linux-ext4 - Re: don't use ->bd_inode to access the block device size

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Date:   Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:35:49 +0100
From:   Wol <antlists@...ngman.org.uk>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@...cle.com>
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Subject: Re: don't use ->bd_inode to access the block device size

On 14/10/2021 16:14, Kees Cook wrote:
>> I don't really mind bdev_size since it's analogous to i_size, but
>> bdev_nr_bytes seems good to me.

> I much prefer bdev_nr_bytes(), as "size" has no units.

Does it mean size IN bytes, or size OF A byte? :-)

Cheers,
Wol