From f4660cc994e12bae60d6f49895636fba662ce0a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Hajnoczi Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 10:19:18 -0400 Subject: vhost/vsock: use static minor number Vhost-vsock is a software device so there is no probe call that causes the driver to register its misc char device node. This creates a chicken and egg problem: userspace applications must open /dev/vhost-vsock to use the driver but the file doesn't exist until the kernel module has been loaded. Use the devname modalias mechanism so that /dev/vhost-vsock is created at boot. The vhost_vsock kernel module is automatically loaded when the first application opens /dev/host-vsock. Note that the "reserved for local use" range in Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt is incorrect. The userio driver already occupies part of that range. I've updated the documentation accordingly. Cc: device@lanana.org Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/vhost/vsock.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/vhost/vsock.c') diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c index 3acef3c5d8ed..3f63e03de8e8 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c @@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static const struct file_operations vhost_vsock_fops = { }; static struct miscdevice vhost_vsock_misc = { - .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR, + .minor = VHOST_VSOCK_MINOR, .name = "vhost-vsock", .fops = &vhost_vsock_fops, }; @@ -778,3 +778,5 @@ module_exit(vhost_vsock_exit); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Asias He"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("vhost transport for vsock "); +MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(VHOST_VSOCK_MINOR); +MODULE_ALIAS("devname:vhost-vsock"); -- cgit v1.2.3