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Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!
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Changes since 2.5.0:
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[recommended]
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New helpers: sb_bread(), sb_getblk(), sb_find_get_block(), set_bh(),
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sb_set_blocksize() and sb_min_blocksize().
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Use them.
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(sb_find_get_block() replaces 2.4's get_hash_table())
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[recommended]
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New methods: ->alloc_inode() and ->destroy_inode().
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Remove inode->u.foo_inode_i
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Declare
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struct foo_inode_info {
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/* fs-private stuff */
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struct inode vfs_inode;
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};
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static inline struct foo_inode_info *FOO_I(struct inode *inode)
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{
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return list_entry(inode, struct foo_inode_info, vfs_inode);
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}
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Use FOO_I(inode) instead of &inode->u.foo_inode_i;
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Add foo_alloc_inode() and foo_destory_inode() - the former should allocate
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foo_inode_info and return the address of ->vfs_inode, the latter should free
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FOO_I(inode) (see in-tree filesystems for examples).
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Make them ->alloc_inode and ->destroy_inode in your super_operations.
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Keep in mind that now you need explicit initialization of private data -
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typically in ->read_inode() and after getting an inode from new_inode().
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At some point that will become mandatory.
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[mandatory]
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Change of file_system_type method (->read_super to ->get_sb)
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->read_super() is no more. Ditto for DECLARE_FSTYPE and DECLARE_FSTYPE_DEV.
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Turn your foo_read_super() into a function that would return 0 in case of
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success and negative number in case of error (-EINVAL unless you have more
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informative error value to report). Call it foo_fill_super(). Now declare
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struct super_block foo_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
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int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
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{
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return get_sb_bdev(fs_type, flags, dev_name, data, ext2_fill_super);
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}
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(or similar with s/bdev/nodev/ or s/bdev/single/, depending on the kind of
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filesystem).
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Replace DECLARE_FSTYPE... with explicit initializer and have ->get_sb set as
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foo_get_sb.
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---
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[mandatory]
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Locking change: ->s_vfs_rename_sem is taken only by cross-directory renames.
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Most likely there is no need to change anything, but if you relied on
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global exclusion between renames for some internal purpose - you need to
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change your internal locking. Otherwise exclusion warranties remain the
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same (i.e. parents and victim are locked, etc.).
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[informational]
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Now we have the exclusion between ->lookup() and directory removal (by
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->rmdir() and ->rename()). If you used to need that exclusion and do
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it by internal locking (most of filesystems couldn't care less) - you
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can relax your locking.
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[mandatory]
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->lookup(), ->truncate(), ->create(), ->unlink(), ->mknod(), ->mkdir(),
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->rmdir(), ->link(), ->lseek(), ->symlink(), ->rename()
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and ->readdir() are called without BKL now. Grab it on entry, drop upon return
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- that will guarantee the same locking you used to have. If your method or its
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parts do not need BKL - better yet, now you can shift lock_kernel() and
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unlock_kernel() so that they would protect exactly what needs to be
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protected.
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[mandatory]
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BKL is also moved from around sb operations. ->write_super() Is now called
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without BKL held. BKL should have been shifted into individual fs sb_op
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functions. If you don't need it, remove it.
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[informational]
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check for ->link() target not being a directory is done by callers. Feel
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free to drop it...
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---
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[informational]
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->link() callers hold ->i_sem on the object we are linking to. Some of your
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problems might be over...
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[mandatory]
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new file_system_type method - kill_sb(superblock). If you are converting
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an existing filesystem, set it according to ->fs_flags:
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FS_REQUIRES_DEV - kill_block_super
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FS_LITTER - kill_litter_super
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neither - kill_anon_super
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FS_LITTER is gone - just remove it from fs_flags.
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[mandatory]
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FS_SINGLE is gone (actually, that had happened back when ->get_sb()
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went in - and hadn't been documented ;-/). Just remove it from fs_flags
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(and see ->get_sb() entry for other actions).
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[mandatory]
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->setattr() is called without BKL now. Caller _always_ holds ->i_sem, so
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watch for ->i_sem-grabbing code that might be used by your ->setattr().
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Callers of notify_change() need ->i_sem now.
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[recommended]
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New super_block field "struct export_operations *s_export_op" for
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explicit support for exporting, e.g. via NFS. The structure is fully
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documented at its declaration in include/linux/fs.h, and in
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Documentation/filesystems/Exporting.
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Briefly it allows for the definition of decode_fh and encode_fh operations
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to encode and decode filehandles, and allows the filesystem to use
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a standard helper function for decode_fh, and provide file-system specific
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support for this helper, particularly get_parent.
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It is planned that this will be required for exporting once the code
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settles down a bit.
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[mandatory]
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s_export_op is now required for exporting a filesystem.
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isofs, ext2, ext3, resierfs, fat
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can be used as examples of very different filesystems.
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[mandatory]
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iget4() and the read_inode2 callback have been superseded by iget5_locked()
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which has the following prototype,
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struct inode *iget5_locked(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
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int (*test)(struct inode *, void *),
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int (*set)(struct inode *, void *),
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void *data);
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'test' is an additional function that can be used when the inode
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number is not sufficient to identify the actual file object. 'set'
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should be a non-blocking function that initializes those parts of a
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newly created inode to allow the test function to succeed. 'data' is
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passed as an opaque value to both test and set functions.
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When the inode has been created by iget5_locked(), it will be returned with
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the I_NEW flag set and will still be locked. read_inode has not been
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called so the file system still has to finalize the initialization. Once
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the inode is initialized it must be unlocked by calling unlock_new_inode().
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The filesystem is responsible for setting (and possibly testing) i_ino
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when appropriate. There is also a simpler iget_locked function that
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just takes the superblock and inode number as arguments and does the
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test and set for you.
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e.g.
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inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
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if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
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read_inode_from_disk(inode);
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unlock_new_inode(inode);
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}
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---
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[recommended]
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->getattr() finally getting used. See instances in nfs, minix, etc.
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[mandatory]
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->revalidate() is gone. If your filesystem had it - provide ->getattr()
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and let it call whatever you had as ->revlidate() + (for symlinks that
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had ->revalidate()) add calls in ->follow_link()/->readlink().
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---
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[mandatory]
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->d_parent changes are not protected by BKL anymore. Read access is safe
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if at least one of the following is true:
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* filesystem has no cross-directory rename()
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* dcache_lock is held
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* we know that parent had been locked (e.g. we are looking at
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->d_parent of ->lookup() argument).
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* we are called from ->rename().
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* the child's ->d_lock is held
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Audit your code and add locking if needed. Notice that any place that is
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not protected by the conditions above is risky even in the old tree - you
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had been relying on BKL and that's prone to screwups. Old tree had quite
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a few holes of that kind - unprotected access to ->d_parent leading to
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anything from oops to silent memory corruption.
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[mandatory]
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FS_NOMOUNT is gone. If you use it - just set MS_NOUSER in flags
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(see rootfs for one kind of solution and bdev/socket/pipe for another).
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[recommended]
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Use bdev_read_only(bdev) instead of is_read_only(kdev). The latter
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is still alive, but only because of the mess in drivers/s390/block/dasd.c.
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As soon as it gets fixed is_read_only() will die.
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---
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[mandatory]
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->permission() is called without BKL now. Grab it on entry, drop upon
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return - that will guarantee the same locking you used to have. If
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your method or its parts do not need BKL - better yet, now you can
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shift lock_kernel() and unlock_kernel() so that they would protect
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exactly what needs to be protected.
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[mandatory]
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->statfs() is now called without BKL held. BKL should have been
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shifted into individual fs sb_op functions where it's not clear that
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it's safe to remove it. If you don't need it, remove it.
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[mandatory]
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is_read_only() is gone; use bdev_read_only() instead.
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[mandatory]
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destroy_buffers() is gone; use invalidate_bdev().
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[mandatory]
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fsync_dev() is gone; use fsync_bdev(). NOTE: lvm breakage is
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deliberate; as soon as struct block_device * is propagated in a reasonable
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way by that code fixing will become trivial; until then nothing can be
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done.
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