kernel/linux.git/drivers/char/raw.c, branch linux-2.6.22.y

[PATCH] raw: don't allow the creation of a raw device with minor number 0

2007-02-11T18:51:34+00:00

Minor number 0 (under the raw major) is reserved for the rawctl device file, which is used to query, set, and unset raw device bindings. However, the ioctl interface does not protect the user from specifying a raw device with minor number 0: $ sudo ./raw /dev/raw/raw0 /dev/VolGroup00/swap /dev/raw/raw0: bound to major 253, minor 2 $ ls -l /dev/rawctl ls: /dev/rawctl: No such file or directory $ ls -l /dev/raw/raw0 crw------- 1 root root 162, 0 Jan 12 10:51 /dev/raw/raw0 $ sudo ./raw -qa Cannot open master raw device '/dev/rawctl' (No such file or directory) As you can see, this prevents any further raw operations from succeeding. The fix (from Steve Fernandez) is quite simple--do not allow the allocation of minor number 0. Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer Cc: Steven Fernandez Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] struct path: convert char-drivers

2006-12-08T16:28:44+00:00

Signed-off-by: Josef Sipek Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Driver core: convert raw device code to use struct device

2006-12-01T22:51:59+00:00

Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] Streamline generic_file_* interfaces and filemap cleanups

2006-10-01T07:39:28+00:00

This patch cleans up generic_file_*_read/write() interfaces. Christoph Hellwig gave me the idea for this clean ups. In a nutshell, all filesystems should set .aio_read/.aio_write methods and use do_sync_read/ do_sync_write() as their .read/.write methods. This allows us to cleanup all variants of generic_file_* routines. Final available interfaces: generic_file_aio_read() - read handler generic_file_aio_write() - write handler generic_file_aio_write_nolock() - no lock write handler __generic_file_aio_write_nolock() - internal worker routine Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Remove readv/writev methods and use aio_read/aio_write instead

2006-10-01T07:39:28+00:00

This patch removes readv() and writev() methods and replaces them with aio_read()/aio_write() methods. Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Vectorize aio_read/aio_write fileop methods

2006-10-01T07:39:28+00:00

This patch vectorizes aio_read() and aio_write() methods to prepare for collapsing all aio & vectored operations into one interface - which is aio_read()/aio_write(). Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Michael Holzheu Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Return better error codes if drivers/char/raw.c module init fails

2006-09-29T16:18:16+00:00

Currently this module just returns 1 if anything on module init fails. Store the error code of the different function calls and return their error on problems. Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer Cc: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton [ Fixed to not unregister twice on error ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] make more file_operation structs static

2006-07-03T22:26:59+00:00

Mark the static struct file_operations in drivers/char as const. Making them const prevents accidental bugs, and moves them to the .rodata section so that they no longer do any false sharing; in addition with the proper debug option they are then protected against corruption.. [akpm@osdl.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] devfs: Remove the devfs_fs_kernel.h file from the tree

2006-06-26T19:25:08+00:00

Also fixes up all files that #include it. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_remove() function from the kernel tree

2006-06-26T19:25:07+00:00

Removes the devfs_remove() function and all callers of it. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman