On 03/29/2012 07:36 AM, Ren Mingxin wrote: > On 03/28/2012 06:58 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 02:54:43PM +0800, Ren Mingxin wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> The current virtblk's naming algorithm just supports 26^3 >>> disks. If there are mass of virtblks(exceeding 26^3), there >>> will be disks with the same name. >>> >>> According to "sd_format_disk_name()", I add function >>> "virtblk_name_format()" for virtblk to support mass of >>> disks. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Ren Mingxin<renmx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Nod. This is basically what 3e1a7ff8a0a7b948f2684930166954f9e8e776fe >> did. Except, maybe we should move this function into block core >> instead of duplicating it? Where would be a good place to put it? > > Yes, this was also what I thought. > > How about placing the "sd_format_disk_name()" > as "disk_name_format()" into "block/genhd.c" > ("include/linux/genhd.h")? Yes, that sounds like the appropriate solution (and name, and where to put it). -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html