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drivers/char/misc.c: clear allocation bit in minor bitmap when device register fails
authorThadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@holoscopio.com>
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:00:30 +0000 (18:00 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:53:27 +0000 (08:53 -0800)
commita1698c975829022a8ebde516eca785b336cdcb20
tree9db3390a593c0335f6944fd094c8fd8f52455be8
parent3037ce5caff755aac552006c3ce1a21cd591b54c
drivers/char/misc.c: clear allocation bit in minor bitmap when device register fails

If there's a failure creating the device (because there's already one with
the same name, for example), the current implementation does not clear the
bit for the allocated minor and that number is lost for future
allocations.

Second, the test currently in misc_deregister is broken, since it does not
test for the 0 minor.

Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@holoscopio.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/char/misc.c