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    lightnvm: control life of nvm_dev in driver · b0b4e09c
    Matias Bjørling authored
    LightNVM compatible device drivers does not have a method to expose
    LightNVM specific sysfs entries.
    
    To enable LightNVM sysfs entries to be exposed, lightnvm device
    drivers require a struct device to attach it to. To allow both the
    actual device driver and lightnvm sysfs entries to coexist, the device
    driver tracks the lifetime of the nvm_dev structure.
    
    This patch refactors NVMe and null_blk to handle the lifetime of struct
    nvm_dev, which eliminates the need for struct gendisk when a lightnvm
    compatible device is provided.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMatias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
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