[PATCH] dm: consolidate creation functions

Merge dm_create() and dm_create_with_minor() by introducing the special value
DM_ANY_MINOR to request the allocation of the next available minor number.

Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index f7e743691aa8..c826b3e1799a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Sistina Software (UK) Limited.
- * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This file is released under the GPL.
  */
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static int __dev_status(struct mapped_device *md, struct dm_ioctl *param)
 
 static int dev_create(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size)
 {
-        int r;
+        int r, m = DM_ANY_MINOR;
         struct mapped_device *md;
 
         r = check_name(param->name);
@@ -586,10 +586,9 @@ static int dev_create(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size)
                 return r;
 
         if (param->flags & DM_PERSISTENT_DEV_FLAG)
-                r = dm_create_with_minor(MINOR(huge_decode_dev(param->dev)), &md);
-        else
-                r = dm_create(&md);
+                m = MINOR(huge_decode_dev(param->dev));
 
+        r = dm_create(m, &md);
         if (r)
                 return r;