linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vhost/vsock: use static minor number

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Date:   Wed, 10 May 2017 10:01:36 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        device@...ana.org, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost/vsock: use static minor number

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Note that the "reserved for local use" range in
> Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt is incorrect.  The userio driver
> already occupies part of that range.  I've updated the documentation
> accordingly.
...
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
> index c9cea2e..5fe3480 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
> @@ -369,8 +369,9 @@
>                 237 = /dev/loop-control Loopback control device
>                 238 = /dev/vhost-net    Host kernel accelerator for virtio net
>                 239 = /dev/uhid         User-space I/O driver support for HID subsystem
> +               241 = /dev/vhost-vsock  Host kernel driver for virtio vsock

It seems like you intended to add the 240 documentation here as well but
then sent the patch without it.

       Arnd