[RFC PATCH 2/9] ntsync: Reserve a minor device number and ioctl range.

From: Elizabeth Figura
Date: Tue Jan 23 2024 - 20:00:09 EST


Signed-off-by: Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt | 3 ++-
Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 2 ++
drivers/misc/ntsync.c | 3 ++-
include/linux/miscdevice.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
index 94c98be1329a..041404397ee5 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
@@ -376,8 +376,9 @@
240 = /dev/userio Serio driver testing device
241 = /dev/vhost-vsock Host kernel driver for virtio vsock
242 = /dev/rfkill Turning off radio transmissions (rfkill)
+ 243 = /dev/ntsync NT synchronization primitive device

- 243-254 Reserved for local use
+ 244-254 Reserved for local use
255 Reserved for MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR

11 char Raw keyboard device (Linux/SPARC only)
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
index 457e16f06e04..a1326a5bc2e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments
<mailto:thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
0xF6 all LTTng Linux Trace Toolkit Next Generation
<mailto:mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+0xF7 00-1F uapi/linux/ntsync.h NT synchronization primitives
+ <mailto:wine-devel@xxxxxxxxxx>
0xF8 all arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/amd_hsmp.h AMD HSMP EPYC system management interface driver
<mailto:nchatrad@xxxxxxx>
0xFD all linux/dm-ioctl.h
diff --git a/drivers/misc/ntsync.c b/drivers/misc/ntsync.c
index 9424c6210e51..84b498e2b2d5 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ntsync.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ntsync.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static const struct file_operations ntsync_fops = {
};

static struct miscdevice ntsync_misc = {
- .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
+ .minor = NTSYNC_MINOR,
.name = NTSYNC_NAME,
.fops = &ntsync_fops,
};
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Elizabeth Figura");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Kernel driver for NT synchronization primitives");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_ALIAS("devname:" NTSYNC_NAME);
+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(NTSYNC_MINOR);
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index c0fea6ca5076..fe5d9366fdf7 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
#define USERIO_MINOR 240
#define VHOST_VSOCK_MINOR 241
#define RFKILL_MINOR 242
+#define NTSYNC_MINOR 243
#define MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR 255

struct device;
--
2.43.0