Re: [PATCH 6.6 329/638] erofs: Convert to use bdev_open_by_path()

From: Gao Xiang
Date: Mon Mar 25 2024 - 05:32:17 EST


Hi,

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 06:56:06PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
>
> [ Upstream commit 49845720080dff0afd5813eaebf0758b01b6312c ]
>
> Convert erofs to use bdev_open_by_path() and pass the handle around.
>
> CC: Gao Xiang <xiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: linux-erofs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230927093442.25915-21-jack@xxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Stable-dep-of: 0f28be64d132 ("erofs: fix lockdep false positives on initializing erofs_pseudo_mnt")
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

I don't think it's necessary to be backported to v6.6 as well as
the previous one "block: Provide bdev_open_* functions".

The patch
"erofs: fix lockdep false positives on initializing erofs_pseudo_mnt"
should be manually backported instead.

Thanks,
Gao Xiang