linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] mtd: fix bdev exclusive open bugs in block2mtd::add

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Message-ID: <1289644735.2218.8.camel@localhost>
Date:	Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:38:55 +0200
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] mtd: fix bdev exclusive open bugs in
 block2mtd::add_device()

Hi,

On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 17:15 +0100, Tejun Heo wrote:
> +			if (!IS_ERR(bdev)) {
> +				int ret;
> +				ret = bd_claim(bdev, dev);
> +				if (ret) {
> +					blkdev_put(bdev,
> +						   FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE);

Would be a bit cleaner to define ea temporary variable:

fmode_t mode = FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE;

Would you to re-send with this little change please?

And ideally, 2 independent patches would be nicer because you fix 2
independent issues.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

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