linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/9] pstore/blk: use the normal block device I/O path

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Date:   Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:49:14 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     廖威雄 <gmpy.liaowx@...il.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        WeiXiong Liao <liaoweixiong@...winnertech.com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] pstore/blk: use the normal block device I/O path

On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 10:43:29PM +0800, 廖威雄 wrote:
> > +       const char devname[] = "/dev/pstore-blk";
> > +       dev_t dev = name_to_dev_t(blkdev);
> > +
> > +       if (!dev)
> > +               return;
> > +       init_unlink(devname);
> > +       init_mknod(devname, S_IFBLK | 0600, new_encode_dev(dev));
> > +       __pstore_blk_init(devname);
> 
> How about pstore/blk making /dev/pstore-blk node no matter build-in
> or module. Then pstore/blk always opens /dev/pstore-blk. By this way,
> blkdev can also be a device number if pstore/blk built as a module.

Please read the comment above blkdev_get_by_dev on why no one should
add new interfaces based on the device number.