A media devnode may be registered only once. Enforce this by setting the minor to -1 in init. Registration initialises the character device and sets up the device name. These should take place only once during the lifetime of the media device. Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c b/drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c index 8cb4e0eec17f..758971f310c3 100644 --- a/drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c +++ b/drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c @@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ void media_devnode_init(struct media_devnode *devnode) { device_initialize(&devnode->dev); devnode->dev.release = media_devnode_release; + devnode->minor = -1; } int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *devnode, @@ -251,6 +252,9 @@ int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *devnode, int minor; int ret; + if (devnode->minor != -1) + return -EINVAL; + /* Part 1: Find a free minor number */ mutex_lock(&media_devnode_lock); minor = find_first_zero_bit(media_devnode_nums, MEDIA_NUM_DEVICES); -- 2.39.2