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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/misc.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c index 5bb3a2109ab7..9fd5a91e0d81 100644 --- a/drivers/char/misc.c +++ b/drivers/char/misc.c @@ -140,12 +140,17 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file) goto fail; } + /* + * Place the miscdevice in the file's + * private_data so it can be used by the + * file operations, including f_op->open below + */ + file->private_data = c; + err = 0; replace_fops(file, new_fops); - if (file->f_op->open) { - file->private_data = c; + if (file->f_op->open) err = file->f_op->open(inode,file); - } fail: mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx); return err; |