Hi Jens, this series replaced the not very nice check_disk_change() function with a new bdev_media_changed that avoids having the ->revalidate_disk call at its end. As a result ->revalidate_disk can be removed from a lot of drivers. Diffstat: block/genhd.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- drivers/block/amiflop.c | 2 - drivers/block/ataflop.c | 7 +++--- drivers/block/floppy.c | 8 ++++--- drivers/block/paride/pcd.c | 2 - drivers/block/swim.c | 22 +------------------- drivers/block/swim3.c | 4 +-- drivers/block/xsysace.c | 26 +++++++++--------------- drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c | 2 - drivers/ide/ide-cd.c | 16 ++++----------- drivers/ide/ide-disk.c | 5 ---- drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c | 2 - drivers/ide/ide-gd.c | 48 +++++---------------------------------------- drivers/md/md.c | 2 - drivers/scsi/sd.c | 7 +++--- drivers/scsi/sr.c | 36 +++++++++++++-------------------- fs/block_dev.c | 31 ----------------------------- include/linux/genhd.h | 3 -- include/linux/ide.h | 2 - 19 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 168 deletions(-)
