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Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 16:21:30 +0200 From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> Cc: "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] device-dax: kill NR_DEV_DAX On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote: > There is no point to ask how many device-dax instances the kernel should > support. Since we are already using a dynamic major number, just allow > the max number of minors by default and be done. This also fixes the > fact that the proposed max for the NR_DEV_DAX range was larger than what > could be supported by alloc_chrdev_region(). > > Fixes: ba09c01d2fa8 ("dax: convert to the cdev api") > Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
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