On Fri 07-07-23 04:28:41, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 06:14:33PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > > > struct bdev_handle *bdev_open_by_path(dev_t dev, blk_mode_t mode, > > > void *holder, const struct blk_holder_ops *hops); > > > void bdev_release(struct bdev_handle *handle); > > > > I'd maybe use bdev_close() instead of bdev_release() but otherwise I like > > the new naming. > > We're using release everywhese else, but if Jens is fine with that I > can live with close. Dunno, to me words pair like open-close, get-put, acquire-release. Furthermore e.g. ->release() (and thus blkdev_release()) is called only when the last file reference is dropped, not when each reference is dropped, so that's why bdev_release() seems a bit confusing to me. Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR
