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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 13/14] block: cleanup the GENHD_FL_* definitions
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:06:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211122130625.1136848-14-hch@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211122130625.1136848-1-hch@lst.de>

Switch to an enum and tidy up the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 include/linux/genhd.h | 32 ++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index b8ced80178d64..6906a45bc761a 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -39,28 +39,24 @@ struct partition_meta_info {
 /**
  * DOC: genhd capability flags
  *
- * ``GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE`` (0x0001): indicates that the block device
- * gives access to removable media.
- * When set, the device remains present even when media is not
- * inserted.
- * Must not be set for devices which are removed entirely when the
+ * ``GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE``: indicates that the block device gives access to
+ * removable media.  When set, the device remains present even when media is not
+ * inserted.  Shall not be set for devices which are removed entirely when the
  * media is removed.
  *
- * ``GENHD_FL_NO_PART`` (0x0200): partition support is disabled.
- * The kernel will not scan for partitions from add_disk, and users
- * can't add partitions manually.
+ * ``GENHD_FL_HIDDEN``: the block device is hidden; it doesn't produce events,
+ * doesn't appear in sysfs, and can't be opened from userspace or using
+ * blkdev_get*. Used for the underlying components of multipath devices.
+ *
+ * ``GENHD_FL_NO_PART``: partition support is disabled.  The kernel will not
+ * scan for partitions from add_disk, and users can't add partitions manually.
  *
- * ``GENHD_FL_HIDDEN`` (0x0400): the block device is hidden; it
- * doesn't produce events, doesn't appear in sysfs, and doesn't have
- * an associated ``bdev``.
- * Implies ``GENHD_FL_NO_PART``.
- * Used for multipath devices.
  */
-#define GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE			0x0001
-/* 2 is unused (used to be GENHD_FL_DRIVERFS) */
-/* 4 is unused (used to be GENHD_FL_MEDIA_CHANGE_NOTIFY) */
-#define GENHD_FL_NO_PART			0x0200
-#define GENHD_FL_HIDDEN				0x0400
+enum {
+	GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE			= 1 << 0,
+	GENHD_FL_HIDDEN				= 1 << 1,
+	GENHD_FL_NO_PART			= 1 << 2,
+};
 
 enum {
 	DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE			= 1 << 0, /* media changed */
-- 
2.30.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-11-22 13:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-22 13:06 cleanup and simplify the gendisk flags Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 01/14] block: move GENHD_FL_NATIVE_CAPACITY to disk->state Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 02/14] block: move GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE to disk->event_flags Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 03/14] block: remove GENHD_FL_CD Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 04/14] block: remove a dead check in show_partition Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 05/14] block: merge disk_scan_partitions and blkdev_reread_part Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 06/14] block: rename GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN to GENHD_FL_NO_PART Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 14:02   ` Ulf Hansson
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 07/14] block: remove the GENHD_FL_HIDDEN check in blkdev_get_no_open Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 08/14] null_blk: don't suppress partitioning information Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 09/14] mmc: don't set GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 14:02   ` Ulf Hansson
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 10/14] block: remove GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 11/14] block: remove GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT Christoph Hellwig
2022-05-25 14:35   ` Ming Lei
2022-05-25 16:51     ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-05-25 16:51       ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-05-26  3:06       ` Ming Lei
2022-05-26  9:08         ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 12/14] block: don't set GENHD_FL_NO_PART for hidden gendisks Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-22 13:06 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2021-11-22 13:06 ` [PATCH 14/14] sr: set GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE earlier Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-23 16:10 ` cleanup and simplify the gendisk flags Jens Axboe

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