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| From | Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] device-dax: kill NR_DEV_DAX |
| Date | 2017-05-09 16:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tFejg-2TS-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tEY4N-I2-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <tEYeu-Lz-17@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:
> There is no point to ask how many device-dax instances the kernel should
> support. Since we are already using a dynamic major number, just allow
> the max number of minors by default and be done. This also fixes the
> fact that the proposed max for the NR_DEV_DAX range was larger than what
> could be supported by alloc_chrdev_region().
>
> Fixes: ba09c01d2fa8 ("dax: convert to the cdev api")
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
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[PATCH 1/2] block, dax: move "select DAX" from BLOCK to FS_DAX Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2017-05-08 23:10 +0200
[PATCH 2/2] device-dax: kill NR_DEV_DAX Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2017-05-08 23:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH 2/2] device-dax: kill NR_DEV_DAX Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2017-05-09 16:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/2] block, dax: move "select DAX" from BLOCK to FS_DAX kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> - 2017-05-09 00:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/2] block, dax: move "select DAX" from BLOCK to FS_DAX Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2017-05-09 10:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/2] block, dax: move "select DAX" from BLOCK to FS_DAX Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2017-05-09 16:20 +0200
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