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Tom Van Braeckel committed 0b509d8d336
misc: pass miscdevice through file's private_data Make the miscdevice accessible through the file's private_data. Previously, this was done only when an open() file operation had been registered. If no custom open() file operation was defined, private_data was set to NULL. This subtle quirk was confusing, to the point where kernel code registered *empty* file open operations to have private_data point to the misc device structure and avoid duplicating that logic. And it could easily lead to bugs, where the addition or removal of a custom open() file operation surprisingly changes the initial value of a file's private_data structure. To resolve this, we now place the miscdevice in the file's private_data member unconditionally when open() is called. Signed-off-by: Tom Van Braeckel <tomvanbraeckel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>