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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/misc.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c index a4d3674e3277..fdb0f9b3fe45 100644 --- a/drivers/char/misc.c +++ b/drivers/char/misc.c @@ -186,12 +186,13 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc) { dev_t dev; int err = 0; + bool is_dynamic = (misc->minor == MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&misc->list); mutex_lock(&misc_mtx); - if (misc->minor == MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR) { + if (is_dynamic) { int i = find_first_zero_bit(misc_minors, DYNAMIC_MINORS); if (i >= DYNAMIC_MINORS) { err = -EBUSY; @@ -216,9 +217,13 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc) device_create_with_groups(misc_class, misc->parent, dev, misc, misc->groups, "%s", misc->name); if (IS_ERR(misc->this_device)) { - int i = DYNAMIC_MINORS - misc->minor - 1; - if (i < DYNAMIC_MINORS && i >= 0) - clear_bit(i, misc_minors); + if (is_dynamic) { + int i = DYNAMIC_MINORS - misc->minor - 1; + + if (i < DYNAMIC_MINORS && i >= 0) + clear_bit(i, misc_minors); + misc->minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR; + } err = PTR_ERR(misc->this_device); goto out; } |