• Stefan Hajnoczi's avatar
    vhost/vsock: use static minor number · f4660cc9
    Stefan Hajnoczi authored
    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: default avatarStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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