[PATCH] PC8736X: Correct dev_dbg() message showing major number.

From: Robert P. J. Day
Date: Wed May 04 2011 - 05:26:55 EST



Currently, the debugging info is incorrect, as a successful call to
either register_chrdev_region() or alloc_chrdev_region() returns
simply zero, which appears to be what the following code would print.
Skip the checking, just print the value of "major", which should be
correct.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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here's the current code in context, so you can see what i mean:

if (major) {
devid = MKDEV(major, 0);
rc = register_chrdev_region(devid, PC8736X_GPIO_CT, DEVNAME);
} else {
rc = alloc_chrdev_region(&devid, 0, PC8736X_GPIO_CT, DEVNAME);
major = MAJOR(devid);
}

if (rc < 0) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "register-chrdev failed: %d\n", rc);
goto undo_request_region;
}
dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "got dynamic major %d\n", major);


diff --git a/drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c b/drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c
index b304ec0..a23d6bf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c
@@ -314,10 +314,7 @@ static int __init pc8736x_gpio_init(void)
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "register-chrdev failed: %d\n", rc);
goto undo_request_region;
}
- if (!major) {
- major = rc;
- dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "got dynamic major %d\n", major);
- }
+ dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "got dynamic major %d\n", major);

pc8736x_init_shadow();


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