[PATCH v3 0/29] block: Make blkdev_get_by_*() return handle

[Jan Kara]

On Fri 25-08-23 15:32:47, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 12:48:11PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > this is a v3 of the patch series which implements the idea of blkdev_get_by_*()
> > calls returning bdev_handle which is then passed to blkdev_put() [1]. This
> > makes the get and put calls for bdevs more obviously matching and allows us to
> > propagate context from get to put without having to modify all the users
> > (again!). In particular I need to propagate used open flags to blkdev_put() to
> > be able count writeable opens and add support for blocking writes to mounted
> > block devices. I'll send that series separately.
> > 
> > The series is based on Christian's vfs tree as of today as there is quite
> > some overlap. Patches have passed some reasonable testing - I've tested block
> > changes, md, dm, bcache, xfs, btrfs, ext4, swap. More testing or review is
> > always welcome. Thanks! I've pushed out the full branch to:
> > 
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs.git bdev_handle
> > 
> > to ease review / testing. Since there were not many comments for v2 and
> > Christoph has acked the series I think we should start discussing how to merge
> > the series. Most collisions with this series seem to happen in the filesystems
> > area so VFS tree would seem as the least painful way to merge this. Jens,
> 
> I really do like this series especially struct bdev_handle and moving
> the mode bits in there. I'll happily take this. So far there have only
> been minor things that can easily be fixed.

Thanks. Since Al is fine with just doing a potential conversion to 'struct
file' as a handle on top of this series (it will be dumb Coccinelle
replacement) I think we can go ahead with the series as is. As you said
there will be some conflicts in btrfs and I've learned about f2fs conflicts
as well so I can rebase & repost the series on top of rc1 to make life
easier for you.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack at suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR