brd: modify ramdisk device to be able to manage partitions

This patch adds partition management for Block RAM Device (BRD).

This patch is done to keep in sync BRD and loop device drivers.

This patch adds a parameter to the module, max_part, to specify
the maximum number of partitions per RAM device.

Example:

# modprobe brd max_part=63
# ls -l /dev/ram*
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1,   0 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1,  64 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 640 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram10
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 704 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram11
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 768 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram12
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 832 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram13
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 896 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram14
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 960 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram15
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 128 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 192 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 256 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 320 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 384 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 448 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram7
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 512 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram8
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 576 2008-04-03 13:39 /dev/ram9
# fdisk /dev/ram0
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous
content won't be recoverable.

Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)

Command (m for help): o
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous
content won't be recoverable.

Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-2, default 1): 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-2, default 2): 2

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
# ls -l /dev/ram0*
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 0 2008-04-03 13:40 /dev/ram0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 1 2008-04-03 13:40 /dev/ram0p1
# mkfs /dev/ram0p1
mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
4016 inodes, 16032 blocks
801 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
Maximum filesystem blocks=16515072
2 block groups
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
2008 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
	8193

Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 26 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
# mount /dev/ram0p1 /mnt
df /mnt
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/ram0p1              15521       138     14582   1% /mnt
# ls -l /mnt
total 12
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 2008-04-03 13:41 lost+found
# umount /mnt
# rmmod brd

Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@bull.net>
Acked-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index e8e38faeafd8..a196ef7f147f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -387,10 +387,14 @@ static struct block_device_operations brd_fops = {
  */
 static int rd_nr;
 int rd_size = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE;
+static int max_part;
+static int part_shift;
 module_param(rd_nr, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(rd_nr, "Maximum number of brd devices");
 module_param(rd_size, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(rd_size, "Size of each RAM disk in kbytes.");
+module_param(max_part, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_part, "Maximum number of partitions per RAM disk");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV_MAJOR(RAMDISK_MAJOR);
 
@@ -435,11 +439,11 @@ static struct brd_device *brd_alloc(int i)
         blk_queue_max_sectors(brd->brd_queue, 1024);
         blk_queue_bounce_limit(brd->brd_queue, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
 
-        disk = brd->brd_disk = alloc_disk(1);
+        disk = brd->brd_disk = alloc_disk(1 << part_shift);
         if (!disk)
                 goto out_free_queue;
         disk->major             = RAMDISK_MAJOR;
-        disk->first_minor       = i;
+        disk->first_minor       = i << part_shift;
         disk->fops              = &brd_fops;
         disk->private_data      = brd;
         disk->queue             = brd->brd_queue;
@@ -523,7 +527,12 @@ static int __init brd_init(void)
          *     themselves and have kernel automatically instantiate actual
          *     device on-demand.
          */
-        if (rd_nr > 1UL << MINORBITS)
+
+        part_shift = 0;
+        if (max_part > 0)
+                part_shift = fls(max_part);
+
+        if (rd_nr > 1UL << (MINORBITS - part_shift))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         if (rd_nr) {
@@ -531,7 +540,7 @@ static int __init brd_init(void)
                 range = rd_nr;
         } else {
                 nr = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT;
-                range = 1UL << MINORBITS;
+                range = 1UL << (MINORBITS - part_shift);
         }
 
         if (register_blkdev(RAMDISK_MAJOR, "ramdisk"))
@@ -570,7 +579,7 @@ static void __exit brd_exit(void)
         unsigned long range;
         struct brd_device *brd, *next;
 
-        range = rd_nr ? rd_nr :  1UL << MINORBITS;
+        range = rd_nr ? rd_nr :  1UL << (MINORBITS - part_shift);
 
         list_for_each_entry_safe(brd, next, &brd_devices, brd_list)
                 brd_del_one(brd);