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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/miscdevice.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/miscdevice.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h index 543037465973..722698a43d79 100644 --- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ #include <linux/major.h> #include <linux/list.h> #include <linux/types.h> +#include <linux/device.h> /* * These allocations are managed by device@lanana.org. If you use an @@ -70,6 +71,13 @@ struct miscdevice { extern int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc); extern void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc); +/* + * Helper macro for drivers that don't do anything special in module init / exit + * call. This helps in eleminating of boilerplate code. + */ +#define module_misc_device(__misc_device) \ + module_driver(__misc_device, misc_register, misc_deregister) + #define MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(minor) \ MODULE_ALIAS("char-major-" __stringify(MISC_MAJOR) \ "-" __stringify(minor)) |