Re: [PATCH 02/14] block: switch register_disk to use blkdev_get_by_dev

[Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@gmail.com>]

Hello!

On 17.09.2020 19:57, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> Use blkdev_get_by_dev instead of open coding it using bdget_disk +
> blkdev_get.

   I don't see where you are removing bdget_disk() call (situated just before
the below code?)...

> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> ---
>   block/genhd.c | 7 +++----
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
> index 7b56203c90a303..f778716fac6cde 100644
> --- a/block/genhd.c
> +++ b/block/genhd.c
> @@ -732,10 +732,9 @@ static void register_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
>   		goto exit;
>   
>   	set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state);
> -	err = blkdev_get(bdev, FMODE_READ, NULL);
> -	if (err < 0)
> -		goto exit;
> -	blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ);
> +	bdev = blkdev_get_by_dev(disk_devt(disk), FMODE_READ, NULL);
> +	if (!IS_ERR(bdev))
> +		blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ);
>   
>   exit:
>   	/* announce disk after possible partitions are created */

MBR, Sergei