Commit f33ff110 authored by Srivatsa S. Bhat's avatar Srivatsa S. Bhat Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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block, char_dev: Use correct format specifier for unsigned ints 



register_blkdev() and __register_chrdev_region() treat the major
number as an unsigned int. So print it the same way to avoid
absurd error statements such as:
"... major requested (-1) is greater than the maximum (511) ..."
(and also fix off-by-one bugs in the error prints).

While at it, also update the comment describing register_blkdev().

Signed-off-by: default avatarSrivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa@csail.mit.edu>
Reviewed-by: default avatarLogan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
parent 652d703b

block/genhd.c

+11 −8
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@@ -308,19 +308,22 @@ void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *seqf, off_t offset) 
/**

 * register_blkdev - register a new block device

 *

 * @major: the requested major device number [1..255]. If @major = 0, try to

 *         allocate any unused major number.

 * @major: the requested major device number [1..BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1]. If

 *         @major = 0, try to allocate any unused major number.

 * @name: the name of the new block device as a zero terminated string

 *

 * The @name must be unique within the system.

 *

 * The return value depends on the @major input parameter:

 *

 *  - if a major device number was requested in range [1..255] then the

 *    function returns zero on success, or a negative error code

 *  - if a major device number was requested in range [1..BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1]

 *    then the function returns zero on success, or a negative error code

 *  - if any unused major number was requested with @major = 0 parameter

 *    then the return value is the allocated major number in range

 *    [1..255] or a negative error code otherwise

 *    [1..BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1] or a negative error code otherwise

 *

 * See Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt for the list of allocated

 * major numbers.

 */

int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)

{
@@ -347,8 +350,8 @@ int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name) 
	}



	if (major >= BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX) {

		pr_err("register_blkdev: major requested (%d) is greater than the maximum (%d) for %s\n",

		       major, BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX, name);

		pr_err("register_blkdev: major requested (%u) is greater than the maximum (%u) for %s\n",

		       major, BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1, name);



		ret = -EINVAL;

		goto out;
@@ -375,7 +378,7 @@ int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name) 
		ret = -EBUSY;



	if (ret < 0) {

		printk("register_blkdev: cannot get major %d for %s\n",

		printk("register_blkdev: cannot get major %u for %s\n",

		       major, name);

		kfree(p);

	}

fs/char_dev.c

+2 −2
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@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor, 
	}



	if (major >= CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX) {

		pr_err("CHRDEV \"%s\" major requested (%d) is greater than the maximum (%d)\n",

		       name, major, CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX);

		pr_err("CHRDEV \"%s\" major requested (%u) is greater than the maximum (%u)\n",

		       name, major, CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1);

		ret = -EINVAL;

		goto out;

	}

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