RE: [PATCHv2 3/7] TAP: Tap character device creation/destroy API

2017-01-19 Thread Grandhi, Sainath
Re: [PATCHv2 3/7] TAP: Tap character device creation/destroy API > > From: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.gran...@intel.com> > Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:03:02 -0800 > > > +int tap_create_cdev(struct cdev *tap_cdev, > > + dev_t *tap_major, cons

Re: [PATCHv2 3/7] TAP: Tap character device creation/destroy API

2017-01-18 Thread David Miller
From: Sainath Grandhi Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:03:02 -0800 > +int tap_create_cdev(struct cdev *tap_cdev, > + dev_t *tap_major, const char *device_name) > +{ > + int err; > + > + err = alloc_chrdev_region(tap_major, 0, TAP_NUM_DEVS,

[PATCHv2 3/7] TAP: Tap character device creation/destroy API

2017-01-17 Thread Sainath Grandhi
This patch provides tap device create/destroy APIs in tap.c. Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi --- drivers/net/macvtap_main.c | 29 +++-- drivers/net/tap.c | 63 ++ include/linux/if_tap.h | 5 +++-