kernel/linux.git/include/linux/kobject.h, branch v7.3-rc1

kobject: Allow the constification of kobject attributes

2026-07-11T18:38:01+00:00

Allow kobject attribute to reside in read-only memory. Both const and non-const attributes are handled by the utility macros and attributes can be migrated one-by-one. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260707-sysfs-const-attr-kobj-attr-prep-v2-3-35ae1bc0f9ef@weissschuh.net Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich

kobject: Provide macros to initialize 'struct kobj_attribute'

2026-07-11T18:38:01+00:00

Currently the generic __ATTR*() macros are used to initialize kobject attributes. These are not able to handle the upcoming piece-by-piece constification of the attribute callback handlers. Add dedicated macros of kobject attributes. For now these are the same as the generic macros, but they will change soon. Users will be converted to these macros as part of the constification, but it is expected that they will be used generally in the future. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260707-sysfs-const-attr-kobj-attr-prep-v2-1-35ae1bc0f9ef@weissschuh.net Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich

kernfs: pass struct ns_common instead of const void * for namespace tags

2026-04-09T12:36:52+00:00

kernfs has historically used const void * to pass around namespace tags used for directory-level namespace filtering. The only current user of this is sysfs network namespace tagging where struct net pointers are cast to void *. Replace all const void * namespace parameters with const struct ns_common * throughout the kernfs, sysfs, and kobject namespace layers. This includes the kobj_ns_type_operations callbacks, kobject_namespace(), and all sysfs/kernfs APIs that accept or return namespace tags. Passing struct ns_common is needed because various codepaths require access to the underlying namespace. A struct ns_common can always be converted back to the concrete namespace type (e.g., struct net) via container_of() or to_ns_common() in the reverse direction. This is a preparatory change for switching to ns_id-based directory iteration to prevent a KASLR pointer leak through the current use of raw namespace pointers as hash seeds and comparison keys. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

kobject: make uevent_seqnum atomic

2024-02-17T15:20:41+00:00

We will soon no longer acquire uevent_sock_mutex for most kobject_uevent_net_broadcast() calls, and also while calling uevent_net_broadcast(). Make uevent_seqnum an atomic64_t to get its own protection. This fixes a race while reading /sys/kernel/uevent_seqnum. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Christian Brauner Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240214084829.684541-2-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: Reorder fields in 'struct kobject'

2023-08-05T06:31:41+00:00

Group some variables based on their sizes to reduce hole and avoid padding. On x86_64, this shrinks the size of 'struct kobject' from 256 to 244 bytes. This structure is often included in some other structures. So these other structures will also benefit from this 8 bytes saving. This is especially nice for structure like 'cma_kobject' or 'class_dir' that are now 256 bytes long. When they are kzalloc()'ed, 256 bytes are allocated, instead of 512. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6c7d1e3005dbec5483bdb9b7b60071175bf7bf70.1688811201.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject.h remove extern from function prototypes

2023-03-24T14:35:51+00:00

The kernel coding style does not require 'extern' in function prototypes in .h files, so remove them from include/linux/kobject.h as they are not needed. Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230324122711.2664537-6-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: kset_uevent_ops: make uevent() callback take a const *

2023-01-27T12:45:53+00:00

The uevent() callback in struct kset_uevent_ops does not modify the kobject passed into it, so make the pointer const to enforce this restriction. When doing so, fix up all existing uevent() callbacks to have the correct signature to preserve the build. Cc: Christine Caulfield Cc: David Teigland Cc: Bob Peterson Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Acked-by: Hans de Goede Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230111113018.459199-17-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: kset_uevent_ops: make name() callback take a const *

2022-11-22T16:34:52+00:00

The name() callback in struct kset_uevent_ops does not modify the kobject passed into it, so make the pointer const to enforce this restriction. When doing so, fix up the single existing name() callback to have the correct signature to preserve the build. Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221121094649.1556002-4-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: kset_uevent_ops: make filter() callback take a const *

2022-11-22T16:34:46+00:00

The filter() callback in struct kset_uevent_ops does not modify the kobject passed into it, so make the pointer const to enforce this restriction. When doing so, fix up all existing filter() callbacks to have the correct signature to preserve the build. Cc: Sumit Semwal Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linaro-mm-sig@lists.linaro.org Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Acked-by: Christian König for the changes to Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221121094649.1556002-3-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: make kobject_namespace take a const *

2022-11-22T16:34:43+00:00

kobject_namespace() should take a const *kobject as it does not modify the kobject passed to it. Change that, and the functions kobj_child_ns_ops() and kobj_ns_ops() needed to also be changed to const *. Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221121094649.1556002-2-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman