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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block/loop.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/loop.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index c59a672a3de0..76c8da78212b 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -1540,9 +1540,9 @@ static const struct block_device_operations lo_fops = { * And now the modules code and kernel interface. */ static int max_loop; -module_param(max_loop, int, 0); +module_param(max_loop, int, S_IRUGO); MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_loop, "Maximum number of loop devices"); -module_param(max_part, int, 0); +module_param(max_part, int, S_IRUGO); MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_part, "Maximum number of partitions per loop device"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV_MAJOR(LOOP_MAJOR); @@ -1688,9 +1688,20 @@ static int __init loop_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; |