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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kdev_t: mask mi with MINORMASK in MKDEV macro
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On 2020-01-09 22:37, Zhiqiang Liu wrote:
>
> In MKDEV macro, if mi is larger than MINORMASK, the major will be
> affected by mi. For example, set dev = MKDEV(2, (1U << MINORBITS)),
> then MAJOR(dev) will be equal to 3, incorrectly.
>
> Here, we mask mi with MINORMASK in MKDEV macro.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@huawei.com>
> ---
> include/linux/kdev_t.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kdev_t.h b/include/linux/kdev_t.h
> index 85b5151911cf..40a9423720b2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kdev_t.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kdev_t.h
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
>
> #define MAJOR(dev) ((unsigned int) ((dev) >> MINORBITS))
> #define MINOR(dev) ((unsigned int) ((dev) & MINORMASK))
> -#define MKDEV(ma,mi) (((ma) << MINORBITS) | (mi))
> +#define MKDEV(ma, mi) (((ma) << MINORBITS) | ((mi) & MINORMASK))
>
> #define print_dev_t(buffer, dev) \
> sprintf((buffer), "%u:%u\n", MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev))

Shouldn't the users of MKDEV() be fixed instead of changing the MKDEV()
definition?

Thanks,

Bart.


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