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Re: [PATCH 1/4] nvdimm/blk: don't allocate unused major device number

From Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 1/4] nvdimm/blk: don't allocate unused major device number
Date 2016-03-10 10:10 +0100
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 08:59:28AM +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
> When alloc_disk(0) is used ->major is completely ignored, all devices
> are allocated with a "major" of BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR.
> 
> So don't allocate nd_blk_major
> 
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>

Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>

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[PATCH 0/4] Remove un-needed 'major' registration when  alloc_disk(0) is used. NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2016-03-09 23:10 +0100
  [PATCH 2/4] nvdimm/btt: don't allocate unused major device number NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2016-03-09 23:10 +0100
  [PATCH 1/4] nvdimm/blk: don't allocate unused major device number NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2016-03-09 23:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/4] nvdimm/blk: don't allocate unused major device number Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de> - 2016-03-10 10:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/4] Remove un-needed 'major' registration when  alloc_disk(0) is used. Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2016-03-10 00:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/4] Remove un-needed 'major' registration when  alloc_disk(0) is used. Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-15 00:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 0/4] Remove un-needed 'major' registration when alloc_disk(0) is used. NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2016-03-15 23:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 0/4] Remove un-needed 'major' registration when  alloc_disk(0) is used. Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> - 2016-03-16 01:30 +0100

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