[v2] char: misc: Various cleanup for miscdevice

[PATCH v2 0/9] char: misc: Various cleanup for miscdevice

Zijun Hu posted 9 patches 3 months, 1 week ago

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arch/sparc/kernel/apc.c                   |  3 +-
drivers/char/Makefile                     |  1 +
drivers/char/misc.c                       | 16 +++++-
drivers/{misc => char}/misc_minor_kunit.c | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c                    |  3 +-
drivers/hwmon/w83793.c                    |  3 +-
drivers/misc/Makefile                     |  1 -
drivers/parisc/eisa_eeprom.c              |  2 -
drivers/watchdog/cpwd.c                   |  6 +-
include/linux/miscdevice.h                | 13 +++++
10 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

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[PATCH v2 0/9] char: misc: Various cleanup for miscdevice

Posted by Zijun Hu 3 months, 1 week ago

This patch series is to do cleanup for:

- Miscdevice APIs
- Miscdevice kunit test cases
- Drivers which use miscdevice APIs

Signed-off-by: Zijun Hu <zijun.hu@oss.qualcomm.com>
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Previous discussion link:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250620-rfc_miscdev-v1-1-fda25d502a37@oss.qualcomm.com

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Zijun Hu (9):
      char: misc: Move drivers/misc/misc_minor_kunit.c to drivers/char/
      char: misc: Adapt and add test cases for simple minor space division
      char: misc: Disallow registering miscdevice whose minor > MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR
      char: misc: Add a reentry test case for dynamic minor request
      char: misc: Make registering dynamic device reentry
      char: misc: Does not request module for miscdevice with dynamic minor
      char: misc: Allocate 4 more fixed minors for watchdog
      char: misc: Define fixed minor EISA_EEPROM_MINOR in linux/miscdevice.h
      sparc: kernel: apc: Remove macro APC_MINOR defination

 arch/sparc/kernel/apc.c                   |  3 +-
 drivers/char/Makefile                     |  1 +
 drivers/char/misc.c                       | 16 +++++-
 drivers/{misc => char}/misc_minor_kunit.c | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
 drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c                    |  3 +-
 drivers/hwmon/w83793.c                    |  3 +-
 drivers/misc/Makefile                     |  1 -
 drivers/parisc/eisa_eeprom.c              |  2 -
 drivers/watchdog/cpwd.c                   |  6 +-
 include/linux/miscdevice.h                | 13 +++++
 10 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 626e89412dfb88766d90d842af4d9ec432d8526f
change-id: 20250701-rfc_miscdev-35dd3310c7c0

Best regards,
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Zijun Hu <zijun.hu@oss.qualcomm.com>