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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/loop.c28
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 1f8f3b87bdfa..df628e30bca4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1773,7 +1773,16 @@ static const struct block_device_operations lo_fops = {
/*
* And now the modules code and kernel interface.
*/
-static int max_loop;
+
+/*
+ * If max_loop is specified, create that many devices upfront.
+ * This also becomes a hard limit. If max_loop is not specified,
+ * create CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT loop devices at module
+ * init time. Loop devices can be requested on-demand with the
+ * /dev/loop-control interface, or be instantiated by accessing
+ * a 'dead' device node.
+ */
+static int max_loop = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT;
module_param(max_loop, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_loop, "Maximum number of loop devices");
module_param(max_part, int, 0444);
@@ -2181,7 +2190,7 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("devname:loop-control");
static int __init loop_init(void)
{
- int i, nr;
+ int i;
int err;
part_shift = 0;
@@ -2209,19 +2218,6 @@ static int __init loop_init(void)
goto err_out;
}
- /*
- * If max_loop is specified, create that many devices upfront.
- * This also becomes a hard limit. If max_loop is not specified,
- * create CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT loop devices at module
- * init time. Loop devices can be requested on-demand with the
- * /dev/loop-control interface, or be instantiated by accessing
- * a 'dead' device node.
- */
- if (max_loop)
- nr = max_loop;
- else
- nr = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT;
-
err = misc_register(&loop_misc);
if (err < 0)
goto err_out;
@@ -2233,7 +2229,7 @@ static int __init loop_init(void)
}
/* pre-create number of devices given by config or max_loop */
- for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
+ for (i = 0; i < max_loop; i++)
loop_add(i);
printk(KERN_INFO "loop: module loaded\n");