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.TH "BLK_ALLOC_DEVT" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Block Devices"
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.SH "NAME"
blk_alloc_devt \- allocate a dev_t for a partition
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ blk_alloc_devt('u
.BI "int blk_alloc_devt(struct\ hd_struct\ *\ " "part" ", dev_t\ *\ " "devt" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIpart\fR
.RS 4
partition to allocate dev_t for
.RE
.PP
\fIdevt\fR
.RS 4
out parameter for resulting dev_t
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Allocate a dev_t for block device\&.
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
0 on success, allocated dev_t is returned in *\fIdevt\fR\&. \-errno on failure\&.
.SH "CONTEXT"
.PP
Might sleep\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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