blk_alloc_devt (9) Linux Manual Page
blk_alloc_devt – allocate a dev_t for a partition
Synopsis
int blk_alloc_devt(struct hd_struct *part, dev_t *devt);Arguments
part
-
- partition to allocate dev_t for
devt
- out parameter for resulting dev_t
Description
Allocate a dev_t for block device.
Return
0 on success, allocated dev_t is returned in *devt. -errno on failure.
Context
Might sleep.