Provide a module parameter to set alias length to optionally generate mdev alias.
Example to request mdev alias. $ modprobe mtty alias_length=12 Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <pa...@mellanox.com> --- samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c index 92e770a06ea2..92208245b057 100644 --- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c +++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c @@ -1410,6 +1410,15 @@ static struct attribute_group *mdev_type_groups[] = { NULL, }; +static unsigned int mtty_alias_length; +module_param_named(alias_length, mtty_alias_length, uint, 0444); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(alias_length, "mdev alias length; default=0"); + +static unsigned int mtty_get_alias_length(void) +{ + return mtty_alias_length; +} + static const struct mdev_parent_ops mdev_fops = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .dev_attr_groups = mtty_dev_groups, @@ -1422,6 +1431,7 @@ static const struct mdev_parent_ops mdev_fops = { .read = mtty_read, .write = mtty_write, .ioctl = mtty_ioctl, + .get_alias_length = mtty_get_alias_length }; static void mtty_device_release(struct device *dev) -- 2.19.2