Re: Allow setting of number of raw devices as a module parameter

[Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>]

On Sat 30-04-11 14:15:02, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 29 April 2011 00:24:29 Jan Kara wrote:
> > Allow setting of maximal number of raw devices as a module parameter. This
> > requires changing of static array into a vmalloced one (the array is going to
> > be too large for kmalloc).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> 
> Why don't you get rid of the global raw_devices array instead?
> 
> I suppose if you embed the struct cdev in raw_device_data and
> register it during RAW_SETBIND separately for each raw device
> instead of globally at raw_init time, you can support any number
> of devices while making the code smaller and simpler. I suppose
> you can even remove the raw_mutex then.
  OK, I see. This might be a reasonable option. I'd then use kobj_lookup()
to find my structure where I need it instead of array indexing, right? 
I have really zero experience with writing device drivers so I'm asking
simple questions :).

								Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR