[PATCH 21/45] block: refactor blkdev_get

[Tejun Heo]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 02:27:27PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Move more code that is only run on the outer open but not the open of
> the underlying whole device when opening a partition into blkdev_get,
> which leads to a much easier to follow structure.
> 
> This allows to simplify the disk and module refcounting so that one
> reference is held for each open, similar to what we do with normal
> file operations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj at kernel.org>

Thanks.

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tejun