Re: [PATCH][v2] Modify loop device to be able to manage partitions of the disk image

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Fri,  7 Mar 2008 13:27:40 +0100 Laurent Vivier wrote:

> This patch allows to use loop device with partitionned disk image.
> 
> Original behavior of loop is not modified.
> 
> A new parameter is introduced to define how many partition we want to be
> able to manage per loop device. This parameter is "loop_max_part".
> 
>  __setup("max_loop=", max_loop_setup);
> +
> +static int __init max_part_setup(char *str)
> +{
> +	loop_max_part = simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0);
> +	if (loop_max_part > (1UL << (MINORBITS - 1))) {
> +		/* we must keep at least one bit for loop device number */
> +		printk(KERN_ERR
> +			"loop: loop_max_part cannot be greater than %d\n",

That %d should be %lu, otherwise gcc says:

drivers/block/loop.c:1594: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but ar
gument 2 has type 'long unsigned int

> +			1UL << (MINORBITS - 1));
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +
> +__setup("loop_max_part=", max_part_setup);
>  #endif

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~Randy