mtd: Raise limit on block device minor numbers
add_mtd_blktrans_dev() imposes a maximum of 257 devices per block
translator. This was presumably meant to prevent overflow back in the
days of 8-bit minor numbers. Instead, check against MINORMASK and the
limits of the partition naming scheme.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 85a52b3..2f8c202 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -242,9 +242,12 @@
if (new->devnum == -1)
new->devnum = last_devnum+1;
- if ((new->devnum << tr->part_bits) > 256) {
+ /* Check that the device and any partitions will get valid
+ * minor numbers and that the disk naming code below can cope
+ * with this number. */
+ if (new->devnum > (MINORMASK >> tr->part_bits) ||
+ (tr->part_bits && new->devnum >= 27 * 26))
return -EBUSY;
- }
list_add_tail(&new->list, &tr->devs);
added: