@@ -367,12 +367,8 @@ void cdev_put(struct cdev *p)
}
}
-/*
- * Called every time a character special file is opened
- */
-static int chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+static struct cdev *cdev_lookup(struct inode *inode)
{
- const struct file_operations *fops;
struct cdev *p;
struct cdev *new = NULL;
int ret = 0;
@@ -385,7 +381,7 @@ static int chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
spin_unlock(&cdev_lock);
kobj = kobj_lookup(cdev_map, inode->i_rdev, &idx);
if (!kobj)
- return -ENXIO;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
new = container_of(kobj, struct cdev, kobj);
spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
/* Check i_cdev again in case somebody beat us to it while
@@ -402,7 +398,23 @@ static int chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
spin_unlock(&cdev_lock);
cdev_put(new);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
+
+ return p;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Called every time a character special file is opened
+ */
+static int chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+ const struct file_operations *fops;
+ struct cdev *p;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ p = cdev_lookup(inode);
+ if (IS_ERR(p))
+ return PTR_ERR(p);
ret = -ENXIO;
fops = fops_get(p->ops);
Create a new helper out of the code in chrdev_open() which looks up a struct cdev from a struct inode. This will be necessary to create a cdev_get_by_path() which is similar to blkdev_get_by_path() and is required to allow NVMe-OF passthru to lookup an NVMe controller cdev from a path. Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> --- fs/char_dev.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)