Re: [PATCH] blkdev: make struct block_device_operations.devnode() take a const *

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Wed Nov 09 2022 - 14:41:16 EST


On 11/9/22 7:48 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> The devnode() callback in struct block_device_operations should not be
> modifying the device that is passed into it, so mark it as a const * and
> propagate the function signature changes out into the one subsystem that
> actually uses this callback.
>
> Cc: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Jens, I have some dependent kobject/driver core changes that require
> this change in the works. Can I take this through the driver core tree
> for 6.2-rc1?

Yeah go ahead, you can add my:

Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>

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