From 79907d89c397b8bc2e05b347ec94e928ea919d33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:39:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] misc: Fix allocation 'borrowed' by vhost_net
10, 233 is allocated officially to /dev/kmview which is shipping in
Ubuntu and Debian distributions. vhost_net seem to have borrowed it
without making a proper request and this causes regressions in the other
distributions.
vhost_net can use a dynamic minor so use that instead. Also update the
file with a comment to try and avoid future misunderstandings.
cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <device@lanana.org>
[ We should have caught this before 2.6.34 got released. - Linus ]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
drivers/vhost/net.c | 2 +-
include/linux/miscdevice.h | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 0f41c9195e9b..df5b6b971f26 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ const static struct file_operations vhost_net_fops = {
};
static struct miscdevice vhost_net_misc = {
- VHOST_NET_MINOR,
+ MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
"vhost-net",
&vhost_net_fops,
};
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index b631c46cffd9..f6c9b7dcb9fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/major.h>
+/*
+ * These allocations are managed by device@lanana.org. If you use an
+ * entry that is not in assigned your entry may well be moved and
+ * reassigned, or set dynamic if a fixed value is not justified.
+ */
+
#define PSMOUSE_MINOR 1
#define MS_BUSMOUSE_MINOR 2
#define ATIXL_BUSMOUSE_MINOR 3
@@ -30,7 +36,6 @@
#define HPET_MINOR 228
#define FUSE_MINOR 229
#define KVM_MINOR 232
-#define VHOST_NET_MINOR 233
#define BTRFS_MINOR 234
#define AUTOFS_MINOR 235
#define MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR 255