Re: [PATCH 4/4] block: Make blk_get_backing_dev_info() safe without open bdev

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On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 01:28:14PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> OK, I'll do that. Another cleanup I was considering is to remove all other
> embedded occurences of backing_dev_info and make the structure only
> dynamically allocated. It would unify the handling of backing_dev_info and
> allow us to make bdi_init(), bdi_destroy(), etc. static inside
> mm/backing_dev.c. What do you think?

Yes, that would be great.  I have vague memories trying to do that
a long time ago, but I don't remember why it didn't go anywhere.
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