rfkill: allocate static minor
authorMarcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Thu, 24 Oct 2019 17:40:42 +0000 (19:40 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:35:38 +0000 (16:35 +0100)
commitb5421330144aad3388b6268a621619f21800d162
tree89f630be0008ebd264a88d4e00f8f8deab54a46e
parentf8aae26fa638c6bc2ef08a536028d6d29f14a66e
rfkill: allocate static minor

[ Upstream commit 8670b2b8b029a6650d133486be9d2ace146fd29a ]

udev has a feature of creating /dev/<node> device-nodes if it finds
a devnode:<node> modalias. This allows for auto-loading of modules that
provide the node. This requires to use a statically allocated minor
number for misc character devices.

However, rfkill uses dynamic minor numbers and prevents auto-loading
of the module. So allocate the next static misc minor number and use
it for rfkill.

Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191024174042.19851-1-marcel@holtmann.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
include/linux/miscdevice.h
net/rfkill/core.c