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| author | Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha@redhat.com> | 2010-08-12 04:14:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2010-08-12 04:14:05 +0100 |
| commit | 7e507eb6432afdd798d4c6dccf949b8c43ef151c (patch) | |
| tree | a9c91e310bfd8e26c326f094eade79f5baf1ee25 | |
| parent | 57cba5d3658d9fdc019c6af14a2d80aefa651e56 (diff) | |
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dm: allow autoloading of dm mod
Add devname:mapper/control and MAPPER_CTRL_MINOR module alias
to support dm-mod module autoloading.
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devices.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/dm-ioctl.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/miscdevice.h | 1 |
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt index f2da781705b2..d0d1df6cb5de 100644 --- a/Documentation/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt @@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 233 = /dev/kmview View-OS A process with a view 234 = /dev/btrfs-control Btrfs control device 235 = /dev/autofs Autofs control device + 236 = /dev/mapper/control Device-Mapper control device 240-254 Reserved for local use 255 Reserved for MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c index 4d4ced8e4307..3e39193e5036 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c @@ -1599,12 +1599,15 @@ static const struct file_operations _ctl_fops = { }; static struct miscdevice _dm_misc = { - .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR, + .minor = MAPPER_CTRL_MINOR, .name = DM_NAME, - .nodename = "mapper/control", + .nodename = DM_DIR "/" DM_CONTROL_NODE, .fops = &_ctl_fops }; +MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(MAPPER_CTRL_MINOR); +MODULE_ALIAS("devname:" DM_DIR "/" DM_CONTROL_NODE); + /* * Create misc character device and link to DM_DIR/control. */ diff --git a/include/linux/dm-ioctl.h b/include/linux/dm-ioctl.h index 43b2de17449b..49eab360d5d4 100644 --- a/include/linux/dm-ioctl.h +++ b/include/linux/dm-ioctl.h @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #include <linux/types.h> #define DM_DIR "mapper" /* Slashes not supported */ +#define DM_CONTROL_NODE "control" #define DM_MAX_TYPE_NAME 16 #define DM_NAME_LEN 128 #define DM_UUID_LEN 129 diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h index f6c9b7dcb9fd..bafffc737903 100644 --- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ #define KVM_MINOR 232 #define BTRFS_MINOR 234 #define AUTOFS_MINOR 235 +#define MAPPER_CTRL_MINOR 236 #define MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR 255 struct device; |