Re: [PATCH v4] block: genhd: don't call probe function with major_names_lock held

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 11:34:15PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

I posted "[PATCH] loop: break loop_ctl_mutex into loop_idr_spinlock and loop_removal_mutex"

Well, you hid it somewhere deep inside a mail deep in a thread.  If you
want proper patch review and actually post it as a patch.

which reduces the locking complexity while fixing bugs, but you ignored it. Instead,

No, it doesn't.  Adding even more locks does not reduce complexity.

you decided to remove cryptoloop module (where userspace doing "modprobe cryptoloop"
will break).

Did you try it?  Because on my system it works just fine thanks to
the MODULE_ALIAS().

That is, you decided not to provide patches which can be backported.

Please stop this bullshit.