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-rw-r--r--block/partitions/core.c15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index dc60ecf46fe6..504297bdc8bf 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ static const struct attribute_group *part_attr_groups[] = {
static void part_release(struct device *dev)
{
- blk_free_devt(dev->devt);
+ if (MAJOR(dev->devt) == BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR)
+ blk_free_ext_minor(MINOR(dev->devt));
bdput(dev_to_bdev(dev));
}
@@ -379,9 +380,15 @@ static struct block_device *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
pdev->type = &part_type;
pdev->parent = ddev;
- err = blk_alloc_devt(bdev, &devt);
- if (err)
- goto out_put;
+ /* in consecutive minor range? */
+ if (bdev->bd_partno < disk->minors) {
+ devt = MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor + bdev->bd_partno);
+ } else {
+ err = blk_alloc_ext_minor();
+ if (err < 0)
+ goto out_put;
+ devt = MKDEV(BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR, err);
+ }
pdev->devt = devt;
/* delay uevent until 'holders' subdir is created */