linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] md: simplify md_seq

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Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:32:22 +0200
From:   Mariusz Tkaczyk <mariusz.tkaczyk@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
Cc:     song@...nel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yi.zhang@...wei.com,
        yangerkun@...wei.com, "yukuai (C)" <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] md: simplify md_seq_ops

On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:02:19 +0800
Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com> wrote:

> >> +static void *md_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
> >> +{
> >> +	return seq_list_next(v, &all_mddevs, pos);
> >> +}  
> > Can it be so simple? Why previous versions takes care of holding "(void)*1"
> > and "(void)*2" then? Could you elaborate?  
> 
> "1" means printing "Personalities", which is now moved to md_seq_start,
> and "2" means printing "unsed devices" which is now moved to
> md_seq_stop. And now md_seq_next is only used to iterate the mddev list.
> 

Ok, LGTM.

Mariusz