[PATCH 38/78] block: rework requesting modules for unclaimed devices

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>]

Instead of reusing the ranges in bdev_map, add a new helper that is
called if no ranges was found.  This is a first step to unpeel and
eventually remove the complex ranges structure.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>
---
 block/genhd.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 2a20372756625e..8391e7d83a6920 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1028,6 +1028,13 @@ static ssize_t disk_badblocks_store(struct device *dev,
        return badblocks_store(disk->bb, page, len, 0);
 }
 
+static void request_gendisk_module(dev_t devt)
+{
+       if (request_module("block-major-%d-%d", MAJOR(devt), MINOR(devt)) > 0)
+               /* Make old-style 2.4 aliases work */
+               request_module("block-major-%d", MAJOR(devt));
+}
+
 static struct gendisk *lookup_gendisk(dev_t dev, int *partno)
 {
        struct kobject *kobj;
@@ -1052,6 +1059,14 @@ static struct gendisk *lookup_gendisk(dev_t dev, int 
*partno)
                probe = p->probe;
                best = p->range - 1;
                *partno = dev - p->dev;
+
+               if (!probe) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&bdev_map_lock);
+                       module_put(owner);
+                       request_gendisk_module(dev);
+                       goto retry;
+               }
+
                if (p->lock && p->lock(dev, data) < 0) {
                        module_put(owner);
                        continue;
@@ -1290,15 +1305,6 @@ static const struct seq_operations partitions_op = {
 };
 #endif
 
-
-static struct kobject *base_probe(dev_t devt, int *partno, void *data)
-{
-       if (request_module("block-major-%d-%d", MAJOR(devt), MINOR(devt)) > 0)
-               /* Make old-style 2.4 aliases work */
-               request_module("block-major-%d", MAJOR(devt));
-       return NULL;
-}
-
 static void bdev_map_init(void)
 {
        struct bdev_map *base;
@@ -1310,7 +1316,6 @@ static void bdev_map_init(void)
 
        base->dev = 1;
        base->range = ~0 ;
-       base->probe = base_probe;
        for (i = 0; i < 255; i++)
                bdev_map[i] = base;
 }
-- 
2.29.2