Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Nov 2023 23:53:17 -0800 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] block: introduce new field bd_flags in block_device |
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 03:45:24PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > All the existed 'bool' flags are not atomic RW, so I think it isn't > necessary to define 'bd_flags' as 'unsigned long' for replacing them.
So because the old code wasn't correct we'll never bother? The new flag and the new placement certainly make this more critical as well.
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