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1 files changed, 73 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index 038674aa88a..f77f7702fab 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
#include <linux/major.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
@@ -21,10 +20,8 @@
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/tty.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
-#include <linux/kmod.h>
-#endif
#include "internal.h"
/*
@@ -35,6 +32,7 @@
* - no readahead or I/O queue unplugging required
*/
struct backing_dev_info directly_mappable_cdev_bdi = {
+ .name = "char",
.capabilities = (
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
/* permit private copies of the data to be taken */
@@ -42,7 +40,9 @@ struct backing_dev_info directly_mappable_cdev_bdi = {
#endif
/* permit direct mmap, for read, write or exec */
BDI_CAP_MAP_DIRECT |
- BDI_CAP_READ_MAP | BDI_CAP_WRITE_MAP | BDI_CAP_EXEC_MAP),
+ BDI_CAP_READ_MAP | BDI_CAP_WRITE_MAP | BDI_CAP_EXEC_MAP |
+ /* no writeback happens */
+ BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK),
};
static struct kobj_map *cdev_map;
@@ -55,12 +55,11 @@ static struct char_device_struct {
unsigned int baseminor;
int minorct;
char name[64];
- struct file_operations *fops;
struct cdev *cdev; /* will die */
} *chrdevs[CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE];
/* index in the above */
-static inline int major_to_index(int major)
+static inline int major_to_index(unsigned major)
{
return major % CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE;
}
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
cd->major = major;
cd->baseminor = baseminor;
cd->minorct = minorct;
- strncpy(cd->name,name, 64);
+ strlcpy(cd->name, name, sizeof(cd->name));
i = major_to_index(major);
@@ -242,8 +241,10 @@ 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
*
@@ -259,22 +260,19 @@ 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);
-
+
cdev = cdev_alloc();
if (!cdev)
goto out2;
@@ -282,10 +280,8 @@ int register_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name,
cdev->owner = fops->owner;
cdev->ops = fops;
kobject_set_name(&cdev->kobj, "%s", 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;
@@ -295,7 +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;
}
@@ -321,10 +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);
@@ -359,6 +368,7 @@ void cdev_put(struct cdev *p)
*/
static int chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
+ const struct file_operations *fops;
struct cdev *p;
struct cdev *new = NULL;
int ret = 0;
@@ -374,10 +384,11 @@ static int chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
return -ENXIO;
new = container_of(kobj, struct cdev, kobj);
spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
+ /* Check i_cdev again in case somebody beat us to it while
+ we dropped the lock. */
p = inode->i_cdev;
if (!p) {
inode->i_cdev = p = new;
- inode->i_cindex = idx;
list_add(&inode->i_devices, &p->list);
new = NULL;
} else if (!cdev_get(p))
@@ -388,18 +399,23 @@ static int chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
cdev_put(new);
if (ret)
return ret;
- filp->f_op = fops_get(p->ops);
- if (!filp->f_op) {
- cdev_put(p);
- return -ENXIO;
- }
+
+ ret = -ENXIO;
+ fops = fops_get(p->ops);
+ if (!fops)
+ goto out_cdev_put;
+
+ replace_fops(filp, fops);
if (filp->f_op->open) {
- lock_kernel();
- ret = filp->f_op->open(inode,filp);
- unlock_kernel();
+ ret = filp->f_op->open(inode, filp);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_cdev_put;
}
- if (ret)
- cdev_put(p);
+
+ return 0;
+
+ out_cdev_put:
+ cdev_put(p);
return ret;
}
@@ -430,6 +446,7 @@ static void cdev_purge(struct cdev *cdev)
*/
const struct file_operations def_chr_fops = {
.open = chrdev_open,
+ .llseek = noop_llseek,
};
static struct kobject *exact_match(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
@@ -456,9 +473,19 @@ static int exact_lock(dev_t dev, void *data)
*/
int cdev_add(struct cdev *p, dev_t dev, unsigned count)
{
+ int error;
+
p->dev = dev;
p->count = count;
- return kobj_map(cdev_map, dev, count, NULL, exact_match, exact_lock, p);
+
+ error = kobj_map(cdev_map, dev, count, NULL,
+ exact_match, exact_lock, p);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+
+ kobject_get(p->kobj.parent);
+
+ return 0;
}
static void cdev_unmap(dev_t dev, unsigned count)
@@ -483,14 +510,20 @@ void cdev_del(struct cdev *p)
static void cdev_default_release(struct kobject *kobj)
{
struct cdev *p = container_of(kobj, struct cdev, kobj);
+ struct kobject *parent = kobj->parent;
+
cdev_purge(p);
+ kobject_put(parent);
}
static void cdev_dynamic_release(struct kobject *kobj)
{
struct cdev *p = container_of(kobj, struct cdev, kobj);
+ struct kobject *parent = kobj->parent;
+
cdev_purge(p);
kfree(p);
+ kobject_put(parent);
}
static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_default = {
@@ -543,7 +576,8 @@ static struct kobject *base_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
void __init chrdev_init(void)
{
cdev_map = kobj_map_init(base_probe, &chrdevs_lock);
- bdi_init(&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi);
+ if (bdi_init(&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi))
+ panic("Failed to init directly mappable cdev bdi");
}
@@ -555,6 +589,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_init);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_alloc);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_del);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_add);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_chrdev);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_chrdev);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_chrdev);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__unregister_chrdev);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(directly_mappable_cdev_bdi);