qubes-linux-kernel/patches.suse/raw_device_max_minors_param.diff
2011-04-19 22:09:59 +02:00

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From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Subject: Allow setting of number of raw devices as a module parameter
References: FATE 302178
Patch-mainline: never
Allow setting of maximal number of raw devices as a module parameter. This requires
changing of static array into a vmalloced one (the array is going to be too large
for kmalloc).
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
drivers/char/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/char/raw.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ config RAW_DRIVER
with the O_DIRECT flag.
config MAX_RAW_DEVS
- int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-8192)"
+ int "Maximum number of RAW devices to support (1-65536)"
depends on RAW_DRIVER
default "256"
help
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/gfp.h>
#include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -30,10 +31,15 @@ struct raw_device_data {
};
static struct class *raw_class;
-static struct raw_device_data raw_devices[MAX_RAW_MINORS];
+static struct raw_device_data *raw_devices;
static DEFINE_MUTEX(raw_mutex);
static const struct file_operations raw_ctl_fops; /* forward declaration */
+static int max_raw_minors = MAX_RAW_MINORS;
+
+module_param(max_raw_minors, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_raw_minors, "Maximum number of raw devices (1-65536)");
+
/*
* Open/close code for raw IO.
*
@@ -131,7 +137,7 @@ static int bind_set(int number, u64 majo
struct raw_device_data *rawdev;
int err = 0;
- if (number <= 0 || number >= MAX_RAW_MINORS)
+ if (number <= 0 || number >= max_raw_minors)
return -EINVAL;
if (MAJOR(dev) != major || MINOR(dev) != minor)
@@ -318,12 +324,26 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
dev_t dev = MKDEV(RAW_MAJOR, 0);
int ret;
- ret = register_chrdev_region(dev, MAX_RAW_MINORS, "raw");
+ if (max_raw_minors < 1 || max_raw_minors > 65536) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "raw: invalid max_raw_minors (must be"
+ " between 1 and 65536), using %d\n", MAX_RAW_MINORS);
+ max_raw_minors = MAX_RAW_MINORS;
+ }
+
+ raw_devices = vmalloc(sizeof(struct raw_device_data) * max_raw_minors);
+ if (!raw_devices) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Not enough memory for raw device structures\n");
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto error;
+ }
+ memset(raw_devices, 0, sizeof(struct raw_device_data) * max_raw_minors);
+
+ ret = register_chrdev_region(dev, max_raw_minors, "raw");
if (ret)
goto error;
cdev_init(&raw_cdev, &raw_fops);
- ret = cdev_add(&raw_cdev, dev, MAX_RAW_MINORS);
+ ret = cdev_add(&raw_cdev, dev, max_raw_minors);
if (ret) {
kobject_put(&raw_cdev.kobj);
goto error_region;
@@ -342,8 +362,9 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
return 0;
error_region:
- unregister_chrdev_region(dev, MAX_RAW_MINORS);
+ unregister_chrdev_region(dev, max_raw_minors);
error:
+ vfree(raw_devices);
return ret;
}
@@ -352,7 +373,7 @@ static void __exit raw_exit(void)
device_destroy(raw_class, MKDEV(RAW_MAJOR, 0));
class_destroy(raw_class);
cdev_del(&raw_cdev);
- unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(RAW_MAJOR, 0), MAX_RAW_MINORS);
+ unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(RAW_MAJOR, 0), max_raw_minors);
}
module_init(raw_init);