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char: misc: Does not request module for miscdevice with dynamic minor
authorZijun Hu <zijun.hu@oss.qualcomm.com>
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:34:17 +0000 (23:34 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:41:18 +0000 (12:41 +0200)
commit1ba0fb42aa6a5f072b1b8c0b0520b32ad4ef4b45
treebd1f774c7b65d7ace6996002cf2ab6d4e52336a1
parent52e2bb5ff089d65e2c7d982fe2826dc88e473d50
char: misc: Does not request module for miscdevice with dynamic minor

misc_open() may request module for miscdevice with dynamic minor, which
is meaningless since:

- The dynamic minor allocated is unknown in advance without registering
  miscdevice firstly.
- Macro MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV() is not applicable for dynamic minor.

Fix by only requesting module for miscdevice with fixed minor.

Acked-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Zijun Hu <zijun.hu@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250714-rfc_miscdev-v6-6-2ed949665bde@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/char/misc.c