[RFC PATCH] nbd: set the default nbds_max to 0

From: xiubli
Date: Wed May 29 2019 - 04:13:07 EST


From: Xiubo Li <xiubli@xxxxxxxxxx>

There is one problem that when trying to check the nbd device
NBD_CMD_STATUS and at the same time insert the nbd.ko module,
we can randomly get some of the 16 /dev/nbd{0~15} are connected,
but they are not. This is because that the udev service in user
space will try to open /dev/nbd{0~15} devices to do some sanity
check when they are added in "__init nbd_init()" and then close
it asynchronousely.

Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <xiubli@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Not sure whether this patch make sense here, coz this issue can be
avoided by setting the "nbds_max=0" when inserting the nbd.ko modules.



drivers/block/nbd.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 4c1de1c..98be6ca 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ struct nbd_cmd {

#define NBD_DEF_BLKSIZE 1024

-static unsigned int nbds_max = 16;
+static unsigned int nbds_max;
static int max_part = 16;
static struct workqueue_struct *recv_workqueue;
static int part_shift;
@@ -2310,6 +2310,6 @@ static void __exit nbd_cleanup(void)
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

module_param(nbds_max, int, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(nbds_max, "number of network block devices to initialize (default: 16)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nbds_max, "number of network block devices to initialize (default: 0)");
module_param(max_part, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_part, "number of partitions per device (default: 16)");
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