kernel/linux.git/include/linux/sysfs.h, branch v2.6.34

sysfs: fix for thinko with sysfs_bin_attr_init()

2010-03-08T01:04:52+00:00

After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc allyesconfig) failed like this: drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c: In function 'pci_create_legacy_files': drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c:645: error: lvalue required as unary '&' operand drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c:658: error: lvalue required as unary '&' operand Caused by commit "sysfs: Use sysfs_attr_init and sysfs_bin_attr_init on dynamic attributes" interacting with commit "sysfs: Use one lockdep class per sysfs attribute") both from the driver-core tree. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs: Implement sysfs_rename_link

2010-03-08T01:04:52+00:00

Because of rename ordering problems we occassionally give false warnings about invalid sysfs operations. So using sysfs_rename create a sysfs_rename_link function that doesn't need strange workarounds. Cc: Benjamin Thery Cc: Daniel Lezcano Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Acked-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs: Document sysfs_attr_init and sysfs_bin_attr_init

2010-03-08T01:04:51+00:00

I have added a new requirement to the external sysfs interface that dynamically allocated sysfs attributes must call sysfs_attr_init if lockdep is enabled. For the time being callying sysfs_attr_init is only mandatory if lockdep is enabled, so we can live with a few unconverted instances until we find them all. As this is part of the public interface of sysfs it is a good idea to document these pseudo functions so someone inspeciting the code can find out what has happened. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs: Use one lockdep class per sysfs attribute.

2010-03-08T01:04:51+00:00

Acknowledge that the logical sysfs rwsem has one instance per sysfs attribute with different locking depencencies for different attributes. There is a sysfs idiom where writing to one sysfs file causes the addition or removal of other sysfs files. Lumping all of the sysfs attributes together in one lock class causes lockdep to generate lots of false positives. This introduces the requirement that non-static sysfs attributes need to be initialized with sysfs_attr_init or sysfs_bin_attr_init. Strictly speaking this requirement only exists when lockdep is enabled, and when lockdep is enabled we get a bit fat warning if this requirement is not met. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Acked-by: WANG Cong Cc: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs: Add sysfs_add/remove_files utility functions

2010-03-08T01:04:47+00:00

Adding/Removing a whole array of attributes is very common. Add a standard utility function to do this with a simple function call, instead of requiring drivers to open code this. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Driver core: bin_attribute parameters can often be const*

2009-12-23T19:23:43+00:00

Many struct bin_attribute descriptors are purely read-only structures, and there's no need to change them. Therefore make the promise not to, which will let those descriptors be put in a ro section. Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

x86: sysfs: kill owner field from attribute

2008-10-20T15:52:42+00:00

Tejun's commit 7b595756ec1f49e0049a9e01a1298d53a7faaa15 made sysfs attribute->owner unnecessary. But the field was left in the structure to ease the merge. It's been over a year since that change and it is now time to start killing attribute->owner along with its users - one arch at a time! This patch is attempt #1 to get rid of attribute->owner only for CONFIG_X86_64 or CONFIG_X86_32 . We will deal with other arches later on as and when possible - avr32 will be the next since that is something I can test. Compile (make allyesconfig / make allmodconfig / custom config) and boot tested. akpm: the idea is that we put the declaration of sttribute.owner inside `#ifndef CONFIG_X86'. But that proved to be too ambitious for now because new usages kept on turning up in subsystem trees. [akpm: remove the ifdef for now] Signed-off-by: Parag Warudkar Cc: Greg KH Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Tejun Heo Cc: Len Brown Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Jean Delvare Cc: Roland Dreier Cc: David Brownell Cc: Alessandro Zummo Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kobject: Cleanup kobject_rename and !CONFIG_SYSFS

2008-10-16T16:24:52+00:00

It finally dawned on me what the clean fix to sysfs_rename_dir calling kobject_set_name is. Move the work into kobject_rename where it belongs. The callers serialize us anyway so this is safe. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Acked-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: Fix kobject_rename and !CONFIG_SYSFS

2008-10-16T16:24:52+00:00

When looking at kobject_rename I found two bugs with that exist when sysfs support is disabled in the kernel. kobject_rename does not change the name on the kobject when sysfs support is not compiled in. kobject_rename without locking attempts to check the validity of a rename operation, which the kobject layer simply does not have the infrastructure to do. This patch documents the previously unstated requirement of kobject_rename that is the responsibility of the caller to provide mutual exclusion and to be certain that the new_name for the kobject is valid. This patch modifies sysfs_rename_dir in !CONFIG_SYSFS case to call kobject_set_name to actually change the kobject_name. This patch removes the bogus and misleading check in kobject_rename that attempts to see if a rename is valid. The check is bogus because we do not have the proper locking. The check is misleading because it looks like we can and do perform checking at the kobject level that we don't. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs: Make dir and name args to sysfs_notify() const

2008-10-16T16:24:51+00:00

Because they can be, and because code like this produces a warning if they're not: struct device_attribute dev_attr; sysfs_notify(&kobj, NULL, dev_attr.attr.name); Signed-off-by: Trent Piepho CC: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman