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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c28
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index dda466f9181a..d5accc10a110 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ static LIST_HEAD(misc_list);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(misc_mtx);
/*
- * Assigned numbers, used for dynamic minors
+ * Assigned numbers.
*/
-#define DYNAMIC_MINORS 128 /* like dynamic majors */
static DEFINE_IDA(misc_minors_ida);
static int misc_minor_alloc(int minor)
@@ -69,34 +68,17 @@ static int misc_minor_alloc(int minor)
if (minor == MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR) {
/* allocate free id */
- ret = ida_alloc_max(&misc_minors_ida, DYNAMIC_MINORS - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (ret >= 0) {
- ret = DYNAMIC_MINORS - ret - 1;
- } else {
- ret = ida_alloc_range(&misc_minors_ida, MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR + 1,
- MINORMASK, GFP_KERNEL);
- }
+ ret = ida_alloc_range(&misc_minors_ida, MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR + 1,
+ MINORMASK, GFP_KERNEL);
} else {
- /* specific minor, check if it is in dynamic or misc dynamic range */
- if (minor < DYNAMIC_MINORS) {
- minor = DYNAMIC_MINORS - minor - 1;
- ret = ida_alloc_range(&misc_minors_ida, minor, minor, GFP_KERNEL);
- } else if (minor > MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR) {
- ret = ida_alloc_range(&misc_minors_ida, minor, minor, GFP_KERNEL);
- } else {
- /* case of non-dynamic minors, no need to allocate id */
- ret = 0;
- }
+ ret = ida_alloc_range(&misc_minors_ida, minor, minor, GFP_KERNEL);
}
return ret;
}
static void misc_minor_free(int minor)
{
- if (minor < DYNAMIC_MINORS)
- ida_free(&misc_minors_ida, DYNAMIC_MINORS - minor - 1);
- else if (minor > MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR)
- ida_free(&misc_minors_ida, minor);
+ ida_free(&misc_minors_ida, minor);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS