Finn Thain, Michael Schmitz,
	linux-block, linux-kernel, linux-ide, linux-raid, linux-scsi,
	linux-m68k

Hi all,

this series removes the annoying struct block_device aliases, which can
happen for a bunch of old floppy drivers (and z2ram).  In that case
multiple struct block device instances for different dev_t's can point
to the same gendisk, without being partitions.  The cause for that
is the probe/get callback registered through blk_register_regions.

This series removes blk_register_region entirely, splitting it it into
a simple xarray lookup of registered gendisks, and a probe callback
stored in the major_names array that can be used for modprobe overrides
or creating devices on demands when no gendisk is found.  The old
remapping is gone entirely, and instead the 4 remaining drivers just
register a gendisk for each operating mode.  In case of the two drivers
that have lots of aliases that is done on-demand using the new probe
callback, while for the other two I simply register all at probe time
to keep things simple.

Note that the m68k drivers are compile tested only.

Changes since v2:
 - fix a wrong variable passed to ERR_PTR in the floppy driver
 - slightly adjust the del_gendisk cleanups to prepare for the next
   series touching this area

Changes since v1:
 - add back a missing kobject_put in the cdev code
 - improve the xarray delete loops

Diffstat:
 b/block/genhd.c           |  183 +++++++--------
 b/drivers/base/Makefile   |    2 
 b/drivers/block/amiflop.c |   98 ++++----
 b/drivers/block/ataflop.c |  135 +++++++----
 b/drivers/block/brd.c     |   39 ---
 b/drivers/block/floppy.c  |  154 ++++++++----
 b/drivers/block/loop.c    |   30 --
 b/drivers/block/swim.c    |   17 -
 b/drivers/block/z2ram.c   |  547 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c |   66 -----
 b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c  |    2 
 b/drivers/md/md.c         |   21 -
 b/drivers/scsi/sd.c       |   19 -
 b/fs/char_dev.c           |   94 +++----
 b/fs/dcache.c             |    1 
 b/fs/internal.h           |    5 
 b/include/linux/genhd.h   |   12 -
 b/include/linux/ide.h     |    3 
 drivers/base/map.c        |  154 ------------
 include/linux/kobj_map.h  |   20 -
 20 files changed, 686 insertions(+), 916 deletions(-)

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 42+ messages in thread
* simplify gendisk lookup and remove struct block_device aliases v2
@ 2020-08-30  6:24 Christoph Hellwig
  2020-08-30  6:24 ` [PATCH 16/19] ataflop: use a separate gendisk for each media format Christoph Hellwig
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 42+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2020-08-30  6:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jens Axboe
  Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman, Rafael J. Wysocki, Denis Efremov,
	David S. Miller, Song Liu, Al Viro, linux-block, linux-kernel,
	linux-ide, linux-raid, linux-scsi, linux-m68k

Hi all,

this series removes the annoying struct block_device aliases, which can
happen for a bunch of old floppy drivers (and z2ram).  In that case
multiple struct block device instances for different dev_t's can point
to the same gendisk, without being partitions.  The cause for that
is the probe/get callback registered through blk_register_regions.

This series removes blk_register_region entirely, splitting it it into
a simple xarray lookup of registered gendisks, and a probe callback
stored in the major_names array that can be used for modprobe overrides
or creating devices on demands when no gendisk is found.  The old
remapping is gone entirely, and instead the 4 remaining drivers just
register a gendisk for each operating mode.  In case of the two drivers
that have lots of aliases that is done on-demand using the new probe
callback, while for the other two I simply register all at probe time
to keep things simple.

Note that the m68k drivers are compile tested only.

Changes since v1:
 - add back a missing kobject_put in the cdev code
 - improve the xarray delete loops

Diffstat:
 b/block/genhd.c           |  183 +++++++--------
 b/drivers/base/Makefile   |    2 
 b/drivers/block/amiflop.c |   98 ++++----
 b/drivers/block/ataflop.c |  135 +++++++----
 b/drivers/block/brd.c     |   39 ---
 b/drivers/block/floppy.c  |  154 ++++++++----
 b/drivers/block/loop.c    |   30 --
 b/drivers/block/swim.c    |   17 -
 b/drivers/block/z2ram.c   |  547 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c |   66 -----
 b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c  |    2 
 b/drivers/md/md.c         |   21 -
 b/drivers/scsi/sd.c       |   19 -
 b/fs/char_dev.c           |   94 +++----
 b/fs/dcache.c             |    1 
 b/fs/internal.h           |    5 
 b/include/linux/genhd.h   |   12 -
 b/include/linux/ide.h     |    3 
 drivers/base/map.c        |  154 ------------
 include/linux/kobj_map.h  |   20 -
 20 files changed, 686 insertions(+), 916 deletions(-)

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 42+ messages in thread
* simplify gendisk lookup and remove struct block_device aliases
@ 2020-08-26  6:24 Christoph Hellwig
  2020-08-26  6:24 ` [PATCH 16/19] ataflop: use a separate gendisk for each media format Christoph Hellwig
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 42+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2020-08-26  6:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jens Axboe
  Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman, Rafael J. Wysocki, Denis Efremov,
	David S. Miller, Song Liu, Al Viro, linux-block, linux-kernel,
	linux-ide, linux-raid, linux-scsi, linux-m68k

Hi all,

this series removes the annoying struct block_device aliases, which can
happen for a bunch of old floppy drivers (and z2ram).  In that case
multiple struct block device instances for different dev_t's can point
to the same gendisk, without being partitions.  The cause for that
is the probe/get callback registered through blk_register_regions.

This series removes blk_register_region entirely, splitting it it into
a simple xarray lookup of registered gendisks, and a probe callback
stored in the major_names array that can be used for modprobe overrides
or creating devices on demands when no gendisk is found.  The old
remapping is gone entirely, and instead the 4 remaining drivers just
register a gendisk for each operating mode.  In case of the two drivers
that have lots of aliases that is done on-demand using the new probe
callback, while for the other two I simply register all at probe time
to keep things simple.

Note that the m68k drivers are compile tested only.

Diffstat:
 b/block/genhd.c           |  183 +++++++--------
 b/drivers/base/Makefile   |    2 
 b/drivers/block/amiflop.c |   98 ++++----
 b/drivers/block/ataflop.c |  135 +++++++----
 b/drivers/block/brd.c     |   39 ---
 b/drivers/block/floppy.c  |  154 ++++++++----
 b/drivers/block/loop.c    |   30 --
 b/drivers/block/swim.c    |   17 -
 b/drivers/block/z2ram.c   |  551 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c |   66 -----
 b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c  |    2 
 b/drivers/md/md.c         |   21 -
 b/drivers/scsi/sd.c       |   19 -
 b/fs/char_dev.c           |   94 +++----
 b/fs/dcache.c             |    1 
 b/fs/internal.h           |    5 
 b/include/linux/genhd.h   |   12 -
 b/include/linux/ide.h     |    3 
 drivers/base/map.c        |  154 ------------
 include/linux/kobj_map.h  |   20 -
 20 files changed, 686 insertions(+), 920 deletions(-)

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 42+ messages in thread

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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
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
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2020-08-30  6:24 simplify gendisk lookup and remove struct block_device aliases v2 Christoph Hellwig
2020-08-30  6:24 ` [PATCH 16/19] ataflop: use a separate gendisk for each media format Christoph Hellwig
2020-08-26  6:24 simplify gendisk lookup and remove struct block_device aliases Christoph Hellwig
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