On Tue 23-01-24 14:26:50, Christian Brauner wrote: > Now that we open block devices as files we don't need to rely on > bd_inode to get to the correct inode. Use the helper. > > We could use bdev_file->f_inode directly here since we know that > @f_inode refers to a bdev fs inode but it is generically correct to use > bdev_file->f_mapping->host since that will also work for bdev_files > opened from userspace. > > Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> I think you wouldn't need this patch, if you picked up patch: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231211140833.975935-1-yukuai1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx from previous Yu Kuai's series. Because the only user of bdev_file_inode() in ext4 is actually dead code... Honza > --- > block/bdev.c | 2 +- > block/fops.c | 5 ----- > include/linux/blkdev.h | 5 +++++ > 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c > index 4b47003d8082..185c43ebeea5 100644 > --- a/block/bdev.c > +++ b/block/bdev.c > @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(I_BDEV); > > struct block_device *file_bdev(struct file *bdev_file) > { > - return I_BDEV(bdev_file->f_mapping->host); > + return I_BDEV(bdev_file_inode(bdev_file)); > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_bdev); > > diff --git a/block/fops.c b/block/fops.c > index a0bff2c0d88d..240d968c281c 100644 > --- a/block/fops.c > +++ b/block/fops.c > @@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ > #include <linux/module.h> > #include "blk.h" > > -static inline struct inode *bdev_file_inode(struct file *file) > -{ > - return file->f_mapping->host; > -} > - > static blk_opf_t dio_bio_write_op(struct kiocb *iocb) > { > blk_opf_t opf = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_IDLE; > diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h > index 2f5dbde23094..4b7080e56e44 100644 > --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h > +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h > @@ -1490,6 +1490,11 @@ void blkdev_put_no_open(struct block_device *bdev); > struct block_device *I_BDEV(struct inode *inode); > struct block_device *file_bdev(struct file *bdev_file); > > +static inline struct inode *bdev_file_inode(struct file *file) > +{ > + return file->f_mapping->host; > +} > + > #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK > void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev); > int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev); > > -- > 2.43.0 > -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR