in uio.c [830:863]
static int uio_major_init(void)
{
static const char name[] = "uio";
struct cdev *cdev = NULL;
dev_t uio_dev = 0;
int result;
result = alloc_chrdev_region(&uio_dev, 0, UIO_MAX_DEVICES, name);
if (result)
goto out;
result = -ENOMEM;
cdev = cdev_alloc();
if (!cdev)
goto out_unregister;
cdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
cdev->ops = &uio_fops;
kobject_set_name(&cdev->kobj, "%s", name);
result = cdev_add(cdev, uio_dev, UIO_MAX_DEVICES);
if (result)
goto out_put;
uio_major = MAJOR(uio_dev);
uio_cdev = cdev;
return 0;
out_put:
kobject_put(&cdev->kobj);
out_unregister:
unregister_chrdev_region(uio_dev, UIO_MAX_DEVICES);
out:
return result;
}