Merge tag 'driver-core-4.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here's the driver-core / kobject / lz4 tree update for 4.1-rc1.

  Everything here has been in linux-next for a while with no reported
  issues.  It's mostly just coding style cleanups, with other minor
  changes in here as well, nothing big"

* tag 'driver-core-4.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (32 commits)
  debugfs: allow bad parent pointers to be passed in
  stable_kernel_rules: Add clause about specification of kernel versions to patch.
  kobject: WARN as tip when call kobject_get() to a kobject not initialized
  lib/lz4: Pull out constant tables
  drivers: platform: parse IRQ flags from resources
  driver core: Make probe deferral more quiet
  drivers/core/of: Add symlink to device-tree from devices with an OF node
  device: Add dev_of_node() accessor
  drivers: base: fw: fix ret value when loading fw
  firmware: Avoid manual device_create_file() calls
  drivers/base: cacheinfo: validate device node for all the caches
  drivers/base: use tabs where possible in code indentation
  driver core: add missing blank line after declaration
  drivers: base: node: Delete space after pointer declaration
  drivers: base: memory: Use tabs instead of spaces
  firmware_class: Fix whitespace and indentation
  drivers: base: dma-mapping: Erase blank space after pointer
  drivers: base: class: Add a blank line after declarations
  attribute_container: fix missing blank lines after declarations
  drivers: base: memory: Fix switch indent
  ...

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43f78b88da28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Note: This documents additional properties of any device beyond what
+# is documented in Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt
+
+What:		/sys/devices/*/of_path
+Date:		February 2015
+Contact:	Device Tree mailing list <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:
+		Any device associated with a device-tree node will have
+		an of_path symlink pointing to the corresponding device
+		node in /sys/firmware/devicetree/
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index 02f8331edb8b..58d0ac4df946 100644
--- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ format in the sign-off area:
      git cherry-pick fd21073
      git cherry-pick <this commit>
 
+Also, some patches may have kernel version prerequisites.  This can be
+specified in the following format in the sign-off area:
+
+     Cc:  <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x-
+
+   The tag has the meaning of:
+     git cherry-pick <this commit>
+
+   For each "-stable" tree starting with the specified version.
+
 Following the submission:
 
  - The sender will receive an ACK when the patch has been accepted into the