zram_add requires valid device_id to be provided, that can be a bit inconvenient. Change zram_add() to return negative value upon new device creation failure, and device_id (>= 0) value otherwise.
This prepares zram_add to perform automatic device_id assignment. New device_id will be returned back to user-space (so user can reference that device as /dev/zramX). Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhat...@gmail.com> --- drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c index 087b043..0978307 100644 --- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c +++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c @@ -1066,6 +1066,8 @@ static struct attribute_group zram_disk_attr_group = { .attrs = zram_disk_attrs, }; +/* allocate and initialize new zram device. the function returns + * '>= 0' device_id upon success, and negative value otherwise. */ static int zram_add(int device_id) { struct zram *zram; @@ -1151,7 +1153,7 @@ static int zram_add(int device_id) zram->max_comp_streams = 1; pr_info("Added device: %s\n", zram->disk->disk_name); - return 0; + return device_id; out_free_disk: del_gendisk(zram->disk); @@ -1322,7 +1324,7 @@ static int __init zram_init(void) mutex_lock(&zram_index_mutex); ret = zram_add(dev_id); mutex_unlock(&zram_index_mutex); - if (ret != 0) + if (ret < 0) goto out_error; } -- 2.3.1.167.g7f4ba4b -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/