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55 int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)

56 {

57         struct blk_major_name **n, *p;

58         int index, ret = 0;

59

60         mutex_lock(&block_subsys_lock);

61

62         /* temporary */

63         if (major == 0) {

64                 for (index = ARRAY_SIZE(major_names)-1; index > 0; index--) {

65                         if (major_names[index] == NULL)

66                                 break;

67                 }

68

69                 if (index == 0) {

70                         printk("register_blkdev: failed to get major for %s/n",

71                                name);

72                         ret = -EBUSY;

73                         goto out;

74                 }

75                 major = index;

76                 ret = major;

77         }

78

79         p = kmalloc(sizeof(struct blk_major_name), GFP_KERNEL);

80         if (p == NULL) {

81                 ret = -ENOMEM;

82                 goto out;

83         }

84

85         p->major = major;

86         strlcpy(p->name, name, sizeof(p->name));

87         p->next = NULL;

88         index = major_to_index(major);

89

90         for (n = &major_names[index]; *n; n = &(*n)->next) {

91                 if ((*n)->major == major)

92                         break;

93         }

94         if (!*n)

95                 *n = p;

96         else

97                 ret = -EBUSY;

98

99         if (ret < 0) {

100                 printk("register_blkdev: cannot get major %d for %s/n",

101                        major, name);

102                 kfree(p);

103         }

104 out:

105         mutex_unlock(&block_subsys_lock);

106         return ret;

107 }