Re: [PATCH block/for-next v2 00/16] block: remove field 'bd_inode' from block_device

Al Viro
2023-11-27T06:48:46Z

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 02:21:00PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
>
> Changes in v2:
> - split different portions into different patches, as greg k-h
> suggested.
> - use container_of() instead of "bdev + 1" to get the address of
> bd_inode in the new helper, as grep k-h suggested.

You might have misinterpreted gregkh - in your place I would rather
do a one-patch never-rebased branch (introduction of bdev_inode() in
form that returns bdev->bd_inode), with followup in your branch that
switches it to your variant. Then conversions of ->bd_inode users,
to be either picked by individual filesystems of staying in your branch.
Any filesystem tree could merge from your never-rebased branch, after
which they could switch their ->bd_inode uses to the new helper, without
introducing any bisection hazards or interdependencies.
After the next -rc1, once all ->bd_inode users are gone from the tree -
remove the field.