Re: [PATCH 01/32] block: Provide blkdev_get_handle_* functions

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On 7/4/23 05:21, Jan Kara wrote:
+struct bdev_handle {
+	struct block_device *bdev;
+	void *holder;
+};

Please explain in the patch description why a holder pointer is introduced in struct bdev_handle and how it relates to the bd_holder pointer in struct block_device. Is one of the purposes of this patch series perhaps to add support for multiple holders per block device?

Thanks,

Bart.




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