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
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int blk_alloc_devt(struct hd_struct * part, dev_t * devt);
ARGUMENTS
part
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- partition to allocate dev_t for
devt
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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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