Hi, Add and use the helper to initialize the common fields of struct gendisk such as major, first_minor, minors, disk_name, private_data, and ops. This initialization is spread all over the block drivers. This avoids code repetation of inialization code of gendisk in current block drivers and any future ones. -ck Chaitanya Kulkarni (18): block: add and use init disk helper nfblock: use init disk helper amiflop: use init disk helper brd: use init disk helper drbd: use init disk helper floppy: use init disk helper loop: use init disk helper n64cart: use init disk helper nbd: use init disk helper pcd: use init disk helper pd: use init disk helper pf: use init disk helper pktcdvd: use init disk helper rnbd-clt: use init disk helper swim: use init disk helper swim3: use init disk helper z2ram: use init disk helper ubi: use init disk helper arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c | 8 ++------ block/genhd.c | 13 +++++++++++++ drivers/block/amiflop.c | 8 ++------ drivers/block/ataflop.c | 8 ++------ drivers/block/brd.c | 9 ++------- drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c | 6 +----- drivers/block/floppy.c | 8 ++------ drivers/block/loop.c | 7 ++----- drivers/block/n64cart.c | 4 +--- drivers/block/nbd.c | 7 ++----- drivers/block/null_blk/main.c | 12 ++++-------- drivers/block/paride/pcd.c | 5 +---- drivers/block/paride/pd.c | 8 ++------ drivers/block/paride/pf.c | 6 +----- drivers/block/pktcdvd.c | 6 +----- drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c | 9 +++------ drivers/block/swim.c | 7 ++----- drivers/block/swim3.c | 8 ++------ drivers/block/z2ram.c | 5 +---- drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c | 6 +----- include/linux/blkdev.h | 5 +++++ 21 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 103 deletions(-) -- 2.29.0