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Diffstat (limited to 'block/genhd.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/genhd.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c index 9656f9e9f99e..dc7e089373b9 100644 --- a/block/genhd.c +++ b/block/genhd.c @@ -308,19 +308,22 @@ void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *seqf, off_t offset) /** * register_blkdev - register a new block device * - * @major: the requested major device number [1..255]. If @major = 0, try to - * allocate any unused major number. + * @major: the requested major device number [1..BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1]. If + * @major = 0, try to allocate any unused major number. * @name: the name of the new block device as a zero terminated string * * The @name must be unique within the system. * * The return value depends on the @major input parameter: * - * - if a major device number was requested in range [1..255] then the - * function returns zero on success, or a negative error code + * - if a major device number was requested in range [1..BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1] + * then the function returns zero on success, or a negative error code * - if any unused major number was requested with @major = 0 parameter * then the return value is the allocated major number in range - * [1..255] or a negative error code otherwise + * [1..BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1] or a negative error code otherwise + * + * See Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt for the list of allocated + * major numbers. */ int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name) { @@ -347,8 +350,8 @@ int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name) } if (major >= BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX) { - pr_err("register_blkdev: major requested (%d) is greater than the maximum (%d) for %s\n", - major, BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX, name); + pr_err("register_blkdev: major requested (%u) is greater than the maximum (%u) for %s\n", + major, BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1, name); ret = -EINVAL; goto out; @@ -375,7 +378,7 @@ int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name) ret = -EBUSY; if (ret < 0) { - printk("register_blkdev: cannot get major %d for %s\n", + printk("register_blkdev: cannot get major %u for %s\n", major, name); kfree(p); } |