The 'max_part' parameter determines how many partitions are supported
on each nbd device. However the actual number can be changed to the
power of 2 minus 1 form during the module initialization as
alloc_disk() is called with (1 << part_shift) for some reason.
So adjust 'max_part' also at least for consistency with loop and brd.
It is exported via sysfs already, and a user should check this value
after module loading if [s]he wants to use that number correctly
(i.e. fdisk or something).
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@bull.net>
Cc: Paul Clements <Paul.Clements@steeleye.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
return -ENOMEM;
part_shift = 0;
- if (max_part > 0)
+ if (max_part > 0) {
part_shift = fls(max_part);
+ /*
+ * Adjust max_part according to part_shift as it is exported
+ * to user space so that user can know the max number of
+ * partition kernel should be able to manage.
+ *
+ * Note that -1 is required because partition 0 is reserved
+ * for the whole disk.
+ */
+ max_part = (1UL << part_shift) - 1;
+ }
+
if ((1UL << part_shift) > DISK_MAX_PARTS)
return -EINVAL;