suse man page for blk_alloc_devt

Query: blk_alloc_devt

OS: suse

Section: 9

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BLK_ALLOC_DEVT(9)						   Block Devices						 BLK_ALLOC_DEVT(9)

NAME
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.
RETURNS
0 on success, allocated dev_t is returned in *devt. -errno on failure.
CONTEXT
Might sleep.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 BLK_ALLOC_DEVT(9)
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