[PATCH] The function register_chrdev_region() for count=0 returns a false success.This patch prevents that.

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Signed-off-by: Anubhav Rakshit <anubhavrocks@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/char_dev.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index 038674a..f4c371a 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ int register_chrdev_region(dev_t from, unsigned
count, const char *name)
 	struct char_device_struct *cd;
 	dev_t to = from + count;
 	dev_t n, next;
-
+	
+	if(unlikely(count == 0))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	
 	for (n = from; n < to; n = next) {
 		next = MKDEV(MAJOR(n)+1, 0);
 		if (next > to)
-- 

-- 
Anubhav Rakshit
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