[PATCH v2 05/13] fs: ramfs: add device file support

[Ahmad Fatoum]

Hi,

On 12/9/25 1:51 PM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> Implement the mknod hook in ramfs for creating device special files.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>

> ---
>  fs/ramfs.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ramfs.c b/fs/ramfs.c
> index 1caace0183a58e8a07001eb6ce9df8ea1895ac0b..d86bf6144e8485269c589ba0024377f9852a8eaa 100644
> --- a/fs/ramfs.c
> +++ b/fs/ramfs.c
> @@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ static struct inode *ramfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, const struct inode
>  	case S_IFLNK:
>  		inode->i_op = &ramfs_symlink_inode_operations;
>  		break;
> +	case S_IFBLK:
> +	case S_IFCHR:
> +		break;
>  	}
>  
>  	return inode;
> @@ -149,6 +152,20 @@ static int ramfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
>  	return ramfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFREG);
>  }
>  
> +static int __ramfs_mknod(struct inode *dir,struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
> +			 const char *cdevname)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = ramfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	init_special_inode(dentry->d_inode, mode, cdevname);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static int ramfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>  			 const char *symname)
>  {
> @@ -196,6 +213,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations ramfs_dir_inode_operations =
>  	.unlink = simple_unlink,
>  	.create = ramfs_create,
>  	.tmpfile = ramfs_tmpfile,
> +	.mknod = __ramfs_mknod,
>  };
>  
>  static struct ramfs_chunk *ramfs_find_chunk(struct ramfs_inode *node,
> 

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