Re: [PATCH v1 04/25] block: nr_sects_write(): Disable preemption on seqcount write

Ahmed S. Darwish
2020-05-25T10:12:16Z

Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> wrote:
> Hi
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> fixing commit: c83f6bf98dc1 ("block: add partition resize function to blkpg ioctl").
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The v5.7-rc1 commit 581e26004a09 ("block: move block layer internals out
of include/linux/genhd.h") moved the part_nr_sects_write() static inline
function from include/linux/genhd.h to block/blk.h.

After review, I'll send a rebased patch to stable.

Thanks,

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Ahmed S. Darwish
Linutronix GmbH