Re: [PATCH] virtio_blk: decrement index when blockdevice is removed

[Ryan Harper]

* Takuma Umeya <tumeya@xxxxxxxxxx> [2011-04-05 00:00]:
> When virtio block device is removed, index does not get decremented. When 
> another virtio disk is attached it uses the next device letter to the 
> one that is suppose to be available. 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Takuma Umeya <tumeya@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> index 6ecf89c..730e7af 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> @@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ static void __devexit virtblk_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>         mempool_destroy(vblk->pool);
>         vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
>         kfree(vblk);
> +       index--;
>  }

What about referencing /dev/disk/by-id  and using drive serial numbers?
How much do we care about re-using minor numbers?  IIRC, virtio-blk can
go out to vdxxx; that's a lot of disks or add/removes.

> 
>  static const struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
> 
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