linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] pmem: Initial version of persistent memory driver

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Date:	Thu, 7 May 2015 09:26:02 +0200
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-nvdimm@...1.01.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, boaz@...xistor.com, axboe@...nel.dk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] pmem: Initial version of persistent memory driver

On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 10:43:01AM -0600, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> > Yes, if CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT isn't set that code doesn't work at all.
> 
> I can't figure out a use case that breaks when using dynamically allocated
> minors without CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT.  The patch that I've been testing
> against is at the bottom of this mail.
> 
> Here are the minors that I get when creating a bunch of partitions using the
> current code with PMEM_MINORS=16, with CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT turned off:

FYI, your patch below works fine for me, but the original one certainly
didn't.  One big difference was that it also removed the register_blkdev
call and thus assigning a major number.
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