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authorEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>2012-12-17 16:04:03 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-12-17 17:15:25 -0800
commite0b2bbab0b569590e27161290f6ea549248356df (patch)
tree48525151e94b2206c6508b38ae978aabb7ead8ba /drivers/block
parent60116cf77310c10b573552e4d700c270ddadba76 (diff)
downloadlinux-e0b2bbab0b569590e27161290f6ea549248356df.tar.bz2
aoe: make error messages more specific in static minor allocation
For some special-purpose systems where udev isn't present, static allocation of minor numbers is desirable. This update distinguishes different failure scenarios, to help the user understand what went wrong. Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block')
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c31
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
index 91f7c99eb2a9..88ccd6d83c39 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
@@ -69,25 +69,34 @@ minor_get_static(ulong *sysminor, ulong aoemaj, int aoemin)
NPERSHELF = 16,
};
+ if (aoemin >= NPERSHELF) {
+ pr_err("aoe: %s %d slots per shelf\n",
+ "static minor device numbers support only",
+ NPERSHELF);
+ error = -1;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
n = aoemaj * NPERSHELF + aoemin;
- if (aoemin >= NPERSHELF || n >= N_DEVS) {
+ if (n >= N_DEVS) {
pr_err("aoe: %s with e%ld.%d\n",
"cannot use static minor device numbers",
aoemaj, aoemin);
error = -1;
- } else {
- spin_lock_irqsave(&used_minors_lock, flags);
- if (test_bit(n, used_minors)) {
- pr_err("aoe: %s %lu\n",
- "existing device already has static minor number",
- n);
- error = -1;
- } else
- set_bit(n, used_minors);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&used_minors_lock, flags);
+ goto out;
}
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&used_minors_lock, flags);
+ if (test_bit(n, used_minors)) {
+ pr_err("aoe: %s %lu\n",
+ "existing device already has static minor number",
+ n);
+ error = -1;
+ } else
+ set_bit(n, used_minors);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&used_minors_lock, flags);
*sysminor = n;
+out:
return error;
}