When cdev_add is called after device_add has been called there is no
way for the userspace to know about the addition of a cdev as cdev_add
itself doesn't trigger a uevent notification, or for the kernel to
know about the change to devt. This results in two problems:
- mknod is never called for the cdev and hence no cdev appears on
devtmpfs.
- sysfs links to the new cdev are not established.
The cdev needs to be added and devt assigned before device_add() is
called in order for the relevant sysfs and devtmpfs entries to be
created and the uevent to be properly populated.
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@codeaurora.org>
Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1623723671-5517-2-git-send-email-sidgup@codeaurora.org
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
int ret;
+ /* add char device for this remoteproc */
+ ret = rproc_char_device_add(rproc);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
ret = device_add(dev);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
/* create debugfs entries */
rproc_create_debug_dir(rproc);
- /* add char device for this remoteproc */
- ret = rproc_char_device_add(rproc);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
-
/* if rproc is marked always-on, request it to boot */
if (rproc->auto_boot) {
ret = rproc_trigger_auto_boot(rproc);