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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Re: bug? in using generic read/write functions to read/write block devices in 2.4.11-pre2
    Hi Al,

    In article <Pine.GSO.4.21.0110031643130.23558-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu> you wrote:
    > Moreover, ->release() for block_device also doesn't care for the junk
    > we pass - it only uses inode->i_rdev. In all cases. And I'd rather
    > see it them as
    > int (*open)(struct block_device *bdev, int flags, int mode);
    > int (*release)(struct block_device *bdev);
    > int (*check_media_change)(struct block_device *bdev);
    > int (*revalidate)(struct block_device *bdev);
    > - that would make more sense than the current variant. They are block_device
    > methods, not file or inode ones, after all.

    How about starting 2.5 with that patch ones 2.4.11 is done? Linus?

    Christoph

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