Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] block: embed bdevname in struct block_device

From: Yuanhan Liu
Date: Wed Aug 22 2012 - 05:28:33 EST


On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 06:33:59PM +0800, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> Embed block device name in struct block_device, thus we can replace
> the following code:
> char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
> printk(KERN_XXX "...%s..\n", bdevname(bdev, b);
>
> with a much simpler and less stack usage version:
> printk(KERN_XXX "...%s..\n", bdev->bd_name);
>
> This is a RFC version, which I just included one sample with this change
> appiled. If this patch makes sense to you, I will file more patches to
> apply this change.

ping... (though it's a trivial RFC patch)


Thanks,
Yuanhan Liu
>
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/block_dev.c | 2 ++
> include/linux/fs.h | 3 ++-
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
> index 1e51919..5e796e58 100644
> --- a/fs/block_dev.c
> +++ b/fs/block_dev.c
> @@ -1213,6 +1213,8 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
> }
> bd_set_size(bdev, (loff_t)bdev->bd_part->nr_sects << 9);
> }
> +
> + disk_name(bdev->bd_disk, bdev->bd_part->partno, bdev->bd_name);
> } else {
> if (bdev->bd_contains == bdev) {
> ret = 0;
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index aa11047..98ea89d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ struct address_space {
> */
> struct request_queue;
>
> +#define BDEVNAME_SIZE 32 /* Largest string for a blockdev identifier */
> struct block_device {
> dev_t bd_dev; /* not a kdev_t - it's a search key */
> int bd_openers;
> @@ -724,6 +725,7 @@ struct block_device {
> int bd_fsfreeze_count;
> /* Mutex for freeze */
> struct mutex bd_fsfreeze_mutex;
> + char bd_name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
> };
>
> /*
> @@ -2323,7 +2325,6 @@ static inline void unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)
> }
>
> /* fs/block_dev.c */
> -#define BDEVNAME_SIZE 32 /* Largest string for a blockdev identifier */
> #define BDEVT_SIZE 10 /* Largest string for MAJ:MIN for blkdev */
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
> --
> 1.7.7.6
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