[dm-devel] Re: [PATCH 6/6] dm to use bd_claim_by_disk

Alasdair G Kergon agk at redhat.com
Mon Mar 6 15:56:50 UTC 2006


On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 07:58:32PM -0500, Jun'ichi Nomura wrote:
> This patch is part of dm/md sysfs dependency tree.
 
> +static int open_dev(struct dm_dev *d, dev_t dev, struct gendisk *holder)
> +static int upgrade_mode(struct dm_dev *dd, int new_mode, struct gendisk *holder)
> +static void close_dev(struct dm_dev *d, struct gendisk *holder)

Please pass the dm structure, struct mapped_device, around between dm functions
internally where you can, instead of struct gendisk.  (Every time the new 
parameter is passed it's wrapped with dm_disk(), so move the dm_disk() inside.)

Alasdair
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