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diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 717d6e4e18d3..6f07ec1c2f58 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -256,6 +256,21 @@ config BLK_DEV_LOOP
Most users will answer N here.
+config BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT
+ int "Number of loop devices to pre-create at init time"
+ depends on BLK_DEV_LOOP
+ default 8
+ help
+ Static number of loop devices to be unconditionally pre-created
+ at init time.
+
+ This default value can be overwritten on the kernel command
+ line or with module-parameter loop.max_loop.
+
+ The historic default is 8. If a late 2011 version of losetup(8)
+ is used, it can be set to 0, since needed loop devices can be
+ dynamically allocated with the /dev/loop-control interface.
+
config BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP
tristate "Cryptoloop Support"
select CRYPTO
@@ -471,7 +486,7 @@ config XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND
in another domain which drives the actual block device.
config XEN_BLKDEV_BACKEND
- tristate "Block-device backend driver"
+ tristate "Xen block-device backend driver"
depends on XEN_BACKEND
help
The block-device backend driver allows the kernel to export its