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.\"    Manual: Block Devices
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "GET_GENDISK" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Block Devices"
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.SH "NAME"
get_gendisk \- get partitioning information for a given device
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ gendisk\ *\ get_gendisk('u
.BI "struct gendisk * get_gendisk(dev_t\ " "devt" ", int\ *\ " "partno" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIdevt\fR
.RS 4
device to get partitioning information for
.RE
.PP
\fIpartno\fR
.RS 4
returned partition index
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function gets the structure containing partitioning information for the given device
\fIdevt\fR\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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