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2007-07-11sysfs: add parameter "struct bin_attribute *" in .read/.write methods for ↵Zhang Rui
sysfs binary attributes Well, first of all, I don't want to change so many files either. What I do: Adding a new parameter "struct bin_attribute *" in the .read/.write methods for the sysfs binary attributes. In fact, only the four lines change in fs/sysfs/bin.c and include/linux/sysfs.h do the real work. But I have to update all the files that use binary attributes to make them compatible with the new .read and .write methods. I'm not sure if I missed any. :( Why I do this: For a sysfs attribute, we can get a pointer pointing to the struct attribute in the .show/.store method, while we can't do this for the binary attributes. I don't know why this is different, but this does make it not so handy to use the binary attributes as the regular ones. So I think this patch is reasonable. :) Who benefits from it: The patch that exposes ACPI tables in sysfs requires such an improvement. All the table binary attributes share the same .read method. Parameter "struct bin_attribute *" is used to get the table signature and instance number which are used to distinguish different ACPI table binary attributes. Without this parameter, we need to offer different .read methods for different ACPI table binary attributes. This is impossible as there are various ACPI tables on different platforms, and we don't know what they are until they are loaded. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: make directory dentries and inodes reclaimableTejun Heo
This patch makes dentries and inodes for sysfs directories reclaimable. * sysfs_notify() is modified to walk sysfs_dirent tree instead of dentry tree. * sysfs_update_file() and sysfs_chmod_file() use sysfs_get_dentry() to grab the victim dentry. * sysfs_rename_dir() and sysfs_move_dir() grab all dentries using sysfs_get_dentry() on startup. * Dentries for all shadowed directories are pinned in memory to serve as lookup start point. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: make kobj point to sysfs_dirent instead of dentryTejun Heo
As kobj sysfs dentries and inodes are gonna be made reclaimable, dentry can't be used as naming token for sysfs file/directory, replace kobj->dentry with kobj->sd. The only external interface change is shadow directory handling. All other changes are contained in kobj and sysfs. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: implement SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED flagTejun Heo
Implement SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED flag which currently is used only to improve sanity check in sysfs_deactivate(). The flag will be used to make directory entries reclamiable. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: rename sysfs_dirent->s_type to s_flags and make room for flagsTejun Heo
Rename sysfs_dirent->s_type to s_flags, pack type into lower eight bits and reserve the rest for flags. sysfs_type() can used to access the type. All existing sd->s_type accesses are converted to use sysfs_type(). While at it, type test is changed to equality test instead of bit-and test where appropriate. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->ownerTejun Heo
sysfs is now completely out of driver/module lifetime game. After deletion, a sysfs node doesn't access anything outside sysfs proper, so there's no reason to hold onto the attribute owners. Note that often the wrong modules were accounted for as owners leading to accessing removed modules. This patch kills now unnecessary attribute->owner. Note that with this change, userland holding a sysfs node does not prevent the backing module from being unloaded. For more info regarding lifetime rule cleanup, please read the following message. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293 (tweaked by Greg to not delete the field just yet, to make it easier to merge things properly.) Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11sysfs: add sysfs_dirent->s_nameTejun Heo
Add s_name to sysfs_dirent. This is to further reduce dependency to the associated dentry. Name is copied for directories and symlinks but not for attributes. Where possible, name dereferences are converted to use sd->s_name. sysfs_symlink->link_name and sysfs_get_name() are unused now and removed. This change allows symlink to be implemented using sysfs_dirent tree proper, which is the last remaining dentry-dependent sysfs walk. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-04-27device_schedule_callback() needs a module referenceAlan Stern
This patch (as896b) fixes an oversight in the design of device_schedule_callback(). It is necessary to acquire a reference to the module owning the callback routine, to prevent the module from being unloaded before the callback can run. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-03-18[PATCH] Fix build error due to not including <linux/errno.h>Ralf Baechle
Since d9a9cdfb078d755e648d53ec25b7370f84ee5729 <linux/sysfs.h> is using ENOSYS without including <linux/errno.h> if CONFIG_SYSFS is disabled. Fixed by including <linux/errno.h>. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-15[PATCH] sysfs and driver core: add callback helper, used by SCSI and S390Alan Stern
This patch (as868) adds a helper routine for device drivers that need to set up a callback to perform some action in a different process's context. This is intended for use by attribute methods that want to unregister themselves or their parent device. Attribute method calls are mutually exclusive with unregistration, so such actions cannot be taken directly. Two attribute methods are converted to use the new helper routine: one for SCSI device deletion and one for System/390 ccwgroup devices. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-01[PATCH] Fix sysfs build breakage if !CONFIG_SYSFSRalf Baechle
B0rkage introduced by dfa87c824a9a5430008acd1ed2e8111ed164fcbe. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-26Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: Revert "Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent" Driver core: fix error by cleanup up symlinks properly make kernel/kmod.c:kmod_mk static power management: fix struct layout and docs power management: no valid states w/o pm_ops Driver core: more fallout from class_device changes for pcmcia sysfs: move struct sysfs_dirent to private header driver core: refcounting fix Driver core: remove class_device_rename
2007-02-23sysfs: allow attributes to be added to groupsAlan Stern
This patch (as860) adds two new sysfs routines: sysfs_add_file_to_group() and sysfs_remove_file_from_group(). A later patch adds code that uses the new routines. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-23sysfs: move struct sysfs_dirent to private headerAdam J. Richter
struct sysfs_dirent is private to the fs/sysfs/ subtree. It is not even referenced as an opaque structure outside of that subtree. The following patch moves the declaration from include/linux/sysfs.h to fs/sysfs/sysfs.h, making it clearer that nothing else in the kernel dereferences it. I have been running this patch for years. Please integrate and forward upstream if there are no objections. From: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-07sysfs: Shadow directory supportEric W. Biederman
The problem. When implementing a network namespace I need to be able to have multiple network devices with the same name. Currently this is a problem for /sys/class/net/*. What I want is a separate /sys/class/net directory in sysfs for each network namespace, and I want to name each of them /sys/class/net. I looked and the VFS actually allows that. All that is needed is for /sys/class/net to implement a follow link method to redirect lookups to the real directory you want. Implementing a follow link method that is sensitive to the current network namespace turns out to be 3 lines of code so it looks like a clean approach. Modifying sysfs so it doesn't get in my was is a bit trickier. I am calling the concept of multiple directories all at the same path in the filesystem shadow directories. With the directory entry really at that location the shadow master. The following patch modifies sysfs so it can handle a directory structure slightly different from the kobject tree so I can implement the shadow directories for handling /sys/class/net/. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-07SYSFS: Fix missing include of list.h in sysfs.hFrank Haverkamp
Sysfs.h uses definitions (e.g. struct list_head s_sibling) from list.h but does not include it. Signed-off-by: Frank Haverkamp <haver@vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01driver core: Introduce device_move(): move a device to a new parent.Cornelia Huck
Provide a function device_move() to move a device to a new parent device. Add auxilliary functions kobject_move() and sysfs_move_dir(). kobject_move() generates a new uevent of type KOBJ_MOVE, containing the previous path (DEVPATH_OLD) in addition to the usual values. For this, a new interface kobject_uevent_env() is created that allows to add further environmental data to the uevent at the kobject layer. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-25sysfs: add proper sysfs_init() prototypeAndrew Morton
Don't be crufty. Mark it __must_check too. Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-25add __must_check to device management codeAndrew Morton
We're getting a lot of crashes in the sysfs/kobject/device/bus/class code and they're very hard to diagnose. I'm suspecting that in some cases this is because drivers aren't checking return values and aren't handling errors correctly. So the code blithely blunders on and crashes later in very obscure ways. There's just no reason to ignore errors which can and do occur. So the patch sprinkles __must_check all over these APIs. Causes 1,513 new warnings. Heh. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-25sysfs_remove_bin_file: no return value, dump_stack on errorRandy.Dunlap
Make sysfs_remove_bin_file() void. If it detects an error, printk the file name and call dump_stack(). sysfs_hash_and_remove() now returns an error code indicating its success or failure so that sysfs_remove_bin_file() can know success/failure. Convert the only driver that checked the return value of sysfs_remove_bin_file(). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-04-14[PATCH] sysfs: Allow sysfs attribute files to be pollableNeilBrown
It works like this: Open the file Read all the contents. Call poll requesting POLLERR or POLLPRI (so select/exceptfds works) When poll returns, close the file and go to top of loop. or lseek to start of file and go back to the 'read'. Events are signaled by an object manager calling sysfs_notify(kobj, dir, attr); If the dir is non-NULL, it is used to find a subdirectory which contains the attribute (presumably created by sysfs_create_group). This has a cost of one int per attribute, one wait_queuehead per kobject, one int per open file. The name "sysfs_notify" may be confused with the inotify functionality. Maybe it would be nice to support inotify for sysfs attributes as well? This patch also uses sysfs_notify to allow /sys/block/md*/md/sync_action to be pollable Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-06-20[PATCH] sysfs-iattr: add sysfs_setattrManeesh Soni
o This adds ->i_op->setattr VFS method for sysfs inodes. The changed attribues are saved in the persistent sysfs_dirent structure as a pointer to struct iattr. The struct iattr is allocated only for those sysfs_dirent's for which default attributes are getting changed. Thanks to Jon Smirl for this suggestion. Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-06-20[PATCH] Make attributes names const char *Dmitry Torokhov
sysfs: make attributes and attribute_group's names const char * Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-06-20[PATCH] sysfs_{create|remove}_link should take const char *Dmitry Torokhov
sysfs: make sysfs_{create|remove}_link to take const char * name. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-04-18[PATCH] sysfs: add sysfs_chmod_file()Kay Sievers
sysfs: allow changing the permissions for already created attributes Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-04-16Linux-2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!