From: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@bull.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] loop: limit 'max_part' module param to DISK_MAX_PARTS
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 16:46:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DDBC4BC.8000506@fusionio.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1306247761-2246-1-git-send-email-namhyung@gmail.com>
On 2011-05-24 16:36, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> The 'max_part' parameter controls the number of maximum partition
> a loop block device can have. However if a user specifies very
> large value it would exceed the limitation of device minor number
> and can cause a kernel panic (or, at least, produce invalid
> device nodes in some cases).
Applied as well, ditto in the stable comment.
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-24 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-24 14:36 [PATCH 1/2] loop: limit 'max_part' module param to DISK_MAX_PARTS Namhyung Kim
2011-05-24 14:36 ` [PATCH 2/2] loop: handle on-demand devices correctly Namhyung Kim
2011-05-24 14:45 ` Jens Axboe
2011-05-24 14:57 ` Namhyung Kim
2011-05-24 15:00 ` Jens Axboe
2011-05-24 15:01 ` Laurent Vivier
2011-05-24 15:08 ` Namhyung Kim
2011-05-24 14:46 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2011-05-24 15:05 ` [PATCH 1/2] loop: limit 'max_part' module param to DISK_MAX_PARTS Laurent Vivier
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