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Currently, It is allowed to register miscdevice with minor > 255
which is defined by macro MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR, and cause:
- Chaos regarding division and management of minor codes.
- Registering failure if the minor was allocated to other dynamic request.
Fortunately, in-kernel users have not had such usage yet.
Fix by refusing to register miscdevice whose minor > 255.
Also bring in a very simple minor code space division and management:
< 255 : Fixed minor code
== 255 : Indicator to request dynamic minor code
> 255 : Dynamic minor code requested, 1048320 minor codes totally
And all fixed minors allocated should be registered in 'linux/miscdevice.h'
Signed-off-by: Zijun Hu <zijun.hu@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250714-rfc_miscdev-v6-3-2ed949665bde@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>