Re: [PATCH 1/2] char_dev: Fix off-by-one bugs in find_dynamic_major()

From: Logan Gunthorpe
Date: Tue Feb 06 2018 - 12:15:07 EST


Thanks!

On 05/02/18 07:25 PM, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
From: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

CHRDEV_MAJOR_DYN_END and CHRDEV_MAJOR_DYN_EXT_END are valid major
numbers. So fix the loop iteration to include them in the search for
free major numbers.

While at it, also remove a redundant if condition ("cd->major != i"),
as it will never be true.

Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


Logan