linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] block: introduce file_bd

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Date:	Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:41:22 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	"linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
	david <david@...morbit.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] block: introduce file_bd_inode()

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 2:45 AM, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> wrote:
> On Thu 22-10-15 02:42:05, Dan Williams wrote:
>> Similar to the file_inode() helper, provide a helper to lookup the inode for a
>> raw block device itself.
>
> So I somewhat dislike the name file_bd_inode() since for struct file
> pointing to a regular file, the result would be equivalent to file_inode()
> but the name suggests (at least to me) it should return block device inode.
> I'd name it like bdev_file_inode() to make it clear this is local to
> block device code...

I like it, will fix.
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