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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/brd.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c index d904d0da2928..dba1c32e1ddf 100644 --- a/drivers/block/brd.c +++ b/drivers/block/brd.c @@ -436,11 +436,11 @@ static int rd_nr; int rd_size = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE; static int max_part; static int part_shift; -module_param(rd_nr, int, 0); +module_param(rd_nr, int, S_IRUGO); MODULE_PARM_DESC(rd_nr, "Maximum number of brd devices"); -module_param(rd_size, int, 0); +module_param(rd_size, int, S_IRUGO); MODULE_PARM_DESC(rd_size, "Size of each RAM disk in kbytes."); -module_param(max_part, int, 0); +module_param(max_part, int, S_IRUGO); MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_part, "Maximum number of partitions per RAM disk"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV_MAJOR(RAMDISK_MAJOR); @@ -578,9 +578,20 @@ static int __init brd_init(void) */ part_shift = 0; - if (max_part > 0) + if (max_part > 0) { part_shift = fls(max_part); + /* + * Adjust max_part according to part_shift as it is exported + * to user space so that user can decide correct minor number + * if [s]he want to create more devices. + * + * Note that -1 is required because partition 0 is reserved + * for the whole disk. + */ + max_part = (1UL << part_shift) - 1; + } + if ((1UL << part_shift) > DISK_MAX_PARTS) return -EINVAL; |