Hi,
This patch removes Andries dev patch, which was unfortunately merged.
It doesn't really help to manage a large number of character devices
and I still don't know what this patch is good for.
bye, Roman
diff -pur -X /home/devel/roman/nodiff linux-2.5.66/drivers/char/tty_io.c linux-2.5.66-cdev1/drivers/char/tty_io.c
--- linux-2.5.66/drivers/char/tty_io.c 2003-03-25 10:46:27.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.66-cdev1/drivers/char/tty_io.c 2003-03-25 11:02:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -2118,8 +2118,7 @@ int tty_register_driver(struct tty_drive
if (driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_INSTALLED)
return 0;
- error = register_chrdev_region(driver->major, driver->minor_start,
- driver->num, driver->name, &tty_fops);
+ error = register_chrdev(driver->major, driver->name, &tty_fops);
if (error < 0)
return error;
else if(driver->major == 0)
diff -pur -X /home/devel/roman/nodiff linux-2.5.66/fs/char_dev.c linux-2.5.66-cdev1/fs/char_dev.c
--- linux-2.5.66/fs/char_dev.c 2003-03-25 10:47:05.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.66-cdev1/fs/char_dev.c 2003-03-25 11:02:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -19,183 +19,122 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
#include <linux/kmod.h>
+#include <linux/tty.h>
+
+/* serial module kmod load support */
+struct tty_driver *get_tty_driver(kdev_t device);
+#define is_a_tty_dev(ma) (ma == TTY_MAJOR || ma == TTYAUX_MAJOR)
+#define need_serial(ma,mi) (get_tty_driver(mk_kdev(ma,mi)) == NULL)
#endif
-#define MAX_PROBE_HASH 255 /* random */
+struct device_struct {
+ const char * name;
+ struct file_operations * fops;
+};
static rwlock_t chrdevs_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static struct device_struct chrdevs[MAX_CHRDEV];
-static struct char_device_struct {
- struct char_device_struct *next;
- unsigned int major;
- unsigned int baseminor;
- int minorct;
- const char *name;
- struct file_operations *fops;
-} *chrdevs[MAX_PROBE_HASH];
-
-/* index in the above */
-static inline int major_to_index(int major)
-{
- return major % MAX_PROBE_HASH;
-}
-
-/* get char device names in somewhat random order */
int get_chrdev_list(char *page)
{
- struct char_device_struct *cd;
- int i, len;
+ int i;
+ int len;
len = sprintf(page, "Character devices:\n");
-
read_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(chrdevs) ; i++) {
- for (cd = chrdevs[i]; cd; cd = cd->next)
+ for (i = 0; i < MAX_CHRDEV ; i++) {
+ if (chrdevs[i].fops) {
len += sprintf(page+len, "%3d %s\n",
- cd->major, cd->name);
- }
- read_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
-
- return len;
-}
-
-/*
- * Return the function table of a device, if present.
- * Increment the reference count of module in question.
- */
-static struct file_operations *
-lookup_chrfops(unsigned int major, unsigned int minor)
-{
- struct char_device_struct *cd;
- struct file_operations *ret = NULL;
- int i;
-
- i = major_to_index(major);
-
- read_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
- for (cd = chrdevs[i]; cd; cd = cd->next) {
- if (major == cd->major &&
- minor - cd->baseminor < cd->minorct) {
- ret = fops_get(cd->fops);
- break;
+ i, chrdevs[i].name);
}
}
read_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
-
- return ret;
+ return len;
}
/*
- * Return the function table of a device, if present.
- * Load the driver if needed.
- * Increment the reference count of module in question.
+ * Return the function table of a device.
+ * Load the driver if needed.
+ * Increment the reference count of module in question.
*/
static struct file_operations *
get_chrfops(unsigned int major, unsigned int minor)
{
- struct file_operations *ret = NULL;
+ struct file_operations *ret;
- if (!major)
+ if (!major || major >= MAX_CHRDEV)
return NULL;
- ret = lookup_chrfops(major, minor);
-
+ read_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
+ ret = fops_get(chrdevs[major].fops);
+ read_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
+ if (ret && is_a_tty_dev(major)) {
+ lock_kernel();
+ if (need_serial(major,minor)) {
+ /* Force request_module anyway, but what for? */
+ /* The reason is that we may have a driver for
+ /dev/tty1 already, but need one for /dev/ttyS1. */
+ fops_put(ret);
+ ret = NULL;
+ }
+ unlock_kernel();
+ }
if (!ret) {
- char name[32];
+ char name[20];
sprintf(name, "char-major-%d", major);
request_module(name);
read_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
- ret = lookup_chrfops(major, minor);
+ ret = fops_get(chrdevs[major].fops);
read_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
}
#endif
return ret;
}
-/*
- * Register a single major with a specified minor range
- */
-int register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
- int minorct, const char *name,
- struct file_operations *fops)
+int register_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name,
+ struct file_operations *fops)
{
- struct char_device_struct *cd, **cp;
- int ret = 0;
- int i;
-
- /* temporary */
if (major == 0) {
- read_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
- for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(chrdevs)-1; i > 0; i--)
- if (chrdevs[i] == NULL)
- break;
- read_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
-
- if (i == 0)
- return -EBUSY;
- ret = major = i;
- }
-
- cd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct char_device_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (cd == NULL)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- cd->major = major;
- cd->baseminor = baseminor;
- cd->minorct = minorct;
- cd->name = name;
- cd->fops = fops;
-
- i = major_to_index(major);
-
+ write_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
+ for (major = MAX_CHRDEV-1; major > 0; major--) {
+ if (chrdevs[major].fops == NULL) {
+ chrdevs[major].name = name;
+ chrdevs[major].fops = fops;
+ write_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
+ return major;
+ }
+ }
+ write_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+ if (major >= MAX_CHRDEV)
+ return -EINVAL;
write_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
- for (cp = &chrdevs[i]; *cp; cp = &(*cp)->next)
- if ((*cp)->major > major ||
- ((*cp)->major == major && (*cp)->baseminor >= baseminor))
- break;
- if (*cp && (*cp)->major == major &&
- (*cp)->baseminor < baseminor + minorct) {
- ret = -EBUSY;
- } else {
- cd->next = *cp;
- *cp = cd;
+ if (chrdevs[major].fops && chrdevs[major].fops != fops) {
+ write_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
+ return -EBUSY;
}
+ chrdevs[major].name = name;
+ chrdevs[major].fops = fops;
write_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
-
- return ret;
+ return 0;
}
-int register_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name,
- struct file_operations *fops)
-{
- return register_chrdev_region(major, 0, 256, name, fops);
-}
-
-/* todo: make void - error printk here */
int unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char * name)
{
- struct char_device_struct *cd, **cp;
- int ret = 0;
- int i;
-
- i = major_to_index(major);
-
+ if (major >= MAX_CHRDEV)
+ return -EINVAL;
write_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
- for (cp = &chrdevs[i]; *cp; cp = &(*cp)->next)
- if ((*cp)->major == major)
- break;
- if (!*cp || strcmp((*cp)->name, name))
- ret = -EINVAL;
- else {
- cd = *cp;
- *cp = cd->next;
- kfree(cd);
+ if (!chrdevs[major].fops || strcmp(chrdevs[major].name, name)) {
+ write_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
+ return -EINVAL;
}
+ chrdevs[major].name = NULL;
+ chrdevs[major].fops = NULL;
write_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
-
- return ret;
+ return 0;
}
/*
@@ -229,20 +168,10 @@ struct file_operations def_chr_fops = {
const char *cdevname(kdev_t dev)
{
static char buffer[40];
- const char *name = "unknown-char";
- unsigned int major = major(dev);
- unsigned int minor = minor(dev);
- int i = major_to_index(major);
- struct char_device_struct *cd;
-
- read_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
- for (cd = chrdevs[i]; cd; cd = cd->next)
- if (cd->major == major)
- break;
- if (cd)
- name = cd->name;
- sprintf(buffer, "%s(%d,%d)", name, major, minor);
- read_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
+ const char * name = chrdevs[major(dev)].name;
+ if (!name)
+ name = "unknown-char";
+ sprintf(buffer, "%s(%d,%d)", name, major(dev), minor(dev));
return buffer;
}
diff -pur -X /home/devel/roman/nodiff linux-2.5.66/fs/inode.c linux-2.5.66-cdev1/fs/inode.c
--- linux-2.5.66/fs/inode.c 2003-03-25 10:47:05.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.66-cdev1/fs/inode.c 2003-03-25 11:02:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static struct inode *alloc_inode(struct
mapping->assoc_mapping = NULL;
mapping->backing_dev_info = &default_backing_dev_info;
if (sb->s_bdev)
- mapping->backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
+ inode->i_data.backing_dev_info = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
memset(&inode->u, 0, sizeof(inode->u));
inode->i_mapping = mapping;
}
diff -pur -X /home/devel/roman/nodiff linux-2.5.66/include/linux/fs.h linux-2.5.66-cdev1/include/linux/fs.h
--- linux-2.5.66/include/linux/fs.h 2003-03-25 10:48:20.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.66-cdev1/include/linux/fs.h 2003-03-25 11:02:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -1055,10 +1055,7 @@ extern void bd_release(struct block_devi
extern void blk_run_queues(void);
/* fs/char_dev.c */
-extern int register_chrdev_region(unsigned int, unsigned int, int,
- const char *, struct file_operations *);
-extern int register_chrdev(unsigned int, const char *,
- struct file_operations *);
+extern int register_chrdev(unsigned int, const char *, struct file_operations *);
extern int unregister_chrdev(unsigned int, const char *);
extern int chrdev_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
diff -pur -X /home/devel/roman/nodiff linux-2.5.66/include/linux/major.h linux-2.5.66-cdev1/include/linux/major.h
--- linux-2.5.66/include/linux/major.h 2003-03-25 10:48:21.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.66-cdev1/include/linux/major.h 2003-03-25 11:02:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@
#define IBM_FS3270_MAJOR 228
/*
+ * Important: Don't change this to 256. Major number 255 is and must be
+ * reserved for future expansion into a larger dev_t space.
+ */
+#define MAX_CHRDEV 255
+#define MAX_BLKDEV 255
+
+/*
* Tests for SCSI devices.
*/
-
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