From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Cc: corryk@us.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
joe@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk, lvm-devel@sistina.com
Subject: Re: struct dm_ioctl
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:34:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030326113456.A15611@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <UTC200303261127.h2QBRTt05048.aeb@smtp.cwi.nl>; from Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl on Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:27:29PM +0100
On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:27:29PM +0100, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> One is struct dm_ioctl. Google tells me that it was
> noticed already that it defined a broken interface,
> and Kevin Corry submitted a patch against 2.5.51.
> Today this has not been applied yet.
>
> What is the status? Should I resubmit that patch?
DM already has a pathname-based interface. Just rip out the dev_t-
based one, this will also allow to simplify the kernel code by using
the pathname to fully setuped blockdevice helpers I added to block_dev.c
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-26 11:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-26 11:27 Andries.Brouwer
2003-03-26 11:34 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2003-03-26 12:48 ` Joe Thornber
2003-03-27 0:49 ` Andrew Morton
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