misc: Fix allocation 'borrowed' by vhost_net
10, 233 is allocated officially to /dev/kmview which is shipping in
Ubuntu and Debian distributions. vhost_net seem to have borrowed it
without making a proper request and this causes regressions in the other
distributions.
vhost_net can use a dynamic minor so use that instead. Also update the
file with a comment to try and avoid future misunderstandings.
cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <device@lanana.org>
[ We should have caught this before 2.6.34 got released. - Linus ]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 0f41c91..df5b6b9 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
};
static struct miscdevice vhost_net_misc = {
- VHOST_NET_MINOR,
+ MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
"vhost-net",
&vhost_net_fops,
};