[PATCH v2] cuse: creat 'dead' device node for on-demand module loading

From: Tom Gundersen
Date: Mon Sep 09 2013 - 14:17:21 EST


This allows udev (or more recently systemd-tmpfiles) to create /dev/cuse on
boot, in the same way as /dev/fuse is currently created, and the corresponding
module to be loaded on first access.

The corresponding functionalty was introduced for fuse in commit 578454f.

Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

v2: also update Documentation/devices.txt (and pick a minor that is not taken)

Documentation/devices.txt | 1 +
fs/fuse/cuse.c | 5 ++++-
include/linux/miscdevice.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 23721d3..80b7241 100644
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
200 = /dev/net/tun TAP/TUN network device
201 = /dev/button/gulpb Transmeta GULP-B buttons
202 = /dev/emd/ctl Enhanced Metadisk RAID (EMD) control
+ 203 = /dev/cuse Cuse (character device in user-space)
204 = /dev/video/em8300 EM8300 DVD decoder control
205 = /dev/video/em8300_mv EM8300 DVD decoder video
206 = /dev/video/em8300_ma EM8300 DVD decoder audio
diff --git a/fs/fuse/cuse.c b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
index adbfd66..24da581 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/cuse.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
@@ -589,11 +589,14 @@ static struct attribute *cuse_class_dev_attrs[] = {
ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(cuse_class_dev);

static struct miscdevice cuse_miscdev = {
- .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
+ .minor = CUSE_MINOR,
.name = "cuse",
.fops = &cuse_channel_fops,
};

+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(CUSE_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:cuse");
+
static int __init cuse_init(void)
{
int i, rc;
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index cb35835..f7eaf2d 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#define I2O_MINOR 166
#define MICROCODE_MINOR 184
#define TUN_MINOR 200
+#define CUSE_MINOR 203
#define MWAVE_MINOR 219 /* ACP/Mwave Modem */
#define MPT_MINOR 220
#define MPT2SAS_MINOR 221
--
1.8.4

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