Re: [PATCH 06/19] block: add an optional probe callback to major_names

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 9/3/20 10:01 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Add a callback to the major_names array that allows a driver to override
> how to probe for dev_t that doesn't currently have a gendisk registered.
> This will help separating the lookup of the gendisk by dev_t vs probe
> action for a not currently registered dev_t.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> ---
>   block/genhd.c         | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
>   include/linux/genhd.h |  5 ++++-
>   2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
--
Dr. Hannes Reinecke                Kernel Storage Architect
hare@xxxxxxx                              +49 911 74053 688
SUSE Software Solutions GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg
HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg), Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer