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-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c20
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
index ab24ea9ffc9a..6b3b2fe464d2 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
@@ -958,21 +958,13 @@ static int wmi_dev_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *driver)
}
static int wmi_char_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
- const char *driver_name = filp->f_path.dentry->d_iname;
- struct wmi_block *wblock;
- struct wmi_block *next;
-
- list_for_each_entry_safe(wblock, next, &wmi_block_list, list) {
- if (!wblock->dev.dev.driver)
- continue;
- if (strcmp(driver_name, wblock->dev.dev.driver->name) == 0) {
- filp->private_data = wblock;
- break;
- }
- }
+ /*
+ * The miscdevice already stores a pointer to itself
+ * inside filp->private_data
+ */
+ struct wmi_block *wblock = container_of(filp->private_data, struct wmi_block, char_dev);
- if (!filp->private_data)
- return -ENODEV;
+ filp->private_data = wblock;
return nonseekable_open(inode, filp);
}