Re: [PATCH 2/3] null_blk: give the file-scope mutex a descriptive name

[Bart Van Assche]

On 7/6/26 6:21 AM, Zizhi Wo wrote:
> Thanks for the reminder! Agreed that "nullb_list_lock" is too narrow
> since it also serializes nullb_device_power_store() and
> nullb_update_nr_hw_queues().
>
> However, I'm a bit worried that "nullb_lock" is easy to confuse with the
> per-device spinlock "nullb->lock"... They are only one "->" apart?
>
> Would "nullb_global_lock" (or "nullb_config_lock") work better? It
> reflects the broader purpose and avoids clashing with nullb->lock.

Not sure what others prefer but nullb_global_lock sounds good to me.

Thanks,

Bart.