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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:09:42 +0000 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, device@...ana.org, rubini@...ion.unipv.it, gregkh@...e.de, cluster-devel@...hat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] misc: use a proper range for minor number dynamic allocation > We could consider buggy the caller which asks for the same device name > more than once, without unregistering the first device. But better safe If they ask for the same name we certainly should. Probably we should error that request and use WARN_ON() to shame the offender in kerneloops.org. > than sorry: we should protect the correct drivers from the buggy ones > and avoid a depletion of the minor numbers. And, in case the driver core > returns another error for another reason (from device_create), we do the > right thing. Agreed we need to protect the working drivers. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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