aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-16 15:40:26 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-16 15:40:26 -0400
commitc813b4e16ead3c3df98ac84419d4df2adf33fe01 (patch)
tree2ca4a5b6966d833b6149e3dda7a4e85d1255779c /Documentation
parentc8d8a2321f9c4ee18fbcc399fdc2a77e580a03b9 (diff)
parent02683ffdf655b4ae15245376ba6fea6d9e5829a6 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (46 commits) UIO: Fix mapping of logical and virtual memory UIO: add automata sercos3 pci card support UIO: Change driver name of uio_pdrv UIO: Add alignment warnings for uio-mem Driver core: add bus_sort_breadthfirst() function NET: convert the phy_device file to use bus_find_device_by_name kobject: Cleanup kobject_rename and !CONFIG_SYSFS kobject: Fix kobject_rename and !CONFIG_SYSFS sysfs: Make dir and name args to sysfs_notify() const platform: add new device registration helper sysfs: use ilookup5() instead of ilookup5_nowait() PNP: create device attributes via default device attributes Driver core: make bus_find_device_by_name() more robust usb: turn dev_warn+WARN_ON combos into dev_WARN debug: use dev_WARN() rather than WARN_ON() in device_pm_add() debug: Introduce a dev_WARN() function sysfs: fix deadlock device model: Do a quickcheck for driver binding before doing an expensive check Driver core: Fix cleanup in device_create_vargs(). Driver core: Clarify device cleanup. ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kobject.txt4
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 82c561f3abbd..dd28a0d56981 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1714,6 +1714,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1714 autoconfiguration. 1714 autoconfiguration.
1715 Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size). 1715 Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
1716 1716
1717 dynamic_printk
1718 Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
1719 CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled. These can also
1720 be switched on/off via <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
1721
1717 print-fatal-signals= 1722 print-fatal-signals=
1718 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals 1723 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals
1719 print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to 1724 print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to
diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt
index 51a8021ee532..f5d2aad65a67 100644
--- a/Documentation/kobject.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kobject.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ the name of the kobject, call kobject_rename():
118 118
119 int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name); 119 int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name);
120 120
121Note kobject_rename does perform any locking or have a solid notion of
122what names are valid so the provide must provide their own sanity checking
123and serialization.
124
121There is a function called kobject_set_name() but that is legacy cruft and 125There is a function called kobject_set_name() but that is legacy cruft and
122is being removed. If your code needs to call this function, it is 126is being removed. If your code needs to call this function, it is
123incorrect and needs to be fixed. 127incorrect and needs to be fixed.