On Fri, 2015-12-04 at 15:33 -0800, James Bottomley wrote:
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> > static void register_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
> > {
> > struct device *ddev = disk_to_dev(disk);
> > @@ -609,6 +624,7 @@ void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
> > disk->first_minor = MINOR(devt);
> >
> > disk_alloc_events(disk);
> > + disk_alloc_badblocks(disk);
>
> Why unconditionally do this? No-one currently uses the interface, but
> every disk will now pay the price of an additional structure plus a
> page
> for no benefit. You should probably either export the initializer for
> those who want to use it or, perhaps even better, make it lazily
> allocated the first time anyone tries to set a bad block.
>
> If you come up with a really good reason for allocating it
> unconditionally, then it should probably be an embedded structure in
> the gendisk.
>
Agreed - I'll fix for v3.
I'm considering an embedded structure in gendisk (same as md) (why is
this preferred to pointer chasing, especially when this wastes more
space?), and a new exported initializer that is used by anyone who wants
to use gendisk's badblocks.
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