Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 06:23:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 06:23:51 -0500 Received: from carisma.slowglass.com ([195.224.96.167]:47122 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 06:23:50 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:34:56 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig 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 Message-ID: <20030326113456.A15611@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, corryk@us.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, joe@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk, lvm-devel@sistina.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl on Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:27:29PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 782 Lines: 17 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/