linux-kernel - Re: Q. block: check bdev_read_only() from blkdev

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Message-ID: <20110122114846.GB6160@htj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:48:46 +0100
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	"J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>
Cc:	David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q. block: check bdev_read_only() from blkdev_get()

Hello,

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 05:32:24PM +0900, J. R. Okajima wrote:
> It must be faster and sure that you (or other bdev people) would fix
> much more than I do.
> I don't think you want me to dive into unfamiliar code.

As you already have figured out most of technical details, I don't
think it would have been difficult, and, hey, jumping into unfamiliar
code is half of the fun when working on the kernel.  Anyways, if you
aren't interested, I'll give it a shot.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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