blk_mangle_minor(9)

blk_mangle_minor9

Scatter minor numbers apart

Usage

int blk_mangle_minor(int minor);

Arguments

minor

minor number to mangle

Overview

Scatter consecutively allocated minor number apart if MANGLE_DEVT is enabled. Mangling twice gives the original value.

Return

Mangled value.

Context

Don't care.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.