[PATCH 9/9] bdi: remove the name field in struct backing_dev_info

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon May 04 2020 - 08:57:29 EST


The name is only printed for a not registered bdi in writeback. Use the
device name there as is more useful anyway for the unlike case that the
warning triggers.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-core.c | 1 -
drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 1 -
fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +-
fs/super.c | 2 --
include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h | 2 --
mm/backing-dev.c | 1 -
6 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 285a2f8ee8d3a..538cbc725620b 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -511,7 +511,6 @@ struct request_queue *__blk_alloc_queue(int node_id)

q->backing_dev_info->ra_pages = VM_READAHEAD_PAGES;
q->backing_dev_info->capabilities = BDI_CAP_CGROUP_WRITEBACK;
- q->backing_dev_info->name = "block";
q->node = node_id;

timer_setup(&q->backing_dev_info->laptop_mode_wb_timer,
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 39ec563d9a14b..fcb018ce17c3d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -2040,7 +2040,6 @@ static struct backing_dev_info * __init mtd_bdi_init(char *name)
if (!bdi)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

- bdi->name = name;
/*
* We put '-0' suffix to the name to get the same name format as we
* used to get. Since this is called only once, we get a unique name.
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 76ac9c7d32ec7..d85323607b49f 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -2320,7 +2320,7 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)

WARN(bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(wb->bdi) &&
!test_bit(WB_registered, &wb->state),
- "bdi-%s not registered\n", wb->bdi->name);
+ "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi_dev_name(wb->bdi));

inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
if (dirtytime)
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index dd28fcd706ff5..4991f441988e0 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1602,8 +1602,6 @@ int super_setup_bdi_name(struct super_block *sb, char *fmt, ...)
if (!bdi)
return -ENOMEM;

- bdi->name = sb->s_type->name;
-
va_start(args, fmt);
err = bdi_register_va(bdi, fmt, args);
va_end(args);
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
index 2849bdbb3acbe..011bb8ad0738a 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ struct backing_dev_info {
congested_fn *congested_fn; /* Function pointer if device is md/dm */
void *congested_data; /* Pointer to aux data for congested func */

- const char *name;
-
struct kref refcnt; /* Reference counter for the structure */
unsigned int capabilities; /* Device capabilities */
unsigned int min_ratio;
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 1f55d5b8269ff..d382272bcc310 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
#include <trace/events/writeback.h>

struct backing_dev_info noop_backing_dev_info = {
- .name = "noop",
.capabilities = BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK,
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(noop_backing_dev_info);
--
2.26.2