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From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
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        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC 1/6] genhd: update docs for GENHD_FL_UP
Date:   Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:23:36 -0700
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The GENHD_FL_UP is used internally so we can know when we can add and
remove partitions, so just clarify that. Right now it has this 1980's
description comparing it to network drivers "ifconfig up" idea, and
that can easily lead to invalid uses.

Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/genhd.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 51f27b9b38b5..dc07a957c9e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct partition_meta_info {
  * Affects responses to the ``CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY`` ioctl.
  *
  * ``GENHD_FL_UP`` (0x0010): indicates that the block device is "up",
- * with a similar meaning to network interfaces.
+ * and we can add / remove partitions.
  *
  * ``GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO`` (0x0020): don't include
  * partition information in ``/proc/partitions`` or in the output of
-- 
2.27.0