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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2008-11-10 15:29:58 +0900
committerJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>2008-11-18 15:08:56 +0100
commitba32929a91fe2c0628f5be62d1597b379c8d3062 (patch)
tree09ea54ed2d2299d25b92fee6a6dde4d7527a3d37 /block
parenteb60fa1066622ddb2278732cf61e0c4544e82c6f (diff)
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block: make add_partition() return pointer to hd_struct
Make add_partition() return pointer to the new hd_struct on success and ERR_PTR() value on failure. This change will be used to fix md autodetection bug. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'block')
-rw-r--r--block/ioctl.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index c832d639b6e2..d03985b04d67 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
struct disk_part_iter piter;
long long start, length;
int partno;
- int err;
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EACCES;
@@ -61,10 +60,10 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
/* all seems OK */
- err = add_partition(disk, partno, start, length,
- ADDPART_FLAG_NONE);
+ part = add_partition(disk, partno, start, length,
+ ADDPART_FLAG_NONE);
mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
- return err;
+ return IS_ERR(part) ? PTR_ERR(part) : 0;
case BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION:
part = disk_get_part(disk, partno);
if (!part)