[PATCH] add sysfs misc class [4/5]

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Dec 23 2003 - 16:34:22 EST


Add sysfs misc class support, and fix bug where misc_init() was being
called to late in the boot process.

diff -Nru a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c Tue Dec 23 12:53:35 2003
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c Tue Dec 23 12:53:35 2003
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
#include <linux/stat.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
-
+#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/tty.h>
#include <linux/kmod.h>

@@ -180,6 +180,15 @@
return err;
}

+/*
+ * TODO for 2.7:
+ * - add a struct class_device to struct miscdevice and make all usages of
+ * them dynamic.
+ */
+static struct class misc_class = {
+ .name = "misc",
+};
+
static struct file_operations misc_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = misc_open,
@@ -234,6 +243,8 @@
"misc/%s", misc->name);
}

+ simple_add_class_device(&misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor),
+ misc->dev, misc->name);
devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor),
S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP, misc->devfs_name);

@@ -265,6 +276,7 @@

down(&misc_sem);
list_del(&misc->list);
+ simple_remove_class_device(MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor));
devfs_remove(misc->devfs_name);
if (i < DYNAMIC_MINORS && i>0) {
misc_minors[i>>3] &= ~(1 << (misc->minor & 7));
@@ -285,6 +297,7 @@
if (ent)
ent->proc_fops = &misc_proc_fops;
#endif
+ class_register(&misc_class);
#ifdef CONFIG_MVME16x
rtc_MK48T08_init();
#endif
@@ -319,4 +332,4 @@
}
return 0;
}
-module_init(misc_init);
+subsys_initcall(misc_init);
diff -Nru a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h Tue Dec 23 12:53:25 2003
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h Tue Dec 23 12:53:25 2003
@@ -36,12 +36,15 @@

#define TUN_MINOR 200

+struct device;
+
struct miscdevice
{
int minor;
const char *name;
struct file_operations *fops;
struct list_head list;
+ struct device *dev;
char devfs_name[64];
};

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