linux-kernel - ABI change: /sys/dev/block/m:m/device/size disappeared

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Date:	Tue, 1 Mar 2016 12:16:46 +0100
From:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: ABI change: /sys/dev/block/m:m/device/size disappeared

At some point each disk had its size exported via
/sys/dev/block/$mm/device/size. Now this moved to
/sys/dev/block/$mm/device/block/*/size.
Why was this interface changed?

Olaf