linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] blkdev: make struct block_device

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Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2022 12:41:09 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blkdev: make struct block_device_operations.devnode()
 take a const *

On 11/9/22 7:48 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> The devnode() callback in struct block_device_operations should not be
> modifying the device that is passed into it, so mark it as a const * and
> propagate the function signature changes out into the one subsystem that
> actually uses this callback.
> 
> Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
> 
> Jens, I have some dependent kobject/driver core changes that require
> this change in the works.  Can I take this through the driver core tree
> for 6.2-rc1?

Yeah go ahead, you can add my:

Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>

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Jens Axboe