Fix: DEVFS compile failuer [2.5.30]

Milosz Tanski (milosz@comcast.net)
Sat, 03 Aug 2002 01:15:15 -0400


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There is a compile time error in Linux 2.5.30 in fs/partitions/check.c,
in function devfs_register_partitions. The line 470 contains an error,
dev->part[p].de = NULL; p is a pointer to a structure (hd_stuct). I
searched around 2.4.18, and it is dev->part[part + minor].de = NULL; I
tried changing that line, and I investigated, now it compiles and works.
A patch is attached, thx.

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--- fs/partitions/check.c.orig 2002-08-01 17:16:19.000000000 -0400
+++ fs/partitions/check.c 2002-08-03 00:51:49.000000000 -0400
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
for (part = 1; part < max_p; part++) {
if ( unregister || (p[part].nr_sects < 1) ) {
devfs_unregister(p[part].de);
- dev->part[p].de = NULL;
+ dev->part[part + minor].de = NULL;
continue;
}
devfs_register_partition (dev, minor, part);

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