Commit 21208ae5 authored by Dave Kleikamp's avatar Dave Kleikamp Committed by James Bottomley
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[SCSI] sd: remove arbitrary SD_MAX_DISKS namespace limit 



There is no reason to limit the SCSI disk namespace to sdXXX.

Add new error messages to sd_probe() in the unlikely event that either
ida_get_new() or sd_format_disk_name() fail.

Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>
parent 6e880200

drivers/scsi/sd.c

+5 −7
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@@ -2590,18 +2590,16 @@ static int sd_probe(struct device *dev) 
		spin_unlock(&sd_index_lock);

	} while (error == -EAGAIN);



	if (error)

	if (error) {

		sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdp, "sd_probe: memory exhausted.\n");

		goto out_put;



	if (index >= SD_MAX_DISKS) {

		error = -ENODEV;

		sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdp, "SCSI disk (sd) name space exhausted.\n");

		goto out_free_index;

	}



	error = sd_format_disk_name("sd", index, gd->disk_name, DISK_NAME_LEN);

	if (error)

	if (error) {

		sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdp, "SCSI disk (sd) name length exceeded.\n");

		goto out_free_index;

	}



	sdkp->device = sdp;

	sdkp->driver = &sd_template;

drivers/scsi/sd.h

+0 −6
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@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ 
 */

#define SD_MAJORS	16



/*

 * This is limited by the naming scheme enforced in sd_probe,

 * add another character to it if you really need more disks.

 */

#define SD_MAX_DISKS	(((26 * 26) + 26 + 1) * 26)



/*

 * Time out in seconds for disks and Magneto-opticals (which are slower).

 */

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