Re: [PATCH v4] block: genhd: don't call probe function with major_names_lock held

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On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 11:34:15PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> I posted "[PATCH] loop: break loop_ctl_mutex into loop_idr_spinlock and loop_removal_mutex"

Well, you hid it somewhere deep inside a mail deep in a thread.  If you
want proper patch review and actually post it as a patch.

> which reduces the locking complexity while fixing bugs, but you ignored it. Instead,

No, it doesn't.  Adding even more locks does not reduce complexity.

> you decided to remove cryptoloop module (where userspace doing "modprobe cryptoloop"
> will break).

Did you try it?  Because on my system it works just fine thanks to
the MODULE_ALIAS().

> That is, you decided not to provide patches which can be backported.

Please stop this bullshit.



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