From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/13] Always define MAX_RAW_MINORS as 65535 in userspace
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:08:26 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55fa2eaa.ca39440a.feaa1.36f5@mx.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55F882C7.4080304@zytor.com>
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:42:47 PDT (-0700), hpa@zytor.com wrote:
> On 09/14/2015 03:50 PM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>> While I don't think this was ever meant to be exposed to userspace, if
>> anyone is using it then this will at least provide a correct (if
>> unlikely) definition.
>>
>> MAX_RAW_MINORS used to be used in the kernel, where it's been replaced
>> with CONFIG_MAX_RAW_MINORS.
>>
>> Note that there's a checkpatch.pl warning about a split config string
>> here, but I've left that alone.
>
> From a UAPI perspective I would think the right value would be 2^20.
Wow, I'm super surprised. For some reason I thought major/minor
numbers were 16 bits, but according to glibc I just have no idea what
I'm doing :).
Thanks for catching this!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-17 3:08 UTC|newest]
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2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH] Remove #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT from all asm-generic/fcntl.h Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 01/13] " Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 02/13] Always expose __SYSCALL(... fork ...) Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 03/13] Hide COMPAT_ATM_ADDPARTY behind #ifdef __KERNEL__ Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 04/13] Always expose MAP_UNINITIALIZED to userspace Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 05/13] Hide some of "struct elf_prstatus" behind #ifdef __KERNEL__ Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 06/13] Hide ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup() " Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 07/13] Make FB_BACKLIGHT_{LEVELS,MAX} always visible Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 08/13] Hide MAX_SHARED_LIBS behind #ifdef __KERNEL__ Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 09/13] Hide bp_type_idx " Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 10/13] Hide USE_WCACHING " Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 11/13] Hide MAX_RAW_MINORS " Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 12/13] Hide AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH " Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-09 21:08 ` [PATCH 13/13] Re-enable and clean up "check_config()" in headers_check.pl Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-10 11:11 ` [PATCH 09/13] Hide bp_type_idx behind #ifdef __KERNEL__ David Howells
2015-09-10 11:12 ` [PATCH 10/13] Hide USE_WCACHING " David Howells
2015-09-10 11:13 ` [PATCH 11/13] Hide MAX_RAW_MINORS " David Howells
2015-09-10 11:14 ` [PATCH 12/13] Hide AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH " David Howells
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH v3] Remove #ifdef CONFIG_* from all userspace headers Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 01/13] Remove #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT from all asm-generic/fcntl.h Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 02/13] Use sys_ni.c instead of #ifdef to disable fork on CONFIG_NOMMU Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 03/13] Move COMPAT_ATM_ADDPARTY to net/atm/svc.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 04/13] Always expose MAP_UNINITIALIZED to userspace Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-15 0:23 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2015-09-15 0:52 ` Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-15 5:19 ` Josh Triplett
2015-09-15 9:42 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2015-09-15 14:07 ` Josh Triplett
2015-09-17 10:13 ` David Howells
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 05/13] Split FDPIC "struct elf_prstatus" to "struct elf_fdpic_prstatus" Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 06/13] Move ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup() to fs/eventpoll.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 07/13] Make FB_BACKLIGHT_{LEVELS,MAX} always visible Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 08/13] Move MAX_SHARED_LIBS to fs/binfmt_flat.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 09/13] Move bp_type_idx to kernel/event/hw_breakpoint.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-15 8:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-09-15 18:40 ` Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-15 19:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-09-17 3:56 ` Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-15 21:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-24 12:15 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2015-09-17 10:28 ` David Howells
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 10/13] Move USE_WCACHING to drivers/block/pktcdvd.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 11/13] Always define MAX_RAW_MINORS as 65535 in userspace Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-15 20:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
2015-09-17 3:08 ` Palmer Dabbelt [this message]
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 12/13] Remove AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH on x86 Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-14 22:50 ` [PATCH 13/13] Re-enable and clean up "check_config()" in headers_check.pl Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-17 9:57 ` [PATCH 03/13] Move COMPAT_ATM_ADDPARTY to net/atm/svc.c David Howells
2015-09-17 20:53 ` Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-17 10:17 ` [PATCH 05/13] Split FDPIC "struct elf_prstatus" to "struct elf_fdpic_prstatus" David Howells
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH v4] Remove #ifdef CONFIG_* from all userspace headers Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 01/13] Remove #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT from all asm-generic/fcntl.h Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 02/13] Use sys_ni.c instead of #ifdef to disable fork on CONFIG_NOMMU Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 03/13] Move COMPAT_ATM_ADDPARTY to net/atm/svc.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 04/13] Always expose MAP_UNINITIALIZED to userspace Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 05/13] Split FDPIC "struct elf_prstatus" to "struct elf_fdpic_prstatus" Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 06/13] Move ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup() to fs/eventpoll.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 07/13] Make FB_BACKLIGHT_{LEVELS,MAX} always visible Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 08/13] Move MAX_SHARED_LIBS to fs/binfmt_flat.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 09/13] Move bp_type_idx to kernel/event/hw_breakpoint.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 21:28 ` kbuild test robot
2015-11-03 21:29 ` kbuild test robot
2015-11-04 11:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-11-04 12:21 ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-11-07 6:44 ` Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 10/13] Move USE_WCACHING to drivers/block/pktcdvd.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 11/13] Always define MAX_RAW_MINORS as 2**20 in userspace Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 20:11 ` kbuild test robot
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 12/13] Remove AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH on x86 Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 19:46 ` [PATCH 13/13] Re-enable and clean up "check_config()" in headers_check.pl Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-03 20:25 ` kbuild test robot
2015-11-03 20:26 ` kbuild test robot
2015-11-10 1:30 ` [PATCH v5] Remove #ifdef CONFIG_* from all userspace headers Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:30 ` [PATCH 01/14] Remove #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT from all asm-generic/fcntl.h Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:30 ` [PATCH 02/14] Use sys_ni.c instead of #ifdef to disable fork on CONFIG_NOMMU Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 03/14] Move COMPAT_ATM_ADDPARTY to net/atm/svc.c Palmer Dabbelt
2023-02-10 14:55 ` Thomas Huth
2023-02-10 15:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 04/14] Always expose MAP_UNINITIALIZED to userspace Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 05/14] Split FDPIC "struct elf_prstatus" to "struct elf_fdpic_prstatus" Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 06/14] Move ep_take_care_of_epollwakeup() to fs/eventpoll.c Palmer Dabbelt
2023-02-10 14:45 ` Thomas Huth
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 07/14] Make FB_BACKLIGHT_{LEVELS,MAX} always visible Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 08/14] Move MAX_SHARED_LIBS to fs/binfmt_flat.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 09/14] Move bp_type_idx to include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 10/14] Move USE_WCACHING to drivers/block/pktcdvd.c Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 11/14] Always define MAX_RAW_MINORS as 2**20 in userspace Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 12/14] Remove AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH on x86 Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 13/14] Hide CONFIG_PHY_RAM_BASE_ADDRESS from userspace Palmer Dabbelt
2015-11-10 1:31 ` [PATCH 14/14] Re-enable and clean up "check_config()" in headers_check.pl Palmer Dabbelt
2015-09-10 11:15 ` [PATCH] Remove #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT from all asm-generic/fcntl.h David Howells
2015-09-10 11:18 ` David Howells
2015-09-14 22:50 ` Palmer Dabbelt
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