linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd: simplify the class

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Date:   Sun, 2 Apr 2023 10:57:39 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd: simplify the class_pktcdvd logic

On Sat, Apr 01, 2023 at 08:25:10PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 3/31/23 10:47 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > There is no need to dynamically create and destroy the class_pktcdvd
> > structure, just make it static and remove the memory allocation logic
> > which simplifies and cleans up the logic a lot.
> > 
> > Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > ---
> > Note, I would like to take this through my driver-core tree as it is
> > needed for other struct class cleanup work I have done and am continuing
> > to do there.
> 
> I'm going to defer to you on this kind of stuff, so if you think it's
> fine, then go for it.

Thanks!  And sorry for sending this twice, I forgot I had previously
sent this a few days prior.  Too many patches to juggle over here...

greg k-h