cd_acquire() works like bd_acquire() to get cdev by an inode, this commit is a preparation for lookup_cdev(). Signed-off-by: Dongsheng Yang <yangds.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/char_dev.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c index ea06a3d..e818faa 100644 --- a/fs/char_dev.c +++ b/fs/char_dev.c @@ -439,6 +439,41 @@ static int exact_lock(dev_t dev, void *data) return cdev_get(p) ? 0 : -1; } +struct cdev *cd_acquire(struct inode *inode) +{ + struct cdev *cdev; + struct cdev *new = NULL; + + spin_lock(&cdev_lock); + cdev = inode->i_cdev; + if (!cdev) { + struct kobject *kobj; + int idx; + spin_unlock(&cdev_lock); + kobj = kobj_lookup(cdev_map, inode->i_rdev, &idx); + if (!kobj) { + cdev = NULL; + goto out; + } + new = container_of(kobj, struct cdev, kobj); + spin_lock(&cdev_lock); + /* Check i_cdev again in case somebody beat us to it while + we dropped the lock. */ + cdev = inode->i_cdev; + if (!cdev) { + inode->i_cdev = cdev = new; + list_add(&inode->i_devices, &cdev->list); + } + } + + if (!cdev_get(cdev)) + cdev = NULL; + spin_unlock(&cdev_lock); + +out: + return cdev; +} + /** * cdev_add() - add a char device to the system * @p: the cdev structure for the device -- 1.8.4.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html