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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa@csail.mit.edu>
Cc: logang@deltatee.com, axboe@kernel.dk, jlayton@poochiereds.net,
	bfields@fieldses.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Change in register_blkdev() behavior
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:24:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180131142403.GB9233@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a01cedbc-ca1a-3e3d-cf2c-3e995c63f793@csail.mit.edu>

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 04:56:32PM -0800, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Before commit 133d55cdb2f "block: order /proc/devices by major number",
> if register_blkdev() was called with major = [1..UINT_MAX], it used to
> succeed (provided the requested major number was actually free).

How was LTP calling register_blkdev() with such crazy numbers?

Anyway, I agree with Logan, this sounds like something to be resolved in
LTP, as allowing block devices with numbers greater than the number we
really allow seems like an odd requirement :)

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-01-31 14:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-31  0:56 Srivatsa S. Bhat
2018-01-31  1:26 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2018-02-02  0:23   ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2018-02-02  1:10     ` Logan Gunthorpe
2018-02-02  2:17       ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2018-02-02  6:12         ` Logan Gunthorpe
2018-01-31 14:24 ` Greg KH [this message]
2018-02-02  0:25   ` Srivatsa S. Bhat

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