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* sparse pointer use of zero as nullStephen Hemminger2007-10-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Get rid of sparse related warnings from places that use integer as NULL pointer. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Cc: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* cpu hotplug: topology: remove topology_dev_mapAkinobu Mita2007-10-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | By previous cpu hotplug notifier change, we don't need to track topology_dev existence for each cpu by topology_dev_map. Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Cc: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* pm_trace displays the wrong time from the RTCRafael J. Wysocki2007-10-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | The way in which read_magic_time() displays the date read from the RTC is apparently confusing to the users (cf. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=250238). Make it print dates in the standard way. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* make dmapool code use __set_current_state()Arjan van de Ven2007-10-17
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@Linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* mm: add node states sysfs class attributeSLee Schermerhorn2007-10-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add a per node state sysfs class attribute file to /sys/devices/system/node to display node state masks. E.g., on a 4-cell HP ia64 NUMA platform, we have 5 nodes: 4 representing the actual hardware cells and one memory-only pseudo-node representing a small amount [512MB] of "hardware interleaved" memory. With this patch, in /sys/devices/system/node we see: #ls -1F /sys/devices/system/node has_cpu has_normal_memory node0/ node1/ node2/ node3/ node4/ online possible #cat /sys/devices/system/node/possible 0-255 #cat /sys/devices/system/node/online 0-4 #cat /sys/devices/system/node/has_normal_memory 0-4 #cat /sys/devices/system/node/has_cpu 0-3 Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* sparsemem: record when a section has a valid mem_mapAndy Whitcroft2007-10-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We have flags to indicate whether a section actually has a valid mem_map associated with it. This is never set and we rely solely on the present bit to indicate a section is valid. By definition a section is not valid if it has no mem_map and there is a window during init where the present bit is set but there is no mem_map, during which pfn_valid() will return true incorrectly. Use the existing SECTION_HAS_MEM_MAP flag to indicate the presence of a valid mem_map. Switch valid_section{,_nr} and pfn_valid() to this bit. Add a new present_section{,_nr} and pfn_present() interfaces for those users who care to know that a section is going to be valid. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-syle fixes] Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* more uevent fallout (drivers/base/memory.c)Al Viro2007-10-14
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* PM: merge device power-management source filesAlan Stern2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | This patch (as993) merges the suspend.c and resume.c files in drivers/base/power into main.c, making some public symbols private. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: rename ktype_driverGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | This makes it a bit more sane when trying to figure out how to clean up the ktype mess. Based on a larger patch from Kay Sievers Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: rename ktype_deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | This makes it a bit more sane when trying to figure out how to clean up the ktype mess. Based on a larger patch from Kay Sievers Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: rename ktype_classGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | This makes it a bit more sane when trying to figure out how to clean up the ktype mess. Based on a larger patch from Kay Sievers Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* driver core: remove subsystem_init()Greg Kroah-Hartman2007-10-12
| | | | | | | There is only one user of it, and it is only a wrapper for kset_init(). Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: Make platform_device.id an intJean Delvare2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | While platform_device.id is a u32, platform_device_add() handles "-1" as a special id value. This has potential for confusion and bugs. Making it an int instead should prevent problems from happening in the future. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* sysdev: remove global sysdev drivers listAkinobu Mita2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | No one uses sysdev_drivers. Because no one calls sysdev_driver_register with NULL class. And it is difficult to imagine that someone want to implement a global sysdev driver which is called with all sys_device on any kind of sysdev_class. So this patch removes global sysdev_drivers list and update comments for this change. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* drivers/base/power/: make 2 functions staticAdrian Bunk2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | suspend_device() and resume_device() can now become static. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Fix Firmware class name collisionMarkus Rechberger2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | following patch fixes the i2c name collision with i2c-dev. http://mcentral.de/wiki/index.php/Bugtracker#i2c_core_problem This issue has been experienced with em28xx and saa7133 based devices. I discussed that problem with Jean Delvare a while ago and he proposed to add a prefix to the class name. Signed-off-by: Markus Rechberger <markus.rechberger@amd.com> Acked-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: add uevent file for bus and driverKay Sievers2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | This has been in the SuSE kernels for some time now. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: exclude kobject_uevent.c for !CONFIG_HOTPLUGKay Sievers2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | Move uevent specific logic from the core into kobject_uevent.c, which does no longer require to link the unused string array if hotplug is not compiled in. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: remove get_bus()Greg Kroah-Hartman2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | get_bus() should not be globally visable as it is not used by anything other than drivers/base/bus.c. This patch removes the visability of it, and renames it to match all of the other *_get() functions in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: remove put_bus()Greg Kroah-Hartman2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | put_bus() should not be globally visable as it is not used by anything other than drivers/base/bus.c. This patch removes the visability of it, and renames it to match all of the other *_put() functions in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: remove subsys_get()Greg Kroah-Hartman2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | There are no more subsystems, it's a kset now so remove the function and the only two users, which are in the driver core. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: remove subsys_put()Greg Kroah-Hartman2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | There are no more subsystems, it's a kset now so remove the function and the only two users, which are in the driver core. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: remove kset_set_kset_sGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | This macro is only used by the driver core and is held over from when we had subsystems. It is not needed anymore. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: remove subsys_set_ksetGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | This macro is only used by the driver core and is held over from when we had subsystems. It is not needed anymore. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: add CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATHKay Sievers2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The kernel creates a process for every event that is send, even when there is no binary it could execute. We are needlessly creating around 200-300 failing processes during early bootup, until we have the chance to disable it from userspace. This change allows us to disable /sbin/hotplug entirely, if you want to, by setting UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="" in the kernel config. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: change add_uevent_var to use a structKay Sievers2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This changes the uevent buffer functions to use a struct instead of a long list of parameters. It does no longer require the caller to do the proper buffer termination and size accounting, which is currently wrong in some places. It fixes a known bug where parts of the uevent environment are overwritten because of wrong index calculations. Many thanks to Mathieu Desnoyers for finding bugs and improving the error handling. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: make sysfs uevent-attributes staticKay Sievers2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | Attributes do not have an owner(module) anymore, so there is no need to carry the attributes in every single bus instance. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* platform: prefix MODALIAS with "platform:"Kay Sievers2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Prefix platform modalias strings with "platform:", which modprobe config to blacklist alias resolving if userspace configures it. Send uevents for all platform devices. Add MODULE_ALIAS's to: pxa2xx_pcmcia, ds1742 and pcspkr to trigger module autoloading by userspace. $ modinfo pcspkr alias: platform:pcspkr license: GPL description: PC Speaker beeper driver ... $ modprobe -n -v platform:pcspkr insmod /lib/modules/2.6.23-rc3-g28e8351a-dirty/kernel/drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.ko Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Cc: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: fix SYSF_DEPRECATED breakage for nested classdevsDmitry Torokhov2007-10-07
| | | | | | | | | | | We should only reparent to a class former class devices that form the base of class hierarchy. Nested devices should still grow from their real parents. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Tested-by: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru> Tested-by: Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Add explicit zeroing to "envp" array in device 'show' methodLinus Torvalds2007-09-26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | As Stephen Hemminger says, this is a "belt and suspenders" patch that zeroes the envp array at allocation time, even though all the users should NULL-terminate it anyway (and we've hopefully fixed everybody that doesn't do that). And we'll apparently clean the whole envp thing up for 2.6.24 anyway. But let's just be robust, and do both this *and* make sure that all users are doing the right thing. Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Driver core: fix deprectated sysfs structure for nested class devicesDmitry Torokhov2007-09-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nested class devices used to have 'device' symlink point to a real (physical) device instead of a parent class device. When converting subsystems to struct device we need to keep doing what class devices did if CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is Y, otherwise parts of udev break. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Tested-by: Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* CPU online file permissionUlrich Drepper2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Is there a reason why the "online" file in the subdirectories for the CPUs in /sys/devices/system isn't world-readable? I cannot imagine it to be security relevant especially now that a getcpu() syscall can be used to determine what CPUa thread runs on. The file is useful to correctly implement the sysconf() function to return the number of online CPUs. In the presence of hotplug we currently cannot provide this information. The patch below should to it. Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* driver core: revert "device" link creation checkCornelia Huck2007-07-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | driver core: revert "device" link creation check Commit 2ee97caf0a6602f749ddbfdb1449e383e1212707 introduced an extra check on when to create the "device" symlink. Unfortunately, this breaks input, so let's revert to the old behaviour. 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>
* kernel-doc fixes for PCI and drivers/base/Randy Dunlap2007-07-30
| | | | | | | | | | | Fix undocumented function parameters in PCI and drivers/base. Warning(linux-2.6.23-rc1//drivers/pci/pci.c:1526): No description found for parameter 'rq' Warning(linux-2.6.23-rc1//drivers/base/firmware_class.c:245): No description found for parameter 'bin_attr' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kobject: put kobject_actions in kobject.hGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-07-30
| | | | | | | | | This prevents the extern declaration in the driver core. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Introduce CONFIG_SUSPEND for suspend-to-Ram and standbyRafael J. Wysocki2007-07-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Introduce CONFIG_SUSPEND representing the ability to enter system sleep states, such as the ACPI S3 state, and allow the user to choose SUSPEND and HIBERNATION independently of each other. Make HOTPLUG_CPU be selected automatically if SUSPEND or HIBERNATION has been chosen and the kernel is intended for SMP systems. Also, introduce CONFIG_PM_SLEEP which is automatically selected if CONFIG_SUSPEND or CONFIG_HIBERNATION is set and use it to select the code needed for both suspend and hibernation. The top-level power management headers and the ACPI code related to suspend and hibernation are modified to use the new definitions (the changes in drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c are, mostly, moving code to reduce the number of ifdefs). There are many other files in which CONFIG_PM can be replaced with CONFIG_PM_SLEEP or even with CONFIG_SUSPEND, but they can be updated in the future. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Fix ThinkPad T42 poweroff failure introduced by by "PM: Introduce ↵Rafael J. Wysocki2007-07-26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | pm_power_off_prepare" Commit bd804eba1c8597cbb7cd5a5f9fe886aae16a079a ("PM: Introduce pm_power_off_prepare") caused problems in the poweroff path, as reported by YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明. Generally, sysdev_shutdown() should be called after the ACPI preparation for powering the system off. To make it happen, we can separate sysdev_shutdown() from device_shutdown() and call it directly wherever necessary. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Tested-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* x86: PM_TRACE supportNigel Cunningham2007-07-21
| | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* PM: Do not require dev spew to get PM_DEBUGBen Collins2007-07-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In order to enable things like PM_TRACE, you're required to enable PM_DEBUG, which sends a large spew of messages on boot, and often times can overflow dmesg buffer. Create new PM_VERBOSE and shift that to be the option that enables drivers/base/power's messages. Signed-off-by: Ben Collins <bcollins@ubuntu.com> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Driver core: check return code of sysfs_create_link()Cornelia Huck2007-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Check for return value of sysfs_create_link() in device_add() and device_rename(). Add helper functions device_add_class_symlinks() and device_remove_class_symlinks() to make the code easier to read. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix unused var warnings] Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* PM: remove deprecated dpm_runtime_* routinesAlan Stern2007-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch (as933) removes the deprecated dpm_runtime_suspend() and dpm_runtime_resume() routines from the PM core. The only user of those routines is the PCMCIA ds driver; local replacements are added. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> CC: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* PM: Remove deprecated sysfs filesAlan Stern2007-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | This patch (as932) removes the deprecated sysfs .../power/state attribute files. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: accept all valid action-strings in uevent-triggerKay Sievers2007-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | This allows the uevent file to handle any type of uevent action to be triggered by userspace instead of just the "add" uevent. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* dma: make dma pool to use kmalloc_nodeYinghai Lu2007-07-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Using dev_to_node(&dev->dev) to get node, and kmalloc_node to dma buffer on corresponding node dma pool Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@sun.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* sysfs: add parameter "struct bin_attribute *" in .read/.write methods for ↵Zhang Rui2007-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* driver-core: make devt_attr and uevent_attr staticTejun Heo2007-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | devt_attr and uevent_attr are either allocated dynamically with or embedded in device and class_device as they needed their owner field set to the module implementing the driver. Now that sysfs implements immediate disconnect and owner field removed from struct attribute, there is no reason to do this. Remove these attributes from [class_]device and use static attribute structures instead. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->ownerTejun Heo2007-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* Driver core: coding style cleanupCornelia Huck2007-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This converts code of the form if ((error = some_func())) goto fixup; to error = some_func(); if (error) goto fixup; Signed-off-by: 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>
* PM: Do not check parent state in suspend and resume core codeRafael J. Wysocki2007-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The checks if the device's parent is in the right state done in drivers/base/power/suspend.c and drivers/base/power/resume.c serve no particular purpose, since if the parent is in a wrong power state, the device's suspend or resume callbacks are supposed to return an error anyway. Moreover, they are also useless from the sanity checking point of view, because they rely on the code being checked to set dev->parent->power.power_state.event appropriately, which need not happen if that code is buggy. For these reasons they can be removed. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* PM: Remove power_state.event checks from suspend core codeRafael J. Wysocki2007-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The suspend routines should be called for every device during a system sleep transition, regardless of the device's state, so that drivers can regard these method calls as notifications that the system is about to go to sleep, rather than as directives to put their devices into the 'off' state. This is documented in Documentation/power/devices.txt and is already done in the core resume code, so it seems reasonable to make the core suspend code behave accordingly. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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