Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:32:29 +0000 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix pktcdvd breakage from commit e105b8bfc769b0545b6f0f395179d1e43cbee822 |
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On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 02:25:43PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> Pktcdvd creates char _and_ block device nodes at the same time, while > the char nodes are not allocated, but created and conflict in > /sys/dev/ with properly allocated ones from other subsystems. Your > patch just papers over this bug.
Where the hell is it creating any char device nodes? Show me. And note that device_create() is not creating *any* device nodes, char or block. It creates a directory in some place in sysfs, associated with struct device (which has arseloads of uses unrelated to block *or* char devices) and, if dev_t argument is non-zero, dumps its value into one of the attributes.
These days it might also dump a symlink into /sys/dev/*.
Which part of the above constitutes a creation of char device node?
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