[PATCH] char: misc: assign file->private_data in all cases

[Thomas Petazzoni]

In fa1f68db6ca ("drivers: misc: pass miscdevice pointer via file
private data"), the misc driver infrastructure was changed to assigned
file->private_data as a pointer to the 'struct miscdevice' that
corresponds to the device being opened.

However, this assignment was only done when the misc driver was
declaring a driver-specific ->open() operation in its
file_operations. This doesn't make sense, as the driver may not
necessarily have a custom ->open() operation, and might still be
interested in having file->private_data properly set for use in its
->read() and write() operations.

Therefore, we move the assignment of file->private_data outside of the
condition that tests whether a driver-specific ->open() operation was
defined.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/char/misc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 190d442..fd504d3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	err = 0;
 	old_fops = file->f_op;
 	file->f_op = new_fops;
+	file->private_data = c;
 	if (file->f_op->open) {
-		file->private_data = c;
 		err=file->f_op->open(inode,file);
 		if (err) {
 			fops_put(file->f_op);
-- 
1.8.1.2

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