[Drbd-dev] [PATCH 01/32] block: Provide blkdev_get_handle_* functions

[Jan Kara]

On Thu 06-07-23 08:38:40, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 02:21:28PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Create struct bdev_handle that contains all parameters that need to be
> > passed to blkdev_put() and provide blkdev_get_handle_* functions that
> > return this structure instead of plain bdev pointer. This will
> > eventually allow us to pass one more argument to blkdev_put() without
> > too much hassle.
> 
> Can we use the opportunity to come up with better names?  blkdev_get_*
> was always a rather horrible naming convention for something that
> ends up calling into ->open.
> 
> What about:
> 
> struct bdev_handle *bdev_open_by_dev(dev_t dev, blk_mode_t mode, void *holder,
> 		const struct blk_holder_ops *hops);
> struct bdev_handle *bdev_open_by_path(dev_t dev, blk_mode_t mode,
> 		void *holder, const struct blk_holder_ops *hops);
> void bdev_release(struct bdev_handle *handle);

I'd maybe use bdev_close() instead of bdev_release() but otherwise I like
the new naming.

								Honza
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Jan Kara <jack at suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR