Hi Jens, this series removes blkdev_get as a public API, leaving it as just an implementation detail of blkdev_get_by_path and blkdev_get_by_dev. The reason for that is that blkdev_get is a very confusing API that requires a struct block_device to be fed in, but then actually consumes the reference. And it turns out just using the two above mentioned APIs actually significantly simplifies the code as well. Diffstat: block/genhd.c | 11 ++-- block/ioctl.c | 13 ++--- drivers/block/nbd.c | 8 +-- drivers/block/pktcdvd.c | 92 +++++----------------------------------- drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 7 +-- drivers/char/raw.c | 51 ++++++++-------------- drivers/ide/ide-gd.c | 2 drivers/s390/block/dasd_genhd.c | 13 +---- fs/block_dev.c | 12 ++--- fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c | 28 ++++-------- include/linux/blk_types.h | 4 - include/linux/blkdev.h | 1 include/linux/genhd.h | 2 include/linux/suspend.h | 4 - include/linux/swap.h | 3 - kernel/power/swap.c | 21 +++------ kernel/power/user.c | 26 +++-------- mm/swapfile.c | 45 ++++++++++--------- 18 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 224 deletions(-)
