Commit b5bd357cf8b ("block: add docs for gendisk / request_queue refcount
helpers") has a typo where it references drivers for del_gendisk() when we
instead meant userspace, as the reference is to the userspace experience.
This fixes this.
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <[email protected]>
---
block/genhd.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 0a273211fec2..9511620f558a 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -880,8 +880,8 @@ static void invalidate_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
* with put_disk(), which should be called after del_gendisk(), if
* __device_add_disk() was used.
*
- * Drivers exist which depend on the release of the gendisk to be synchronous,
- * it should not be deferred.
+ * Userspace may exist which depends on the release of the gendisk to be
+ * synchronous, it should not be deferred.
*
* Context: can sleep
*/
--
2.28.0
*Poke*
This documentation fix is not merged yet.
Luis
On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 02:06:58PM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> Commit b5bd357cf8b ("block: add docs for gendisk / request_queue refcount
> helpers") has a typo where it references drivers for del_gendisk() when we
> instead meant userspace, as the reference is to the userspace experience.
> This fixes this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <[email protected]>
> ---
> block/genhd.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
> index 0a273211fec2..9511620f558a 100644
> --- a/block/genhd.c
> +++ b/block/genhd.c
> @@ -880,8 +880,8 @@ static void invalidate_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
> * with put_disk(), which should be called after del_gendisk(), if
> * __device_add_disk() was used.
> *
> - * Drivers exist which depend on the release of the gendisk to be synchronous,
> - * it should not be deferred.
> + * Userspace may exist which depends on the release of the gendisk to be
> + * synchronous, it should not be deferred.
> *
> * Context: can sleep
> */
> --
> 2.28.0
>
On 11/17/20 6:06 AM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> Commit b5bd357cf8b ("block: add docs for gendisk / request_queue refcount
> helpers") has a typo where it references drivers for del_gendisk() when we
> instead meant userspace, as the reference is to the userspace experience.
> This fixes this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <[email protected]>
> ---
> block/genhd.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
> index 0a273211fec2..9511620f558a 100644
> --- a/block/genhd.c
> +++ b/block/genhd.c
> @@ -880,8 +880,8 @@ static void invalidate_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
> * with put_disk(), which should be called after del_gendisk(), if
> * __device_add_disk() was used.
> *
> - * Drivers exist which depend on the release of the gendisk to be synchronous,
> - * it should not be deferred.
> + * Userspace may exist which depends on the release of the gendisk to be
> + * synchronous, it should not be deferred.
Please change "may exist which depends" into "software may depend" to
make the comment easier to understand.
Thanks,
Bart.