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-rw-r--r--block/genhd.c25
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index eedab5b4685..d9de3e482d1 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -478,14 +478,37 @@ static int exact_lock(dev_t devt, void *data)
*
* This function registers the partitioning information in @disk
* with the kernel.
+ *
+ * FIXME: error handling
*/
void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
{
struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
+ dev_t devt;
int retval;
+ /* minors == 0 indicates to use ext devt from part0 and should
+ * be accompanied with EXT_DEVT flag. Make sure all
+ * parameters make sense.
+ */
+ WARN_ON(disk->minors && !(disk->major || disk->first_minor));
+ WARN_ON(!disk->minors && !(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT));
+
disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_UP;
- disk_to_dev(disk)->devt = MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor);
+
+ retval = blk_alloc_devt(&disk->part0, &devt);
+ if (retval) {
+ WARN_ON(1);
+ return;
+ }
+ disk_to_dev(disk)->devt = devt;
+
+ /* ->major and ->first_minor aren't supposed to be
+ * dereferenced from here on, but set them just in case.
+ */
+ disk->major = MAJOR(devt);
+ disk->first_minor = MINOR(devt);
+
blk_register_region(disk_devt(disk), disk->minors, NULL,
exact_match, exact_lock, disk);
register_disk(disk);