vhost/vsock: use static minor number
Vhost-vsock is a software device so there is no probe call that causes
the driver to register its misc char device node. This creates a
chicken and egg problem: userspace applications must open
/dev/vhost-vsock to use the driver but the file doesn't exist until the
kernel module has been loaded.
Use the devname modalias mechanism so that /dev/vhost-vsock is created
at boot. The vhost_vsock kernel module is automatically loaded when the
first application opens /dev/host-vsock.
Note that the "reserved for local use" range in
Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt is incorrect. The userio driver
already occupies part of that range. I've updated the documentation
accordingly.
Cc: device@lanana.org
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index 762b5fe..58751ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
#define VHOST_NET_MINOR 238
#define UHID_MINOR 239
#define USERIO_MINOR 240
+#define VHOST_VSOCK_MINOR 241
#define MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR 255
struct device;