On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 3:34?AM Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > this is a v3 of the patch series which implements the idea of blkdev_get_by_*() v4? > calls returning bdev_handle which is then passed to blkdev_put() [1]. This > makes the get and put calls for bdevs more obviously matching and allows us to > propagate context from get to put without having to modify all the users > (again!). In particular I need to propagate used open flags to blkdev_put() to > be able count writeable opens and add support for blocking writes to mounted > block devices. I'll send that series separately. > > The series is based on Btrfs tree's for-next branch [2] as of today as the > series depends on Christoph's changes to btrfs device handling. Patches have > passed some reasonable testing - I've tested block changes, md, dm, bcache, > xfs, btrfs, ext4, swap. More testing or review is always welcome. Thanks! I've > pushed out the full branch to: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs.git bdev_handle > > to ease review / testing. Christian, can you pull the patches to your tree > to get some exposure in linux-next as well? Thanks! For the block bits: Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> -- Jens Axboe
