linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix name of Xen event-channel device

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Date:	Thu, 27 May 2010 20:50:39 +0400
From:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
To:	Bastian Blank <waldi@...ian.org>, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix name of Xen event-channel device

Bastian Blank wrote:
> The Xen event-channel device is named evtchn in the kernel but always
> used as /dev/xen/evtchn in userspace. This patch fixes the name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bastian Blank <waldi@...ian.org>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/evtchn.c b/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
> index 66e185c..89cd743 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/evtchn.c
> @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static const struct file_operations evtchn_fops = {
>  
>  static struct miscdevice evtchn_miscdev = {
>  	.minor        = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
> -	.name         = "evtchn",
> +	.name         = "xen/evtchn",

Um.  Will existing userspace - esp. udev rules - continue
to work after this change?  Also, how about other xen-related
devices which are moved to /dev/xen in that same udev rules?

Thanks!

/mjt
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