[PATCH 1/2] md: make mddev lookup and ioctl helpers non-static
From: Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi
Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 16:13:22 EST
A following patch adds an md misc control device, so that arrays can
be managed without opening the md block device. Its code lives in a
separate file and needs to look up arrays and reuse existing ioctl
helpers.
Signed-off-by: Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi <abd.masalkhi@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/md.c | 10 +++++-----
drivers/md/md.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 680b34a63cb3..b5027d65c6d8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_new_event);
* Enables to iterate over all existing md arrays
* all_mddevs_lock protects this list.
*/
-static LIST_HEAD(all_mddevs);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(all_mddevs_lock);
+LIST_HEAD(all_mddevs);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(all_mddevs_lock);
static bool is_md_suspended(struct mddev *mddev)
{
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ bool md_flush_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_flush_request);
-static inline struct mddev *mddev_get(struct mddev *mddev)
+struct mddev *mddev_get(struct mddev *mddev)
{
lockdep_assert_held(&all_mddevs_lock);
@@ -8101,7 +8101,7 @@ static void put_cluster_ops(struct mddev *mddev)
* Any differences that cannot be handled will cause an error.
* Normally, only one change can be managed at a time.
*/
-static int update_array_info(struct mddev *mddev, mdu_array_info_t *info)
+int update_array_info(struct mddev *mddev, mdu_array_info_t *info)
{
int rv = 0;
int cnt = 0;
@@ -8227,7 +8227,7 @@ static int update_array_info(struct mddev *mddev, mdu_array_info_t *info)
return rv;
}
-static int set_disk_faulty(struct mddev *mddev, dev_t dev)
+int set_disk_faulty(struct mddev *mddev, dev_t dev)
{
struct md_rdev *rdev;
int err = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index b6d2e8929a0f..cb8760521764 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ extern int mddev_init(struct mddev *mddev);
extern void mddev_destroy(struct mddev *mddev);
void md_init_stacking_limits(struct queue_limits *lim);
struct mddev *md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name);
+extern struct mddev *mddev_get(struct mddev *mddev);
void mddev_put(struct mddev *mddev);
extern int md_run(struct mddev *mddev);
extern int md_start(struct mddev *mddev);
@@ -974,6 +975,10 @@ extern void mddev_destroy_serial_pool(struct mddev *mddev,
struct md_rdev *rdev);
struct md_rdev *md_find_rdev_nr_rcu(struct mddev *mddev, int nr);
struct md_rdev *md_find_rdev_rcu(struct mddev *mddev, dev_t dev);
+int update_array_info(struct mddev *mddev, mdu_array_info_t *info);
+
+extern struct list_head all_mddevs;
+extern spinlock_t all_mddevs_lock;
static inline bool is_rdev_broken(struct md_rdev *rdev)
{
--
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