内核设备驱动API之register_chrdev

register_chrdev用于注册一个字符设备。
其源码分析如下：
static inline int register_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name,
				  const struct file_operations *fops)
{
	#这里设置最小的字符设备号和最大的设备号后，调用下面的函数继续注册
	return __register_chrdev(major, 0, 256, name, fops);
}
int __register_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
		      unsigned int count, const char *name,
		      const struct file_operations *fops)
{
	struct char_device_struct *cd;
	struct cdev *cdev;
	int err = -ENOMEM;
	#申请一个保存字符设备的结构体
	cd = __register_chrdev_region(major, baseminor, count, name);
	if (IS_ERR(cd))
		return PTR_ERR(cd);
	#申请一个字符设备
	cdev = cdev_alloc();
	if (!cdev)
		goto out2;
	#字符设备赋值
	cdev->owner = fops->owner;
	cdev->ops = fops;
	#设定字符设备的name
	kobject_set_name(&cdev->kobj, "%s", name);
	#添加字符设备
	err = cdev_add(cdev, MKDEV(cd->major, baseminor), count);
	if (err)
		goto out;
	#指向新申请的字符设备
	cd->cdev = cdev;
	#正常情况下major 不为零，所以整个函数返回零作为成功的结果
	return major ? 0 : cd->major;
out:
	kobject_put(&cdev->kobj);
out2:
	kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(cd->major, baseminor, count));
	return err;
}