mirror of https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: mikem@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, viro@www.linux.org.uk,
	bob.montgomery@hp.com
Subject: Re: problems with alloc_disk in genhd.c
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 22:24:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040623212459.GK12308@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040623211829.GC16336@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net>

On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 04:18:29PM -0500, mikem@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net wrote:
> In the  ioctl we are doing
> 
>         /* count partitions 1 to 15 with sizes > 0 */
>         for(i=0; i <MAX_PART; i++) {

... followed by what?

Array of per-partition structures contains the data for partitions,
obviously.  And drivers have no damn business to ever touching it
directly, while we are at it.

BTW, take a look at the comment and loop following it.  And note
that you are doing 16 iterations in the loop, contrary to what
the comment above it says.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-23 21:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-23 21:18 mikem
2004-06-23 21:24 ` viro [this message]
2004-06-23 21:55   ` mikem
2004-06-23 22:03     ` viro

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20040623212459.GK12308@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk \
    --to=viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk \
    --cc=bob.montgomery@hp.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=mikem@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net \
    --cc=viro@www.linux.org.uk \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox

all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®