[PATCH] virtio-blk: Allow extended partitions

From: Fam Zheng
Date: Mon Jun 22 2015 - 23:39:29 EST


This will allow up to DISK_MAX_PARTS (256) partitions, with for example
GPT in the guest. Otherwise, the partition scan code will only discover
the first 15 partitions.

Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 5ea2f0b..97daa70 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
vblk->disk->private_data = vblk;
vblk->disk->fops = &virtblk_fops;
vblk->disk->driverfs_dev = &vdev->dev;
+ vblk->disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
vblk->index = index;

/* configure queue flush support */
--
2.4.2

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/