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v5.9
  1// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  2/*
  3 * linux/drivers/char/misc.c
  4 *
  5 * Generic misc open routine by Johan Myreen
  6 *
  7 * Based on code from Linus
  8 *
  9 * Teemu Rantanen's Microsoft Busmouse support and Derrick Cole's
 10 *   changes incorporated into 0.97pl4
 11 *   by Peter Cervasio (pete%q106fm.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu) (08SEP92)
 12 *   See busmouse.c for particulars.
 13 *
 14 * Made things a lot mode modular - easy to compile in just one or two
 15 * of the misc drivers, as they are now completely independent. Linus.
 16 *
 17 * Support for loadable modules. 8-Sep-95 Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk>
 18 *
 19 * Fixed a failing symbol register to free the device registration
 20 *		Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> 21-Jan-96
 21 *
 22 * Dynamic minors and /proc/mice by Alessandro Rubini. 26-Mar-96
 23 *
 24 * Renamed to misc and miscdevice to be more accurate. Alan Cox 26-Mar-96
 25 *
 26 * Handling of mouse minor numbers for kerneld:
 27 *  Idea by Jacques Gelinas <jack@solucorp.qc.ca>,
 28 *  adapted by Bjorn Ekwall <bj0rn@blox.se>
 29 *  corrected by Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
 30 *
 31 * Changes for kmod (from kerneld):
 32 *	Cyrus Durgin <cider@speakeasy.org>
 33 *
 34 * Added devfs support. Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>  10-Jan-1998
 35 */
 36
 37#include <linux/module.h>
 38
 39#include <linux/fs.h>
 40#include <linux/errno.h>
 41#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 42#include <linux/kernel.h>
 43#include <linux/major.h>
 44#include <linux/mutex.h>
 45#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 46#include <linux/seq_file.h>
 47#include <linux/stat.h>
 48#include <linux/init.h>
 49#include <linux/device.h>
 50#include <linux/tty.h>
 51#include <linux/kmod.h>
 52#include <linux/gfp.h>
 53
 54/*
 55 * Head entry for the doubly linked miscdevice list
 56 */
 57static LIST_HEAD(misc_list);
 58static DEFINE_MUTEX(misc_mtx);
 59
 60/*
 61 * Assigned numbers, used for dynamic minors
 62 */
 63#define DYNAMIC_MINORS 64 /* like dynamic majors */
 64static DECLARE_BITMAP(misc_minors, DYNAMIC_MINORS);
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 65
 66#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 67static void *misc_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 68{
 69	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
 70	return seq_list_start(&misc_list, *pos);
 71}
 72
 73static void *misc_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 74{
 75	return seq_list_next(v, &misc_list, pos);
 76}
 77
 78static void misc_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 79{
 80	mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
 81}
 82
 83static int misc_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 84{
 85	const struct miscdevice *p = list_entry(v, struct miscdevice, list);
 86
 87	seq_printf(seq, "%3i %s\n", p->minor, p->name ? p->name : "");
 88	return 0;
 89}
 90
 91
 92static const struct seq_operations misc_seq_ops = {
 93	.start = misc_seq_start,
 94	.next  = misc_seq_next,
 95	.stop  = misc_seq_stop,
 96	.show  = misc_seq_show,
 97};
 98#endif
 99
100static int misc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
101{
102	int minor = iminor(inode);
103	struct miscdevice *c;
104	int err = -ENODEV;
105	const struct file_operations *new_fops = NULL;
106
107	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
108
109	list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
110		if (c->minor == minor) {
111			new_fops = fops_get(c->fops);
112			break;
113		}
 
114	}
115
116	if (!new_fops) {
117		mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
118		request_module("char-major-%d-%d", MISC_MAJOR, minor);
119		mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
120
121		list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
122			if (c->minor == minor) {
123				new_fops = fops_get(c->fops);
124				break;
125			}
 
126		}
127		if (!new_fops)
128			goto fail;
129	}
130
131	/*
132	 * Place the miscdevice in the file's
133	 * private_data so it can be used by the
134	 * file operations, including f_op->open below
135	 */
136	file->private_data = c;
137
138	err = 0;
139	replace_fops(file, new_fops);
140	if (file->f_op->open)
141		err = file->f_op->open(inode, file);
142fail:
143	mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
144	return err;
145}
146
147static struct class *misc_class;
148
149static const struct file_operations misc_fops = {
150	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
151	.open		= misc_open,
152	.llseek		= noop_llseek,
153};
154
155/**
156 *	misc_register	-	register a miscellaneous device
157 *	@misc: device structure
158 *
159 *	Register a miscellaneous device with the kernel. If the minor
160 *	number is set to %MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR a minor number is assigned
161 *	and placed in the minor field of the structure. For other cases
162 *	the minor number requested is used.
163 *
164 *	The structure passed is linked into the kernel and may not be
165 *	destroyed until it has been unregistered. By default, an open()
166 *	syscall to the device sets file->private_data to point to the
167 *	structure. Drivers don't need open in fops for this.
168 *
169 *	A zero is returned on success and a negative errno code for
170 *	failure.
171 */
172
173int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
174{
175	dev_t dev;
176	int err = 0;
177	bool is_dynamic = (misc->minor == MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR);
178
179	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&misc->list);
180
181	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
182
183	if (is_dynamic) {
184		int i = find_first_zero_bit(misc_minors, DYNAMIC_MINORS);
185
186		if (i >= DYNAMIC_MINORS) {
187			err = -EBUSY;
188			goto out;
189		}
190		misc->minor = DYNAMIC_MINORS - i - 1;
191		set_bit(i, misc_minors);
192	} else {
193		struct miscdevice *c;
194
195		list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
196			if (c->minor == misc->minor) {
197				err = -EBUSY;
198				goto out;
199			}
200		}
201	}
202
203	dev = MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor);
204
205	misc->this_device =
206		device_create_with_groups(misc_class, misc->parent, dev,
207					  misc, misc->groups, "%s", misc->name);
208	if (IS_ERR(misc->this_device)) {
209		if (is_dynamic) {
210			int i = DYNAMIC_MINORS - misc->minor - 1;
211
212			if (i < DYNAMIC_MINORS && i >= 0)
213				clear_bit(i, misc_minors);
214			misc->minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
215		}
216		err = PTR_ERR(misc->this_device);
217		goto out;
218	}
219
220	/*
221	 * Add it to the front, so that later devices can "override"
222	 * earlier defaults
223	 */
224	list_add(&misc->list, &misc_list);
225 out:
226	mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
227	return err;
228}
229EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_register);
230
231/**
232 *	misc_deregister - unregister a miscellaneous device
233 *	@misc: device to unregister
234 *
235 *	Unregister a miscellaneous device that was previously
236 *	successfully registered with misc_register().
237 */
238
239void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc)
240{
241	int i = DYNAMIC_MINORS - misc->minor - 1;
242
243	if (WARN_ON(list_empty(&misc->list)))
244		return;
245
246	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
247	list_del(&misc->list);
248	device_destroy(misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor));
249	if (i < DYNAMIC_MINORS && i >= 0)
250		clear_bit(i, misc_minors);
251	mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
252}
253EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_deregister);
254
255static char *misc_devnode(struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
256{
257	struct miscdevice *c = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
258
259	if (mode && c->mode)
260		*mode = c->mode;
261	if (c->nodename)
262		return kstrdup(c->nodename, GFP_KERNEL);
263	return NULL;
264}
265
266static int __init misc_init(void)
267{
268	int err;
269	struct proc_dir_entry *ret;
270
271	ret = proc_create_seq("misc", 0, NULL, &misc_seq_ops);
272	misc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "misc");
273	err = PTR_ERR(misc_class);
274	if (IS_ERR(misc_class))
275		goto fail_remove;
276
277	err = -EIO;
278	if (register_chrdev(MISC_MAJOR, "misc", &misc_fops))
279		goto fail_printk;
280	misc_class->devnode = misc_devnode;
281	return 0;
282
283fail_printk:
284	pr_err("unable to get major %d for misc devices\n", MISC_MAJOR);
285	class_destroy(misc_class);
286fail_remove:
287	if (ret)
288		remove_proc_entry("misc", NULL);
289	return err;
290}
291subsys_initcall(misc_init);
v6.2
  1// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  2/*
  3 * linux/drivers/char/misc.c
  4 *
  5 * Generic misc open routine by Johan Myreen
  6 *
  7 * Based on code from Linus
  8 *
  9 * Teemu Rantanen's Microsoft Busmouse support and Derrick Cole's
 10 *   changes incorporated into 0.97pl4
 11 *   by Peter Cervasio (pete%q106fm.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu) (08SEP92)
 12 *   See busmouse.c for particulars.
 13 *
 14 * Made things a lot mode modular - easy to compile in just one or two
 15 * of the misc drivers, as they are now completely independent. Linus.
 16 *
 17 * Support for loadable modules. 8-Sep-95 Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk>
 18 *
 19 * Fixed a failing symbol register to free the device registration
 20 *		Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> 21-Jan-96
 21 *
 22 * Dynamic minors and /proc/mice by Alessandro Rubini. 26-Mar-96
 23 *
 24 * Renamed to misc and miscdevice to be more accurate. Alan Cox 26-Mar-96
 25 *
 26 * Handling of mouse minor numbers for kerneld:
 27 *  Idea by Jacques Gelinas <jack@solucorp.qc.ca>,
 28 *  adapted by Bjorn Ekwall <bj0rn@blox.se>
 29 *  corrected by Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
 30 *
 31 * Changes for kmod (from kerneld):
 32 *	Cyrus Durgin <cider@speakeasy.org>
 33 *
 34 * Added devfs support. Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>  10-Jan-1998
 35 */
 36
 37#include <linux/module.h>
 38
 39#include <linux/fs.h>
 40#include <linux/errno.h>
 41#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 42#include <linux/kernel.h>
 43#include <linux/major.h>
 44#include <linux/mutex.h>
 45#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 46#include <linux/seq_file.h>
 47#include <linux/stat.h>
 48#include <linux/init.h>
 49#include <linux/device.h>
 50#include <linux/tty.h>
 51#include <linux/kmod.h>
 52#include <linux/gfp.h>
 53
 54/*
 55 * Head entry for the doubly linked miscdevice list
 56 */
 57static LIST_HEAD(misc_list);
 58static DEFINE_MUTEX(misc_mtx);
 59
 60/*
 61 * Assigned numbers, used for dynamic minors
 62 */
 63#define DYNAMIC_MINORS 128 /* like dynamic majors */
 64static DEFINE_IDA(misc_minors_ida);
 65
 66static int misc_minor_alloc(void)
 67{
 68	int ret;
 69
 70	ret = ida_alloc_max(&misc_minors_ida, DYNAMIC_MINORS - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 71	if (ret >= 0) {
 72		ret = DYNAMIC_MINORS - ret - 1;
 73	} else {
 74		ret = ida_alloc_range(&misc_minors_ida, MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR + 1,
 75				      MINORMASK, GFP_KERNEL);
 76	}
 77	return ret;
 78}
 79
 80static void misc_minor_free(int minor)
 81{
 82	if (minor < DYNAMIC_MINORS)
 83		ida_free(&misc_minors_ida, DYNAMIC_MINORS - minor - 1);
 84	else if (minor > MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR)
 85		ida_free(&misc_minors_ida, minor);
 86}
 87
 88#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 89static void *misc_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 90{
 91	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
 92	return seq_list_start(&misc_list, *pos);
 93}
 94
 95static void *misc_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 96{
 97	return seq_list_next(v, &misc_list, pos);
 98}
 99
100static void misc_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
101{
102	mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
103}
104
105static int misc_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
106{
107	const struct miscdevice *p = list_entry(v, struct miscdevice, list);
108
109	seq_printf(seq, "%3i %s\n", p->minor, p->name ? p->name : "");
110	return 0;
111}
112
113
114static const struct seq_operations misc_seq_ops = {
115	.start = misc_seq_start,
116	.next  = misc_seq_next,
117	.stop  = misc_seq_stop,
118	.show  = misc_seq_show,
119};
120#endif
121
122static int misc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
123{
124	int minor = iminor(inode);
125	struct miscdevice *c = NULL, *iter;
126	int err = -ENODEV;
127	const struct file_operations *new_fops = NULL;
128
129	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
130
131	list_for_each_entry(iter, &misc_list, list) {
132		if (iter->minor != minor)
133			continue;
134		c = iter;
135		new_fops = fops_get(iter->fops);
136		break;
137	}
138
139	if (!new_fops) {
140		mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
141		request_module("char-major-%d-%d", MISC_MAJOR, minor);
142		mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
143
144		list_for_each_entry(iter, &misc_list, list) {
145			if (iter->minor != minor)
146				continue;
147			c = iter;
148			new_fops = fops_get(iter->fops);
149			break;
150		}
151		if (!new_fops)
152			goto fail;
153	}
154
155	/*
156	 * Place the miscdevice in the file's
157	 * private_data so it can be used by the
158	 * file operations, including f_op->open below
159	 */
160	file->private_data = c;
161
162	err = 0;
163	replace_fops(file, new_fops);
164	if (file->f_op->open)
165		err = file->f_op->open(inode, file);
166fail:
167	mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
168	return err;
169}
170
171static struct class *misc_class;
172
173static const struct file_operations misc_fops = {
174	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
175	.open		= misc_open,
176	.llseek		= noop_llseek,
177};
178
179/**
180 *	misc_register	-	register a miscellaneous device
181 *	@misc: device structure
182 *
183 *	Register a miscellaneous device with the kernel. If the minor
184 *	number is set to %MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR a minor number is assigned
185 *	and placed in the minor field of the structure. For other cases
186 *	the minor number requested is used.
187 *
188 *	The structure passed is linked into the kernel and may not be
189 *	destroyed until it has been unregistered. By default, an open()
190 *	syscall to the device sets file->private_data to point to the
191 *	structure. Drivers don't need open in fops for this.
192 *
193 *	A zero is returned on success and a negative errno code for
194 *	failure.
195 */
196
197int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
198{
199	dev_t dev;
200	int err = 0;
201	bool is_dynamic = (misc->minor == MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR);
202
203	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&misc->list);
204
205	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
206
207	if (is_dynamic) {
208		int i = misc_minor_alloc();
209
210		if (i < 0) {
211			err = -EBUSY;
212			goto out;
213		}
214		misc->minor = i;
 
215	} else {
216		struct miscdevice *c;
217
218		list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
219			if (c->minor == misc->minor) {
220				err = -EBUSY;
221				goto out;
222			}
223		}
224	}
225
226	dev = MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor);
227
228	misc->this_device =
229		device_create_with_groups(misc_class, misc->parent, dev,
230					  misc, misc->groups, "%s", misc->name);
231	if (IS_ERR(misc->this_device)) {
232		if (is_dynamic) {
233			misc_minor_free(misc->minor);
 
 
 
234			misc->minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
235		}
236		err = PTR_ERR(misc->this_device);
237		goto out;
238	}
239
240	/*
241	 * Add it to the front, so that later devices can "override"
242	 * earlier defaults
243	 */
244	list_add(&misc->list, &misc_list);
245 out:
246	mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
247	return err;
248}
249EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_register);
250
251/**
252 *	misc_deregister - unregister a miscellaneous device
253 *	@misc: device to unregister
254 *
255 *	Unregister a miscellaneous device that was previously
256 *	successfully registered with misc_register().
257 */
258
259void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc)
260{
 
 
261	if (WARN_ON(list_empty(&misc->list)))
262		return;
263
264	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
265	list_del(&misc->list);
266	device_destroy(misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor));
267	misc_minor_free(misc->minor);
 
268	mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
269}
270EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_deregister);
271
272static char *misc_devnode(const struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
273{
274	const struct miscdevice *c = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
275
276	if (mode && c->mode)
277		*mode = c->mode;
278	if (c->nodename)
279		return kstrdup(c->nodename, GFP_KERNEL);
280	return NULL;
281}
282
283static int __init misc_init(void)
284{
285	int err;
286	struct proc_dir_entry *ret;
287
288	ret = proc_create_seq("misc", 0, NULL, &misc_seq_ops);
289	misc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "misc");
290	err = PTR_ERR(misc_class);
291	if (IS_ERR(misc_class))
292		goto fail_remove;
293
294	err = -EIO;
295	if (register_chrdev(MISC_MAJOR, "misc", &misc_fops))
296		goto fail_printk;
297	misc_class->devnode = misc_devnode;
298	return 0;
299
300fail_printk:
301	pr_err("unable to get major %d for misc devices\n", MISC_MAJOR);
302	class_destroy(misc_class);
303fail_remove:
304	if (ret)
305		remove_proc_entry("misc", NULL);
306	return err;
307}
308subsys_initcall(misc_init);