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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/misc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/misc.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c index 522136d40843..190d4423653f 100644 --- a/drivers/char/misc.c +++ b/drivers/char/misc.c @@ -183,19 +183,12 @@ static const struct file_operations misc_fops = { int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc) { - struct miscdevice *c; dev_t dev; int err = 0; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&misc->list); mutex_lock(&misc_mtx); - list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) { - if (c->minor == misc->minor) { - mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx); - return -EBUSY; - } - } if (misc->minor == MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR) { int i = find_first_zero_bit(misc_minors, DYNAMIC_MINORS); @@ -205,6 +198,15 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc) } misc->minor = DYNAMIC_MINORS - i - 1; set_bit(i, misc_minors); + } else { + struct miscdevice *c; + + list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) { + if (c->minor == misc->minor) { + mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx); + return -EBUSY; + } + } } dev = MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor); |