From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] die kdevname(), die!
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 19:14:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030301191441.A2185@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303011009510.16800-100000@home.transmeta.com>; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 10:10:23AM -0800
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 10:10:23AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> I really think that replacing "kdevname()" with "__bdevname()" is a step
> in the wrong direction (or at least sideways).
kdevname() is the really wrong interface because it doesn't know whether
we have a character or block device. __bdevname is a bit better because
it's block-device specific. It's not perfect yet, though.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-01 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-01 18:03 [PATCH] die kdevname(), die! Christoph Hellwig
2003-03-01 18:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-03-01 18:14 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2003-03-01 18:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
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