linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cdrom: move shared static to cdrom_device

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Message-ID: <4F32C75E.2000807@kernel.dk>
Date:	Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:05:02 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cdrom: move shared static to cdrom_device_info

On 02/08/2012 06:32 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> The keeplocked variable in the cdrom driver is shared across multiple
> drives, but set in per-device ioctls.  Move it to the per-device struct,
> avoiding that the setting on one drive affects the driver's behavior
> when closing another.
> 
> [ Impact: limit udev's confusion to one drive when a CD burning program
>   unlocks the CD door at the end of burning. ]
> 
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---
> 	Would this be acceptable for 3.3?

Yeah, looks simple enough. I thought we had a module parameter for this
too, but we do not. So I've applied it for 3.3.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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