Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 May 2004 14:40:45 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [2.6.6-rc3-mm2] genhd-unregister warn handling |
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FabF <Fabian.Frederick@skynet.be> wrote: > > Here's a patch against 2.6.6-rc3-mm2 genhd.c unregister_blkdev > > -Standardize function for void xxx > -Split uncorresponding return > -Add printks > -Merge kfree to positive case > > Could you apply ?
It seems to be a gratuitous change to the modules API.
A quick grep shows that a lot of drivers are currently testing the unregister_blkdev() return value - your patch breaks them all.
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