From ba32929a91fe2c0628f5be62d1597b379c8d3062 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:29:58 +0900 Subject: block: make add_partition() return pointer to hd_struct Make add_partition() return pointer to the new hd_struct on success and ERR_PTR() value on failure. This change will be used to fix md autodetection bug. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Cc: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- include/linux/genhd.h | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h index e439e6aed832..3df7742ce246 100644 --- a/include/linux/genhd.h +++ b/include/linux/genhd.h @@ -522,7 +522,9 @@ extern char *disk_name (struct gendisk *hd, int partno, char *buf); extern int disk_expand_part_tbl(struct gendisk *disk, int target); extern int rescan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev); -extern int __must_check add_partition(struct gendisk *, int, sector_t, sector_t, int); +extern struct hd_struct * __must_check add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, + int partno, sector_t start, + sector_t len, int flags); extern void delete_partition(struct gendisk *, int); extern void printk_all_partitions(void); -- cgit v1.2.3