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Message-ID: <5415D1E0.3020905@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:35:28 +0200
From: Stephan Müller <fruktopus@...il.com>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Change userspace MKDEV, MAJOR, MINOR-macros from 8+8 bit,
to 12+20 bit layout
Delete old userspace-only versions (8+8 bit). Instead expose the kernel-space
definitions (12+20 bit).
Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <fruktopus@...il.com>
---
Browsing some code I found that user-space and kernel-space macros for (un-)packing major/minor device numbers differ. The user-space ones using still the old 16 bit scheme. There was no explaining comment around and most libraries have their own macros anyway so it should not be a problematic UAPI change. So IMHO we could win some coherence in abandon this discrepancy.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
include/linux/kdev_t.h | 7 -------
include/uapi/linux/kdev_t.h | 16 +++++++---------
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kdev_t.h b/include/linux/kdev_t.h
index c838abe..0b09c12 100644
--- a/include/linux/kdev_t.h
+++ b/include/linux/kdev_t.h
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@
#include <uapi/linux/kdev_t.h>
-#define MINORBITS 20
-#define MINORMASK ((1U << MINORBITS) - 1)
-
-#define MAJOR(dev) ((unsigned int) ((dev) >> MINORBITS))
-#define MINOR(dev) ((unsigned int) ((dev) & MINORMASK))
-#define MKDEV(ma,mi) (((ma) << MINORBITS) | (mi))
-
#define print_dev_t(buffer, dev) \
sprintf((buffer), "%u:%u\n", MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev))
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kdev_t.h b/include/uapi/linux/kdev_t.h
index 0d881fa..6a8356b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kdev_t.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kdev_t.h
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_KDEV_T_H
#define _UAPI_LINUX_KDEV_T_H
-#ifndef __KERNEL__
-/*
-Some programs want their definitions of MAJOR and MINOR and MKDEV
-from the kernel sources. These must be the externally visible ones.
-*/
-#define MAJOR(dev) ((dev)>>8)
-#define MINOR(dev) ((dev) & 0xff)
-#define MKDEV(ma,mi) ((ma)<<8 | (mi))
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+#define MINORBITS 20
+#define MINORMASK ((1U << MINORBITS) - 1)
+
+#define MAJOR(dev) ((unsigned int) ((dev) >> MINORBITS))
+#define MINOR(dev) ((unsigned int) ((dev) & MINORMASK))
+#define MKDEV(ma, mi) (((ma) << MINORBITS) | (mi))
+
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_KDEV_T_H */
--
1.9.3
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