Instead of reusing the ranges in bdev_map, add a new helper that is called if no ranges was found. This is a first step to unpeel and eventually remove the complex ranges structure. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- block/genhd.c | 25 +++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c index 034e9089965a82..d9ecc751fc956c 100644 --- a/block/genhd.c +++ b/block/genhd.c @@ -1033,6 +1033,13 @@ static ssize_t disk_badblocks_store(struct device *dev, return badblocks_store(disk->bb, page, len, 0); } +static void request_gendisk_module(dev_t devt) +{ + if (request_module("block-major-%d-%d", MAJOR(devt), MINOR(devt)) > 0) + /* Make old-style 2.4 aliases work */ + request_module("block-major-%d", MAJOR(devt)); +} + static struct gendisk *lookup_gendisk(dev_t dev, int *partno) { struct kobject *kobj; @@ -1057,6 +1064,14 @@ static struct gendisk *lookup_gendisk(dev_t dev, int *partno) probe = p->probe; best = p->range - 1; *partno = dev - p->dev; + + if (!probe) { + mutex_unlock(&bdev_map_lock); + module_put(owner); + request_gendisk_module(dev); + goto retry; + } + if (p->lock && p->lock(dev, data) < 0) { module_put(owner); continue; @@ -1295,15 +1310,6 @@ static const struct seq_operations partitions_op = { }; #endif - -static struct kobject *base_probe(dev_t devt, int *partno, void *data) -{ - if (request_module("block-major-%d-%d", MAJOR(devt), MINOR(devt)) > 0) - /* Make old-style 2.4 aliases work */ - request_module("block-major-%d", MAJOR(devt)); - return NULL; -} - static void bdev_map_init(void) { struct bdev_map *base; @@ -1315,7 +1321,6 @@ static void bdev_map_init(void) base->dev = 1; base->range = ~0 ; - base->probe = base_probe; for (i = 0; i < 255; i++) bdev_map[i] = base; } -- 2.28.0