linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/9] bdi: add a ->dev_name field to struct backing_dev

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Message-ID: <dfdba0c2-7a52-eb75-355d-a2cfaab80d7a@acm.org>
Date:   Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:09:02 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, axboe@...nel.dk
Cc:     yuyufen@...wei.com, tj@...nel.org, jack@...e.cz, tytso@....edu,
        hdegoede@...hat.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] bdi: add a ->dev_name field to struct
 backing_dev_info

On 4/22/20 12:38 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Cache a copy of the name for the life time of the backing_dev_info
> structure so that we can reference it even after unregistering.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>