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>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index 762b5fec3383..58751eae5f77 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #define VHOST_NET_MINOR		238
 #define UHID_MINOR		239
 #define USERIO_MINOR		240
+#define VHOST_VSOCK_MINOR	241
 #define MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR	255
 
 struct device;