Re: [PATCH] blkdev: make struct block_device_operations.devnode() take a const *

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On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 01:13:07AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 03:48:43PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > The devnode() callback in struct block_device_operations should not be
> > modifying the device that is passed into it, so mark it as a const * and
> > propagate the function signature changes out into the one subsystem that
> > actually uses this callback.
> 
> Yes.  In fact it really shouldn't exist at all.  I wonder if we can
> do another attempt at dropping pktcdvd?
> 

Patch removing it now sent.



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