From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/26] block/cgroup: Modify the blkg_conf_open_bdev_frozen() calling convention
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:28:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326062829.GF24071@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260325214518.2854494-6-bvanassche@acm.org>
On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 02:44:46PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Instead of returning either a negative error number or a positive memory
> flags value, pass a memory flags pointer as an argument and return zero
> upon success. This patch prepares for adding thread-safety annotations
> by changing the calling convention into something that is supported by
> __cond_acquires().
Looking at this code it seems like a really messy API. It seems
like blkg_conf_open_bdev_frozen and blkg_conf_exit_frozen should
just be open coded in the only caller using the lower-level helpers
you just added earlier.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-26 6:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-25 21:44 [PATCH v2 00/26] Enable lock context analysis Bart Van Assche
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 01/26] block: Annotate the queue limits functions Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 02/26] block: Annotate the block device functions Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-26 15:55 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-03-27 18:17 ` Marco Elver
2026-03-27 18:27 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 03/26] block/cgroup: Split blkg_conf_prep() Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 04/26] block/cgroup: Split blkg_conf_exit() Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 05/26] block/cgroup: Modify the blkg_conf_open_bdev_frozen() calling convention Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:28 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 06/26] block/crypto: Annotate the crypto functions Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:28 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 07/26] block/blk-iocost: Add lock context annotations Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 08/26] block/blk-mq-debugfs: Improve " Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:32 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 09/26] block/blk-zoned: Add " Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 10/26] block/ioctl: " Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 11/26] block/Kyber: Make the lock context annotations compatible with Clang Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 12/26] block/mq-deadline: " Bart Van Assche
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 13/26] block: Enable lock context analysis Bart Van Assche
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 14/26] aoe: Add a lock context annotation Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 14:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 15/26] drbd: Balance RCU calls in drbd_adm_dump_devices() Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 14:14 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 16/26] drbd: Make the lock context annotations compatible with Clang Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 14:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 17/26] loop: Add lock context annotations Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 14:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 18/26] mtip32: Enable lock context analysis Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 14:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 19/26] nbd: " Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 14:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 20/26] null_blk: " Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 14:19 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-25 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 21/26] rbd: " Bart Van Assche
2026-03-25 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 22/26] ublk: " Bart Van Assche
2026-03-25 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 23/26] xen-blkback: " Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 9:25 ` Roger Pau Monné
2026-03-25 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 24/26] zram: " Bart Van Assche
2026-03-25 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 25/26] rnbd: " Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:58 ` Jinpu Wang
2026-03-25 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 26/26] block: Enable lock context analysis for all block drivers Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 6:23 ` [PATCH v2 00/26] Enable lock context analysis Christoph Hellwig
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