vhost/vsock: use static minor number

Vhost-vsock is a software device so there is no probe call that causes
the driver to register its misc char device node.  This creates a
chicken and egg problem: userspace applications must open
/dev/vhost-vsock to use the driver but the file doesn't exist until the
kernel module has been loaded.

Use the devname modalias mechanism so that /dev/vhost-vsock is created
at boot.  The vhost_vsock kernel module is automatically loaded when the
first application opens /dev/host-vsock.

Note that the "reserved for local use" range in
Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt is incorrect.  The userio driver
already occupies part of that range.  I've updated the documentation
accordingly.

Cc: device@lanana.org
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
index 3acef3c..3f63e03 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static const struct file_operations vhost_vsock_fops = {
 };
 
 static struct miscdevice vhost_vsock_misc = {
-	.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
+	.minor = VHOST_VSOCK_MINOR,
 	.name = "vhost-vsock",
 	.fops = &vhost_vsock_fops,
 };
@@ -778,3 +778,5 @@ module_exit(vhost_vsock_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Asias He");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("vhost transport for vsock ");
+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(VHOST_VSOCK_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:vhost-vsock");