Re: remove blkdev_get as a public API v2

Jens Axboe
2020-09-23T16:44:05Z

On 9/21/20 1:19 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Hi Jens,
>
> this series removes blkdev_get as a public API, leaving it as just an
> implementation detail of blkdev_get_by_path and blkdev_get_by_dev. The
> reason for that is that blkdev_get is a very confusing API that requires
> a struct block_device to be fed in, but then actually consumes the
> reference. And it turns out just using the two above mentioned APIs
> actually significantly simplifies the code as well.
>
> Changes since v1:
> - fix a mismerged that left a stray bdget_disk around
> - factour the partition scan at registration time code into a new
> helper.

Applied for 5.10, thanks.

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Jens Axboe