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Subject[PATCH v5 2/5] staging: unisys: use local variable
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we are getting dev_t as an argument in the function, so use the local
variable instead of the global variable "majordev".
this global variable will be removed in one of the next patch of the
series.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@vectorindia.org>
---

v5: reordered the patch series
v4: messed up the subject in v3
v3: broke the previous patch in series

drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c
index b426762..6ebe7f7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ visorchipset_file_init(dev_t major_dev, struct visorchannel **controlvm_channel)
majordev = major_dev;
cdev_init(&file_cdev, &visorchipset_fops);
file_cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
- if (MAJOR(majordev) == 0) {
+ if (MAJOR(major_dev) == 0) {
/* dynamic major device number registration required */
- if (alloc_chrdev_region(&majordev, 0, 1, MYDRVNAME) < 0)
+ if (alloc_chrdev_region(&major_dev, 0, 1, MYDRVNAME) < 0)
return -1;
} else {
/* static major device number registration required */
- if (register_chrdev_region(majordev, 1, MYDRVNAME) < 0)
+ if (register_chrdev_region(major_dev, 1, MYDRVNAME) < 0)
return -1;
}
- rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, MKDEV(MAJOR(majordev), 0), 1);
+ rc = cdev_add(&file_cdev, MKDEV(MAJOR(major_dev), 0), 1);
if (rc < 0)
return -1;
return 0;
--
1.8.1.2


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