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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/char_dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/char_dev.c | 41 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c index fb8507f521b2..c9d18362e89d 100644 --- a/fs/char_dev.c +++ b/fs/char_dev.c @@ -59,6 +59,29 @@ void chrdev_show(struct seq_file *f, off_t offset) #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */ +static int find_dynamic_major(void) +{ + int i; + struct char_device_struct *cd; + + for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(chrdevs)-1; i > CHRDEV_MAJOR_DYN_END; i--) { + if (chrdevs[i] == NULL) + return i; + } + + for (i = CHRDEV_MAJOR_DYN_EXT_START; + i > CHRDEV_MAJOR_DYN_EXT_END; i--) { + for (cd = chrdevs[major_to_index(i)]; cd; cd = cd->next) + if (cd->major == i) + break; + + if (cd == NULL || cd->major != i) + return i; + } + + return -EBUSY; +} + /* * Register a single major with a specified minor range. * @@ -84,22 +107,14 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor, mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock); - /* temporary */ if (major == 0) { - for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(chrdevs)-1; i > 0; i--) { - if (chrdevs[i] == NULL) - break; - } - - if (i < CHRDEV_MAJOR_DYN_END) - pr_warn("CHRDEV \"%s\" major number %d goes below the dynamic allocation range\n", - name, i); - - if (i == 0) { - ret = -EBUSY; + ret = find_dynamic_major(); + if (ret < 0) { + pr_err("CHRDEV \"%s\" dynamic allocation region is full\n", + name); goto out; } - major = i; + major = ret; } cd->major = major; |