Re: [PATCH 9/9] bdi: remove the name field in struct backing_dev_info

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To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>, axboe@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] bdi: remove the name field in struct backing_dev_info
From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:16:15 -0700
Cc: yuyufen@xxxxxxxxxx, tj@xxxxxxxxxx, jack@xxxxxxx, tytso@xxxxxxx, hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On 4/22/20 12:38 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

The name is only printed for a not registered bdi in writeback.  Use the
device name there as is more useful anyway for the unlike case that the
warning triggers.


Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>

References:
- bdi: fix use-after-free for dev_name(bdi->dev) v3
  - From: Christoph Hellwig
- [PATCH 9/9] bdi: remove the name field in struct backing_dev_info
  - From: Christoph Hellwig

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