[PATCH] mm/hmm: fix major device driver exhaustion (dumb cut and paste mistake)

[JÃrÃme Glisse]

This is likely the result of some cut and paste gone wrong.

Signed-off-by: Jéme Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/hmm.c | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index 28e54e3..6d1705a 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -1206,18 +1206,11 @@ static void hmm_device_release(struct device *device)
 struct hmm_device *hmm_device_new(void *drvdata)
 {
 	struct hmm_device *hmm_device;
-	int ret;
 
 	hmm_device = kzalloc(sizeof(*hmm_device), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!hmm_device)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&hmm_device->device.devt, 0, 1, "hmm_device");
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		kfree(hmm_device);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	spin_lock(&hmm_device_lock);
 	hmm_device->minor = find_first_zero_bit(hmm_device_mask, HMM_DEVICE_MAX);
 	if (hmm_device->minor >= HMM_DEVICE_MAX) {
-- 
2.9.4


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