linux-kernel - [PATCH] virtio-blk: Allow extended partitions

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Message-Id: <1435030740-18421-1-git-send-email-famz@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:39:00 +0800
From:	Fam Zheng <famz@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH] virtio-blk: Allow extended partitions

This will allow up to DISK_MAX_PARTS (256) partitions, with for example
GPT in the guest. Otherwise, the partition scan code will only discover
the first 15 partitions.

Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 5ea2f0b..97daa70 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	vblk->disk->private_data = vblk;
 	vblk->disk->fops = &virtblk_fops;
 	vblk->disk->driverfs_dev = &vdev->dev;
+	vblk->disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
 	vblk->index = index;
 
 	/* configure queue flush support */
-- 
2.4.2

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