Added support for increased Block Storage Volume limits

linode_api4/objects/linode.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 from linode_api4.objects.serializable import JSONObject, StrEnum
 from linode_api4.objects.vpc import VPC, VPCSubnet
 from linode_api4.paginated_list import PaginatedList
-from linode_api4.util import drop_null_keys
+from linode_api4.util import drop_null_keys, generate_device_suffixes
 
 PASSWORD_CHARS = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
 
@@ -1258,9 +1258,14 @@ def config_create(
         from .volume import Volume  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
 
         hypervisor_prefix = "sd" if self.hypervisor == "kvm" else "xvd"
+
+        device_limit = int(max(8, min(self.specs.memory // 1024, 64)))
+
         device_names = [
-            hypervisor_prefix + string.ascii_lowercase[i] for i in range(0, 8)
+            hypervisor_prefix + suffix
+            for suffix in generate_device_suffixes(device_limit)
         ]
+
         device_map = {
             device_names[i]: None for i in range(0, len(device_names))
         }

linode_api4/util.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Contains various utility functions.
 """
 
+import string
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
 
@@ -27,3 +28,28 @@ def recursive_helper(value: Any) -> Any:
         return value
 
     return recursive_helper(data)
+
+
+def generate_device_suffixes(n):
+    """
+    Generate n alphabetical suffixes starting with a, b, c, etc.
+    After z, continue with aa, ab, ac, etc. followed by aaa, aab, etc.
+    Example:
+        generate_device_suffixes(30) ->
+        ['a', 'b', 'c', ..., 'z', 'aa', 'ab', 'ac', 'ad']
+    """
+    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
+    result = []
+    i = 0
+
+    while len(result) < n:
+        s = ""
+        x = i
+        while True:
+            s = letters[x % 26] + s
+            x = x // 26 - 1
+            if x < 0:
+                break
+        result.append(s)
+        i += 1
+    return result

test/unit/util_test.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 
-from linode_api4.util import drop_null_keys
+from linode_api4.util import drop_null_keys, generate_device_suffixes
 
 
 class UtilTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -53,3 +53,122 @@ def test_drop_null_keys_recursive(self):
         }
 
         assert drop_null_keys(value) == expected_output
+
+    def test_generate_device_suffixes(self):
+        """
+        Tests whether generate_device_suffixes works as expected.
+        """
+
+        expected_output_12 = [
+            "a",
+            "b",
+            "c",
+            "d",
+            "e",
+            "f",
+            "g",
+            "h",
+            "i",
+            "j",
+            "k",
+            "l",
+        ]
+        assert generate_device_suffixes(12) == expected_output_12
+
+        expected_output_30 = [
+            "a",
+            "b",
+            "c",
+            "d",
+            "e",
+            "f",
+            "g",
+            "h",
+            "i",
+            "j",
+            "k",
+            "l",
+            "m",
+            "n",
+            "o",
+            "p",
+            "q",
+            "r",
+            "s",
+            "t",
+            "u",
+            "v",
+            "w",
+            "x",
+            "y",
+            "z",
+            "aa",
+            "ab",
+            "ac",
+            "ad",
+        ]
+        assert generate_device_suffixes(30) == expected_output_30
+
+        expected_output_60 = [
+            "a",
+            "b",
+            "c",
+            "d",
+            "e",
+            "f",
+            "g",
+            "h",
+            "i",
+            "j",
+            "k",
+            "l",
+            "m",
+            "n",
+            "o",
+            "p",
+            "q",
+            "r",
+            "s",
+            "t",
+            "u",
+            "v",
+            "w",
+            "x",
+            "y",
+            "z",
+            "aa",
+            "ab",
+            "ac",
+            "ad",
+            "ae",
+            "af",
+            "ag",
+            "ah",
+            "ai",
+            "aj",
+            "ak",
+            "al",
+            "am",
+            "an",
+            "ao",
+            "ap",
+            "aq",
+            "ar",
+            "as",
+            "at",
+            "au",
+            "av",
+            "aw",
+            "ax",
+            "ay",
+            "az",
+            "ba",
+            "bb",
+            "bc",
+            "bd",
+            "be",
+            "bf",
+            "bg",
+            "bh",
+        ]
+        assert generate_device_suffixes(60) == expected_output_60