move bd_mutex to the gendisk (resend) · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-05-12
[PATCH 1/8] block: split __blkdev_get · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-05-12
Re: [PATCH 1/8] block: split __blkdev_get · Ming Lei <hidden> · 2021-05-19
Re: [PATCH 1/8] block: split __blkdev_get · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-05-19
[PATCH 2/8] block: move sync_blockdev from __blkdev_put to blkdev_put · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-05-12
Re: [PATCH 2/8] block: move sync_blockdev from __blkdev_put to blkdev_put · Ming Lei <hidden> · 2021-05-19
[PATCH 4/8] block: move adjusting bd_part_count out of __blkdev_get · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-05-12
[PATCH 5/8] block: split __blkdev_put · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-05-12
[PATCH 3/8] block: move bd_mutex to struct gendisk · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-05-12
[PATCH 6/8] block: move bd_part_count to struct gendisk · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-05-12
[PATCH 7/8] block: factor out a part_devt helper · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-05-12
[PATCH 8/8] block: remove bdget_disk · Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> · 2021-05-12

Re: [PATCH 1/8] block: split __blkdev_get

From: Ming Lei <hidden>
Date: 2021-05-19 09:21:50
Also in: linux-raid, linux-s390, linux-scsi

On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 08:18:49AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

Split __blkdev_get into one helper for the whole device, and one for
opening partitions.  This removes the (bounded) recursion when opening
a partition.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Nice cleanup, now the blkdev get code becomes more readable than before:

Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <redacted>

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Ming

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