Martin Kepplinger 03190c67ff char: misc: document behaviour of open() ...

an open syscall now assignes file->private_data to a pointer to the
miscdevice structure. This reminds people not to duplicate code if
they want this and not to depend on it being NULL.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

2015-03-25 11:36:38 +01:00

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agp

Merge branch 'drm-intel-next' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm-intel into drm-next

2015-02-05 10:32:44 +10:00

hw_random

char: constify of_device_id array

2015-03-16 21:10:28 +01:00

ipmi

char: constify of_device_id array

2015-03-16 21:10:28 +01:00

mwave

drivers/char: delete non-required instances of include <linux/init.h>

2014-02-07 15:10:19 -08:00

pcmcia

char: synclink: Remove WARN_ON for bad port count

2014-07-10 16:07:46 -07:00

tpm

tpm: fix call order in tpm-chip.c

2015-03-06 22:35:49 +01:00

xilinx_hwicap

char: xilinx_hwicap: Remove .owner field for driver

2014-09-23 23:13:13 -07:00

xillybus

char: constify of_device_id array

2015-03-16 21:10:28 +01:00

apm-emulation.c

apm-emulation: add hibernation APM events to support suspend2disk

2014-01-07 13:50:28 +01:00

applicom.c

applicom: dereferencing NULL on error path

2014-05-27 17:43:12 -07:00

applicom.h

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bfin-otp.c

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bsr.c

bsr: avoid format string leaking into device name

2014-07-09 16:59:15 -07:00

ds1302.c

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ds1620.c

ds1620: single_open() leak

2013-05-05 00:11:29 -04:00

dsp56k.c

drivers/char/dsp56k.c: drop check for negativity of unsigned parameter

2014-07-17 18:38:37 -07:00

dtlk.c

new helper: file_inode(file)

2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00

efirtc.c

rtc: single_open() leaks

2013-05-05 00:12:29 -04:00

generic_nvram.c

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genrtc.c

rtc: single_open() leaks

2013-05-05 00:12:29 -04:00

hangcheck-timer.c

hangcheck-timer: cleanup casting in hangcheck_init()

2014-11-07 11:24:01 -08:00

hpet.c

ACPICA: Resources: Provide common part for struct acpi_resource_address structures.

2015-01-26 16:09:56 +01:00

i8k.c

i8k: Add support for fan labels

2015-01-25 09:17:59 -08:00

Kconfig

drivers: char: mem: Make /dev/mem an optional device

2015-01-12 05:04:11 -08:00

lp.c

char: Int overflow in lp_do_ioctl().

2013-12-18 16:39:54 -08:00

Makefile

xillybus: Move out of staging

2014-09-23 23:44:16 -07:00

mbcs.c

char: remove use of __devinitconst

2012-11-21 12:55:19 -08:00

mbcs.h

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mem.c

Char / Misc patches for 3.20-rc1

2015-02-15 10:48:44 -08:00

misc.c

char: misc: document behaviour of open()

2015-03-25 11:36:38 +01:00

mmtimer.c

drivers/char/mmtimer.c: Remove useless kfree

2012-09-26 13:20:40 -07:00

msm_smd_pkt.c

treewide: Fix typos in printk

2013-12-19 15:10:49 +01:00

mspec.c

char: Use vma_pages() to replace (vm_end - vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT

2013-05-21 10:07:54 -07:00

nsc_gpio.c

new helper: file_inode(file)

2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00

nvram.c

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nwbutton.c

char: nwbutton: open-code interruptible_sleep_on

2014-01-08 15:29:52 -08:00

nwbutton.h

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nwflash.c

Merge branch 'late/fixes' into fixes

2012-10-07 07:22:32 -07:00

pc8736x_gpio.c

pc8736x_gpio: use platform_device_unregister in pc8736x_gpio_cleanup()

2012-10-24 15:52:29 -07:00

ppdev.c

new helper: file_inode(file)

2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00

ps3flash.c

ps3flash: switch to generic_file_llseek_size()

2013-06-29 12:57:33 +04:00

random.c

random: Fix fast_mix() function

2015-02-09 12:28:42 -08:00

raw.c

fs: remove mapping->backing_dev_info

2015-01-20 14:03:05 -07:00

rtc.c

various char drivers: remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED

2013-10-16 12:36:10 -07:00

scx200_gpio.c

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snsc_event.c

various char drivers: remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED

2013-10-16 12:36:10 -07:00

snsc.c

various char drivers: remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED

2013-10-16 12:36:10 -07:00

snsc.h

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sonypi.c

char: drop owner assignment from platform_drivers

2014-10-20 16:20:19 +02:00

tb0219.c

char: drop owner assignment from platform_drivers

2014-10-20 16:20:19 +02:00

tile-srom.c

char: tile-srom: Add real platform bus parent

2014-10-02 10:19:34 -04:00

tlclk.c

tlclk: remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED

2013-10-16 12:36:10 -07:00

toshiba.c

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ttyprintk.c

ttyprintk: Allow built as a module

2014-04-16 14:21:06 -07:00

uv_mmtimer.c

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virtio_console.c

virtio_console: avoid config access from irq

2015-03-05 13:36:18 +10:30