Re: [PATCH v3, resend] block: Move SECTOR_SIZE and SECTOR_SHIFT definitions into <linux/blkdev.h>

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On 3/14/18 3:48 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> It happens often while I'm preparing a patch for a block driver that
> I'm wondering: is a definition of SECTOR_SIZE and/or SECTOR_SHIFT
> available for this driver? Do I have to introduce definitions of these
> constants before I can use these constants? To avoid this confusion,
> move the existing definitions of SECTOR_SIZE and SECTOR_SHIFT into the
> <linux/blkdev.h> header file such that these become available for all
> block drivers. Make the SECTOR_SIZE definition in the uapi msdos_fs.h
> header file conditional to avoid that including that header file after
> <linux/blkdev.h> causes the compiler to complain about a SECTOR_SIZE
> redefinition.
> 
> Note: the SECTOR_SIZE / SECTOR_SHIFT / SECTOR_BITS definitions have
> not been removed from uapi header files nor from NAND drivers in
> which these constants are used for another purpose than converting
> block layer offsets and sizes into a number of sectors.

Applied, thanks Bart.

-- 
Jens Axboe




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