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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/misc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/misc.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c index ffa97d261cf3..5bb3a2109ab7 100644 --- a/drivers/char/misc.c +++ b/drivers/char/misc.c @@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ static const struct file_operations misc_fops = { * the minor number requested is used. * * The structure passed is linked into the kernel and may not be - * destroyed until it has been unregistered. + * destroyed until it has been unregistered. By default, an open() + * syscall to the device sets file->private_data to point to the + * structure. Drivers don't need open in fops for this. * * A zero is returned on success and a negative errno code for * failure. @@ -205,8 +207,9 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc) dev = MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor); - misc->this_device = device_create(misc_class, misc->parent, dev, - misc, "%s", misc->name); + misc->this_device = + 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) |
