linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] block: add uImage.FIT block partition driver

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Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:11:11 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] block: add uImage.FIT block partition driver

> +	dev = class_find_device_by_devt(&block_class, devt);
> +	if (!dev)
> +		return -EPROBE_DEFER;

FYI, class_find_device_by_devt is not for driver use.  The only reson
it isn't marker static is because of various legacy driver model and
devtmpfs interactions.