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vhost/vsock: use static minor number

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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 <stefanha@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-05-10 10:19:18 -04:00
committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent ff35eb23de
commit f4660cc994
3 changed files with 7 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/vhost/vsock.c
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@@ -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");