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brd: export module parameters

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Export 'rd_nr', 'rd_size' and 'max_part' parameters to sysfs so user can
know that how many devices are allowed, how big each device is and how
many partitions are supported. If 'max_part' is 0, it means simply the
device doesn't support partitioning.

Also note that 'max_part' can be adjusted to power of 2 minus 1 form if
needed. User should check this value after the module loading if he/she
want to use that number correctly (i.e. fdisk, mknod, etc.).

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@bull.net>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
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Namhyung Kim 2011-05-26 21:06:50 +02:00 committed by Jens Axboe
parent 13868b76ab
commit 8892cbaf68
1 changed files with 15 additions and 4 deletions
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drivers/block/brd.c
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@ -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;