+ int i, nr;
+ unsigned long range;
+ struct loop_device *lo, *next;
+
+ /*
+ * loop module now has a feature to instantiate underlying device
+ * structure on-demand, provided that there is an access dev node.
+ * However, this will not work well with user space tool that doesn't
+ * know about such "feature". In order to not break any existing
+ * tool, we do the following:
+ *
+ * (1) if max_loop is specified, create that many upfront, and this
+ * also becomes a hard limit.
+ * (2) if max_loop is not specified, create 8 loop device on module
+ * load, user can further extend loop device by create dev node
+ * themselves and have kernel automatically instantiate actual
+ * device on-demand.
+ */
+ if (max_loop > 1UL << MINORBITS)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (max_loop) {
+ nr = max_loop;
+ range = max_loop;
+ } else {
+ nr = 8;
+ range = 1UL << MINORBITS;
+ }