linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/23] reimplement alloc_chrdev_region with register_chrdev

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Message-Id: <1305840792-25877-3-git-send-email-jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 May 2011 15:33:05 -0600
From:	Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 02/23] reimplement alloc_chrdev_region with register_chrdev_ids


Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
---
 fs/char_dev.c |    8 ++------
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index 9149b7c..c1bbb9c 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -234,12 +234,8 @@ int __deprecated
 alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t *dev, unsigned baseminor, unsigned count,
 		    const char *name)
 {
-	struct char_device_struct *cd;
-	cd = __register_chrdev_region(0, baseminor, count, name);
-	if (IS_ERR(cd))
-		return PTR_ERR(cd);
-	*dev = MKDEV(cd->major, cd->baseminor);
-	return 0;
+	*dev = MKDEV(0, baseminor);
+	return register_chrdev_ids(dev, count, name);
 }
 
 /**
-- 
1.7.4.4

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