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diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
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@@ -256,6 +256,22 @@ void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *seqf, off_t offset)
256} 256}
257#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */ 257#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
258 258
259/**
260 * register_blkdev - register a new block device
261 *
262 * @major: the requested major device number [1..255]. If @major=0, try to
263 * allocate any unused major number.
264 * @name: the name of the new block device as a zero terminated string
265 *
266 * The @name must be unique within the system.
267 *
268 * The return value depends on the @major input parameter.
269 * - if a major device number was requested in range [1..255] then the
270 * function returns zero on success, or a negative error code
271 * - if any unused major number was requested with @major=0 parameter
272 * then the return value is the allocated major number in range
273 * [1..255] or a negative error code otherwise
274 */
259int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name) 275int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)
260{ 276{
261 struct blk_major_name **n, *p; 277 struct blk_major_name **n, *p;