On 1/31/18 6:24 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 04:56:32PM -0800, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Before commit 133d55cdb2f "block: order /proc/devices by major number", >> if register_blkdev() was called with major = [1..UINT_MAX], it used to >> succeed (provided the requested major number was actually free). > > How was LTP calling register_blkdev() with such crazy numbers? >
Haha :-) No idea! > Anyway, I agree with Logan, this sounds like something to be resolved in > LTP, as allowing block devices with numbers greater than the number we > really allow seems like an odd requirement :) > Agreed! And thanks for confirming! Regards, Srivatsa
