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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/misc.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c index ffa97d261cf3..c892c296a4de 100644 --- a/drivers/char/misc.c +++ b/drivers/char/misc.c @@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ static const struct file_operations misc_fops = { * the minor number requested is used. * * The structure passed is linked into the kernel and may not be - * destroyed until it has been unregistered. + * destroyed until it has been unregistered. By default, an open() + * syscall to the device sets file->private_data to point to the + * structure. Drivers don't need open in fops for this. * * A zero is returned on success and a negative errno code for * failure. |