Re: [PATCH v4 06/11] md/md-bitmap: delay registration of bitmap_ops until creating bitmap

From: Hannes Reinecke
Date: Tue Jul 22 2025 - 02:07:55 EST


On 7/21/25 19:15, Yu Kuai wrote:
From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Currently bitmap_ops is registered while allocating mddev, this is fine
when there is only one bitmap_ops.

Delay setting bitmap_ops until creating bitmap, so that user can choose
which bitmap to use before running the array.

Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst | 3 ++
drivers/md/md.c | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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