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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/lguest_blk.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/lguest_blk.c b/drivers/block/lguest_blk.c index 93e3c4001bf5..160cf14431ac 100644 --- a/drivers/block/lguest_blk.c +++ b/drivers/block/lguest_blk.c @@ -308,9 +308,12 @@ static int lguestblk_probe(struct lguest_device *lgdev) } /* This allocates a "struct gendisk" where we pack all the information - * about the disk which the rest of Linux sees. We ask for one minor - * number; I do wonder if we should be asking for more. */ - bd->disk = alloc_disk(1); + * about the disk which the rest of Linux sees. The argument is the + * number of minor devices desired: we need one minor for the main + * disk, and one for each partition. Of course, we can't possibly know + * how many partitions are on the disk (add_disk does that). + */ + bd->disk = alloc_disk(16); if (!bd->disk) { err = -ENOMEM; goto out_unregister_blkdev; |