linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/14] block: cleanup partition scanning in register

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Date:   Mon, 21 Sep 2020 09:19:46 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Stefan Haberland <sth@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jan Hoeppner <hoeppner@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nbd@...er.debian.org,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 02/14] block: cleanup partition scanning in register_disk

Use blkdev_get_by_dev instead of open coding it using bdget_disk +
blkdev_get, and split the code to read the partition table into a
separate helper to make it a little more obvious.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
---
 block/genhd.c | 33 ++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 7b56203c90a303..05fb27cbb66784 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -673,11 +673,23 @@ static int exact_lock(dev_t devt, void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void disk_scan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk)
+{
+	struct block_device *bdev;
+
+	if (!get_capacity(disk) || !disk_part_scan_enabled(disk))
+		return;
+
+	set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state);
+	bdev = blkdev_get_by_dev(disk_devt(disk), FMODE_READ, NULL);
+	if (!IS_ERR(bdev))
+		blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ);
+}
+
 static void register_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
 			  const struct attribute_group **groups)
 {
 	struct device *ddev = disk_to_dev(disk);
-	struct block_device *bdev;
 	struct disk_part_iter piter;
 	struct hd_struct *part;
 	int err;
@@ -719,25 +731,8 @@ static void register_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/* No minors to use for partitions */
-	if (!disk_part_scan_enabled(disk))
-		goto exit;
-
-	/* No such device (e.g., media were just removed) */
-	if (!get_capacity(disk))
-		goto exit;
-
-	bdev = bdget_disk(disk, 0);
-	if (!bdev)
-		goto exit;
-
-	set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state);
-	err = blkdev_get(bdev, FMODE_READ, NULL);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto exit;
-	blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ);
+	disk_scan_partitions(disk);
 
-exit:
 	/* announce disk after possible partitions are created */
 	dev_set_uevent_suppress(ddev, 0);
 	kobject_uevent(&ddev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
-- 
2.28.0