Re: [PATCH 10/19] brd: use __register_blkdev to allocate devices on demand

From: Hannes Reinecke
Date: Fri Sep 04 2020 - 06:26:12 EST


On 9/3/20 10:01 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
Use the simpler mechanism attached to major_name to allocate a brd device
when a currently unregistered minor is accessed.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
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drivers/block/brd.c | 39 +++++++++++----------------------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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