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 <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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237 = /dev/loop-control Loopback control device
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237 = /dev/loop-control Loopback control device
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238 = /dev/vhost-net Host kernel accelerator for virtio net
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238 = /dev/vhost-net Host kernel accelerator for virtio net
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239 = /dev/uhid User-space I/O driver support for HID subsystem
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239 = /dev/uhid User-space I/O driver support for HID subsystem
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240 = /dev/userio Serio driver testing device
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241 = /dev/vhost-vsock Host kernel driver for virtio vsock
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240-254 Reserved for local use
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242-254 Reserved for local use
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255 Reserved for MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR
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255 Reserved for MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR
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11 char Raw keyboard device (Linux/SPARC only)
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11 char Raw keyboard device (Linux/SPARC only)
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};
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static struct miscdevice vhost_vsock_misc = {
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static struct miscdevice vhost_vsock_misc = {
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.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
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.minor = VHOST_VSOCK_MINOR,
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.name = "vhost-vsock",
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.name = "vhost-vsock",
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.fops = &vhost_vsock_fops,
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.fops = &vhost_vsock_fops,
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};
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};
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MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
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MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
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MODULE_AUTHOR("Asias He");
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MODULE_AUTHOR("Asias He");
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("vhost transport for vsock ");
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MODULE_DESCRIPTION("vhost transport for vsock ");
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MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(VHOST_VSOCK_MINOR);
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MODULE_ALIAS("devname:vhost-vsock");
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#define VHOST_NET_MINOR 238
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#define VHOST_NET_MINOR 238
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#define UHID_MINOR 239
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#define UHID_MINOR 239
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#define USERIO_MINOR 240
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#define USERIO_MINOR 240
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#define VHOST_VSOCK_MINOR 241
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#define MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR 255
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#define MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR 255
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struct device;
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struct device;
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