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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
index 556615fe93de..155fdec9ac7d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -222,11 +222,13 @@ int video_register_device(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_register_device);
/**
- * video_register_device - register video4linux devices
+ * video_register_device_index - register video4linux devices
* @vfd: video device structure we want to register
* @type: type of device to register
* @nr: which device number (0 == /dev/video0, 1 == /dev/video1, ...
* -1 == first free)
+ * @index: stream number based on parent device;
+ * -1 if auto assign, requested number otherwise
*
* The registration code assigns minor numbers based on the type
* requested. -ENFILE is returned in all the device slots for this
@@ -255,6 +257,9 @@ int video_register_device_index(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr,
int ret;
char *name_base;
+ if (vfd == NULL)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
switch (type) {
case VFL_TYPE_GRABBER:
base = MINOR_VFL_TYPE_GRABBER_MIN;
@@ -279,7 +284,7 @@ int video_register_device_index(struct video_device *vfd, int type, int nr,
default:
printk(KERN_ERR "%s called with unknown type: %d\n",
__func__, type);
- return -1;
+ return -EINVAL;
}
/* pick a minor number */