BLK_ALLOC_DEVT

Section: Block Devices (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

blk_alloc_devt - allocate a dev_t for a partition  

SYNOPSIS

int blk_alloc_devt(struct hd_struct * part, dev_t * devt);
 

ARGUMENTS

part

partition to allocate dev_t for

devt

out parameter for resulting dev_t
 

DESCRIPTION

Allocate a dev_t for block device.  

RETURNS

0 on success, allocated dev_t is returned in *devt. -errno on failure.  

CONTEXT

Might sleep.  

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