[LTP] [PATCH v5 1/3] lib: alter find_free_loopdev()

Yang Xu
2019-07-18T07:30:19Z

> Hi!
>>> Another option is to leave this function internal and export a wrapper
>>> for the exact needed functionality:
>>>
>>> /* Just find a free minor number */
>>> int tst_find_free_loopdev(void)
>>> {
>>> return find_free_loopdev(NULL, 0);
>>> }
>>>
>>> I don't mind wither way.
>> Hi Amir
>>
>> The second way looks better for me. But I also want to hear the idea of cyril.
> Well I wanted to keep the path exposed to user in a case that there
> would be a test that would need more than one device. But it's not like
> we cannot change the API later when it's actually needed.
>
Hi Cyril

Ok. I will use the first way to expose the path. Also on my copy_file_range02, I will directly use
path filled with this api because it doesn't change libary state.

If you think this pathset is no problem, I will send v6 patch.

Thanks
Yang Xu

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