| Date | Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:08:26 -0700 (PDT) | From | Palmer Dabbelt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 11/13] Always define MAX_RAW_MINORS as 65535 in userspace |
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On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:42:47 PDT (-0700), hpa@zytor.com wrote: > On 09/14/2015 03:50 PM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote: >> While I don't think this was ever meant to be exposed to userspace, if >> anyone is using it then this will at least provide a correct (if >> unlikely) definition. >> >> MAX_RAW_MINORS used to be used in the kernel, where it's been replaced >> with CONFIG_MAX_RAW_MINORS. >> >> Note that there's a checkpatch.pl warning about a split config string >> here, but I've left that alone. > > From a UAPI perspective I would think the right value would be 2^20.
Wow, I'm super surprised. For some reason I thought major/minor numbers were 16 bits, but according to glibc I just have no idea what I'm doing :).
Thanks for catching this!
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