On Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:53:38 +0200, Christian Brauner wrote: > Hey, > > This is a mechanism that allows the holder of a block device to yield > device access before actually closing the block device. > > If a someone yields a device then any concurrent opener claiming the > device exclusively with the same blk_holder_ops as the current owner can > wait for the device to be given up. Filesystems by default use > fs_holder_ps and so can wait on each other. > > [...] for v6.8 --- Applied to the vfs.super branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree. Patches in the vfs.super branch should appear in linux-next soon. Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it. It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated. Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase, trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch. tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git branch: vfs.super [1/6] fs: simplify setup_bdev_super() calls https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/f15112134111 [2/6] xfs: simplify device handling https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/cbded4a095bd [3/6] ext4: simplify device handling https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/ac85cf49ed93
