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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-11 16:19:35 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-11 16:19:35 (GMT) |
commit | a9c86d42599519f3d83b5f46bdab25046fe47b84 (patch) | |
tree | 9b269e3162e5cc0c1a8dfc3349303c902718a9a9 /fs | |
parent | a12e4d304ce701844c639541d90df86e165d03f9 (diff) | |
parent | 1110afbe728838ac7ce973c37af9e11385dbaef9 (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-a9c86d42599519f3d83b5f46bdab25046fe47b84.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6: (377 commits)
ASoC: au1x: PSC-AC97 bugfixes
ALSA: dummy - Increase MAX_PCM_SUBSTREAMS to 128
ALSA: dummy - Add debug proc file
ALSA: Add const prefix to proc helper functions
ALSA: Re-export snd_pcm_format_name() function
ALSA: hda - Use auto model for HP laptops with ALC268 codec
ALSA: cs46xx - Fix minimum period size
ASoC: Fix WM835x Out4 capture enumeration
ALSA: Remove unneeded ifdef from sound/core.h
ALSA: Remove struct snd_monitor_file from public sound/core.h
ASoC: Remove unuused hw_read_t
sound: oxygen: work around MCE when changing volume
ALSA: dummy - Fake buffer allocations
ALSA: hda/realtek: Added support for CLEVO M540R subsystem, 6 channel + digital
ASoC: fix pxa2xx-ac97.c breakage
ALSA: dummy - Fix the timer calculation in systimer mode
ALSA: dummy - Add more description
ALSA: dummy - Better jiffies handling
ALSA: dummy - Support high-res timer mode
ALSA: Release v1.0.21
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Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/char_dev.c | 39 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c index 7c27a8e..3cbc57f 100644 --- a/fs/char_dev.c +++ b/fs/char_dev.c @@ -238,8 +238,10 @@ int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t *dev, unsigned baseminor, unsigned count, } /** - * register_chrdev() - Register a major number for character devices. + * __register_chrdev() - create and register a cdev occupying a range of minors * @major: major device number or 0 for dynamic allocation + * @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers + * @count: the number of minor numbers required * @name: name of this range of devices * @fops: file operations associated with this devices * @@ -255,19 +257,17 @@ int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t *dev, unsigned baseminor, unsigned count, * /dev. It only helps to keep track of the different owners of devices. If * your module name has only one type of devices it's ok to use e.g. the name * of the module here. - * - * This function registers a range of 256 minor numbers. The first minor number - * is 0. */ -int register_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name, - const struct file_operations *fops) +int __register_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor, + unsigned int count, const char *name, + const struct file_operations *fops) { struct char_device_struct *cd; struct cdev *cdev; char *s; int err = -ENOMEM; - cd = __register_chrdev_region(major, 0, 256, name); + cd = __register_chrdev_region(major, baseminor, count, name); if (IS_ERR(cd)) return PTR_ERR(cd); @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int register_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name, for (s = strchr(kobject_name(&cdev->kobj),'/'); s; s = strchr(s, '/')) *s = '!'; - err = cdev_add(cdev, MKDEV(cd->major, 0), 256); + err = cdev_add(cdev, MKDEV(cd->major, baseminor), count); if (err) goto out; @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ int register_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name, out: kobject_put(&cdev->kobj); out2: - kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(cd->major, 0, 256)); + kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(cd->major, baseminor, count)); return err; } @@ -317,10 +317,23 @@ void unregister_chrdev_region(dev_t from, unsigned count) } } -void unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name) +/** + * __unregister_chrdev - unregister and destroy a cdev + * @major: major device number + * @baseminor: first of the range of minor numbers + * @count: the number of minor numbers this cdev is occupying + * @name: name of this range of devices + * + * Unregister and destroy the cdev occupying the region described by + * @major, @baseminor and @count. This function undoes what + * __register_chrdev() did. + */ +void __unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor, + unsigned int count, const char *name) { struct char_device_struct *cd; - cd = __unregister_chrdev_region(major, 0, 256); + + cd = __unregister_chrdev_region(major, baseminor, count); if (cd && cd->cdev) cdev_del(cd->cdev); kfree(cd); @@ -569,6 +582,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_alloc); EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_del); EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_add); EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_index); -EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_chrdev); -EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_chrdev); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_chrdev); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__unregister_chrdev); EXPORT_SYMBOL(directly_mappable_cdev_bdi); |