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-rw-r--r-- | fs/char_dev.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c index a885f46ca001..e6194e2b9bb9 100644 --- a/fs/char_dev.c +++ b/fs/char_dev.c @@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor, /* temporary */ if (major == 0) { for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(chrdevs)-1; i > 0; i--) { + /* + * Disallow the LANANA-assigned LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL + * majors + */ + if ((60 <= i && i <= 63) || (120 <= i && i <= 127) || + (240 <= i && i <= 254)) + continue; if (chrdevs[i] == NULL) break; } |