linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: move del_gendisk() from fs/partitions/check.c to block/genhd.c

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Date:	Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:56:56 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: move del_gendisk() from fs/partitions/check.c to 
	block/genhd.c

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:40, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:39:01AM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
>> From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
>> Subject: block: move del_gendisk() from fs/partitions/check.c to block/genhd.c
>>
>> Disk code belongs into genhd, not into the partition scanner code.
>
> Sounds fine for del_gendisk, but read_dev_sector which isn't mentioned
> here really is for partitioning.

Right, the next patch moves it to /block/partition.c, because all the
sysfs and driver core code really should not be below fs/.

If you want me to re reshuffle that, let me know. I was just annoyed
again, and after all these years I though it's time to move that stuff
around. :)

Thanks,
Kay
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