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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/loop.c36
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 6e56c3faacac..637c5bda2387 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1775,14 +1775,43 @@ static const struct block_device_operations lo_fops = {
/*
* If max_loop is specified, create that many devices upfront.
* This also becomes a hard limit. If max_loop is not specified,
+ * the default isn't a hard limit (as before commit 85c50197716c
+ * changed the default value from 0 for max_loop=0 reasons), just
* create CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT loop devices at module
* init time. Loop devices can be requested on-demand with the
* /dev/loop-control interface, or be instantiated by accessing
* a 'dead' device node.
*/
static int max_loop = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT;
-module_param(max_loop, int, 0444);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK_LEGACY_AUTOLOAD
+static bool max_loop_specified;
+
+static int max_loop_param_set_int(const char *val,
+ const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = param_set_int(val, kp);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ max_loop_specified = true;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct kernel_param_ops max_loop_param_ops = {
+ .set = max_loop_param_set_int,
+ .get = param_get_int,
+};
+
+module_param_cb(max_loop, &max_loop_param_ops, &max_loop, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_loop, "Maximum number of loop devices");
+#else
+module_param(max_loop, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_loop, "Initial number of loop devices");
+#endif
+
module_param(max_part, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_part, "Maximum number of partitions per loop device");
@@ -2098,7 +2127,7 @@ static void loop_probe(dev_t dev)
{
int idx = MINOR(dev) >> part_shift;
- if (max_loop && idx >= max_loop)
+ if (max_loop_specified && max_loop && idx >= max_loop)
return;
loop_add(idx);
}
@@ -2285,6 +2314,9 @@ module_exit(loop_exit);
static int __init max_loop_setup(char *str)
{
max_loop = simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK_LEGACY_AUTOLOAD
+ max_loop_specified = true;
+#endif
return 1;
}