kernel/linux.git/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c, branch v7.0.11

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

block: switch ->getgeo() to struct gendisk

2025-08-13T06:59:29+00:00

Instances are happier that way and it makes more sense anyway - the only part of the result that is related to partition we are given is the start sector, and that has been filled in by the caller. Everything else is a function of the disk. Only one instance (DASD) is ever looking at anything other than bdev->bd_disk and that one is trivial to adjust. Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Acked-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Al Viro

block: force noio scope in blk_mq_freeze_queue

2025-01-31T14:20:08+00:00

When block drivers or the core block code perform allocations with a frozen queue, this could try to recurse into the block device to reclaim memory and deadlock. Thus all allocations done by a process that froze a queue need to be done without __GFP_IO and __GFP_FS. Instead of tying to track all of them down, force a noio scope as part of freezing the queue. Note that nvme is a bit of a mess here due to the non-owner freezes, and they will be addressed separately. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250131120352.1315351-2-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: remove BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE

2024-12-23T15:17:23+00:00

BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE is set for all tag_sets except those that purely process passthrough commands (bsg-lib, ufs tmf, various nvme admin queues) and thus don't even check the flag. Remove it to simplify the driver interface. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241219060214.1928848-1-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: move the add_random flag to queue_limits

2024-06-19T13:58:28+00:00

Move the add_random flag into the queue_limits feature field so that it can be set atomically with the queue frozen. Note that this also removes code from dm to clear the flag based on the underlying devices, which can't be reached as dm devices will always start out without the flag set. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240617060532.127975-16-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: move the nonrot flag to queue_limits

2024-06-19T13:58:28+00:00

Move the nonrot flag into the queue_limits feature field so that it can be set atomically with the queue frozen. Use the chance to switch to defaulting to non-rotational and require the driver to opt into rotational, which matches the polarity of the sysfs interface. For the z2ram, ps3vram, 2x memstick, ubiblock and dcssblk the new rotational flag is not set as they clearly are not rotational despite this being a behavior change. There are some other drivers that unconditionally set the rotational flag to keep the existing behavior as they arguably can be used on rotational devices even if that is probably not their main use today (e.g. virtio_blk and drbd). The flag is automatically inherited in blk_stack_limits matching the existing behavior in dm and md. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240617060532.127975-15-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: move cache control settings out of queue->flags

2024-06-19T13:58:28+00:00

Move the cache control settings into the queue_limits so that the flags can be set atomically with the device queue frozen. Add new features and flags field for the driver set flags, and internal (usually sysfs-controlled) flags in the block layer. Note that we'll eventually remove enough field from queue_limits to bring it back to the previous size. The disable flag is inverted compared to the previous meaning, which means it now survives a rescan, similar to the max_sectors and max_discard_sectors user limits. The FLUSH and FUA flags are now inherited by blk_stack_limits, which simplified the code in dm a lot, but also causes a slight behavior change in that dm-switch and dm-unstripe now advertise a write cache despite setting num_flush_bios to 0. The I/O path will handle this gracefully, but as far as I can tell the lack of num_flush_bios and thus flush support is a pre-existing data integrity bug in those targets that really needs fixing, after which a non-zero num_flush_bios should be required in dm for targets that map to underlying devices. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Acked-by: Ulf Hansson Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240617060532.127975-14-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

mtd_blkdevs: pass queue_limits to blk_mq_alloc_disk

2024-02-19T23:59:32+00:00

Pass the few limits mtd_blkdevs imposes directly to blk_mq_alloc_disk instead of setting them one at a time. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240215070300.2200308-14-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: pass a queue_limits argument to blk_mq_alloc_disk

2024-02-13T15:56:59+00:00

Pass a queue_limits to blk_mq_alloc_disk and apply it if non-NULL. This will allow allocating queues with valid queue limits instead of setting the values one at a time later. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Keith Busch Reviewed-by: John Garry Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni Reviewed-by: Ming Lei Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213073425.1621680-11-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe