Re: [PATCH] block: stub out and deprecated the capability attribute on the gendisk

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On Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:02:09 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The capability attribute was added in 2017 to expose the kernel internal
> GENHD_FL_MEDIA_CHANGE_NOTIFY to userspace without ever adding a value to
> an UAPI header, and without ever setting it in any driver until it was
> finally removed in Linux 5.7.
> 
> Deprecate the file and always return 0 instead of exposing the other
> internal and frequently renumbered other gendisk flags.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] block: stub out and deprecated the capability attribute on the gendisk
      commit: e81cd5a983bb35dabd38ee472cf3fea1c63e0f23

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe






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