linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 02/30] block: add a bdev_nr

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Date:   Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:37:01 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/30] block: add a bdev_nr_bytes helper

On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 02:35:15PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 03:26:15PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +static inline sector_t bdev_nr_bytes(struct block_device *bdev)
> > +{
> > +	return i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode);
> 
> Uh.  loff_t, surely?

Yes, that wuld be the right type.  Note that it makes a difference
outside of documentation purposes.