Name

blkdev_get_by_path — open a block device by name

Synopsis

struct block_device * blkdev_get_by_path (const char * path,
 fmode_t mode,
 void * holder);
 

Arguments

path

path to the block device to open

mode

FMODE_* mask

holder

exclusive holder identifier

Description

Open the blockdevice described by the device file at path. mode and holder are identical to blkdev_get.

On success, the returned block_device has reference count of one.

CONTEXT

Might sleep.

RETURNS

Pointer to block_device on success, ERR_PTR(-errno) on failure.