On Thu 19-11-20 08:52:25, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 03:37:47PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > -static inline dev_t blk_lookup_devt(const char *name, int partno)
> > > -{
> > > - dev_t devt = MKDEV(0, 0);
> > > - return devt;
> > > -}
> > > #endif /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
> >
> > This hunk looks unrelated to the change? Also why you move the declaration
> > outside the CONFIG_BLOCK ifdef? AFAICS blk_lookup_devt() still exists only
> > when CONFIG_BLOCK is defined? Otherwise the patch looks good to me.
>
> blk_lookup_devt is a hack only for name_to_dev_t only referenced from
> code under CONFIG_BLOCK now, as it didn't do anything before when
> blk_lookup_devt returned 0. I guess I'll need to update the commit log
> a little to mention this.
OK, understood. Still it would seem more logical to leave blk_lookup_devt()
declaration inside #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK and just delete the !CONFIG_BLOCK
definition (to make it clear we ever expect only users compiled when
CONFIG_BLOCK is defined). But whatever... Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
