linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] md: switch to ->check_events for media change notifications

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Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 15:23:28 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@...ud.ionos.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] md: switch to ->check_events for media change
 notifications

On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 03:17:31PM +0200, Guoqing Jiang wrote:
> On 7/8/20 2:25 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> -static int md_media_changed(struct gendisk *disk)
>> -{
>> -	struct mddev *mddev = disk->private_data;
>> -
>> -	return mddev->changed;
>> -}
>
> Maybe we can remove "changed" from struct mddev since no one reads it
> after the change.

The new md_check_events method reads it.