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2022-09-01class: use IS_ERR_OR_NULL() helper in class_unregister()Yang Yingliang1-1/+1
Use IS_ERR_OR_NULL() helper in class_unregister() to simplify code. Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220822061922.3884113-1-yangyingliang@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2022-02-02block: remove genhd.hChristoph Hellwig1-1/+1
There is no good reason to keep genhd.h separate from the main blkdev.h header that includes it. So fold the contents of genhd.h into blkdev.h and remove genhd.h entirely. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220124093913.742411-4-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2020-11-09drivers: base: fix some kernel-doc markupsMauro Carvalho Chehab1-1/+1
class_create is actually defined at the header. Fix the markup there and add a new one at the right place. While here, also fix some markups for functions that have different names between their prototypes and kernel-doc comments. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2fb6efd6a1f90d69ff73bf579566079cbb051e15.1603469755.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2020-10-02drivers core: Miscellaneous changes for sysfs_emitJoe Perches1-1/+1
Change additional instances that could use sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at that the coccinelle script could not convert. o macros creating show functions with ## concatenation o unbound sprintf uses with buf+len for start of output to sysfs_emit_at o returns with ?: tests and sprintf to sysfs_emit o sysfs output with struct class * not struct device * arguments Miscellanea: o remove unnecessary initializations around these changes o consistently use int len for return length of show functions o use octal permissions and not S_<FOO> o rename a few show function names so DEVICE_ATTR_<FOO> can be used o use DEVICE_ATTR_ADMIN_RO where appropriate o consistently use const char *output for strings o checkpatch/style neatening Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8bc24444fe2049a9b2de6127389b57edfdfe324d.1600285923.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2019-12-16device.h: move 'struct class' stuff out to device/class.hGreg Kroah-Hartman1-0/+1
device.h has everything and the kitchen sink when it comes to struct device things, so split out the struct class things things to a separate .h file to make things easier to maintain and manage over time. Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com> Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191209193303.1694546-6-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2019-01-18driver core: move device->knode_class to device_privateWei Yang1-4/+10
As the description of struct device_private says, it stores data which is private to driver core. And it already has similar fields like: knode_parent, knode_driver, knode_driver and knode_bus. This look it is more proper to put knode_class together with those fields to make it private to driver core. This patch move device->knode_class to device_private to make it comply with code convention. Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-12-07driver core: Remove redundant license textGreg Kroah-Hartman1-3/+0
Now that the SPDX tag is in all driver core files, that identifies the license in a specific and legally-defined manner. So the extra GPL text wording can be removed as it is no longer needed at all. This is done on a quest to remove the 700+ different ways that files in the kernel describe the GPL license text. And there's unneeded stuff like the address (sometimes incorrect) for the FSF which is never needed. No copyright headers or other non-license-description text was removed. Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-12-07driver core: add SPDX identifiers to all driver core filesGreg Kroah-Hartman1-0/+1
It's good to have SPDX identifiers in all files to make it easier to audit the kernel tree for correct licenses. Update the driver core files files with the correct SPDX license identifier based on the license text in the file itself. The SPDX identifier is a legally binding shorthand, which can be used instead of the full boiler plate text. This work is based on a script and data from Thomas Gleixner, Philippe Ombredanne, and Kate Stewart. Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> Cc: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Kate Stewart <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-06-09driver core: remove class_attrs from struct classGreg Kroah-Hartman1-33/+0
This field is no longer used or needed (use class_groups instead), so it can be removed along with the driver core functionality that created and removed these files. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-11-29driver core: class: add class_groups supportGreg Kroah-Hartman1-0/+15
struct class needs to have a set of default groups that are added, as adding individual attributes does not work well in the long run. So add support for that. Future patches will convert the existing usages of class_attrs to use class_groups and then class_attrs will go away. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2015-09-29class_find_device: fix reference to argument "match"Rolf Eike Beer1-1/+1
There is no argument "fn". Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2015-03-25drivers: base: class: Add a blank line after declarationsCosmin Tomulescu1-0/+2
This patch fixes the following warning found by checkpatch.pl: WARNING: Missing a black line after declarations Signed-off-by: Cosmin Tomulescu <cosmintom@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-09-26sysfs: make attr namespace interface less convolutedTejun Heo1-20/+9
sysfs ns (namespace) implementation became more convoluted than necessary while trying to hide ns information from visible interface. The relatively recent attr ns support is a good example. * attr ns tag is determined by sysfs_ops->namespace() callback while dir tag is determined by kobj_type->namespace(). The placement is arbitrary. * Instead of performing operations with explicit ns tag, the namespace callback is routed through sysfs_attr_ns(), sysfs_ops->namespace(), class_attr_namespace(), class_attr->namespace(). It's not simpler in any sense. The only thing this convolution does is traversing the whole stack backwards. The namespace callbacks are unncessary because the operations involved are inherently synchronous. The information can be provided in in straight-forward top-down direction and reversing that direction is unnecessary and against basic design principles. This backward interface is unnecessarily convoluted and hinders properly separating out sysfs from driver model / kobject for proper layering. This patch updates attr ns support such that * sysfs_ops->namespace() and class_attr->namespace() are dropped. * sysfs_{create|remove}_file_ns(), which take explicit @ns param, are added and sysfs_{create|remove}_file() are now simple wrappers around the ns aware functions. * ns handling is dropped from sysfs_chmod_file(). Nobody uses it at this point. sysfs_chmod_file_ns() can be added later if necessary. * Explicit @ns is propagated through class_{create|remove}_file_ns() and netdev_class_{create|remove}_file_ns(). * driver/net/bonding which is currently the only user of attr namespace is updated to use netdev_class_{create|remove}_file_ns() with @bh->net as the ns tag instead of using the namespace callback. This patch should be an equivalent conversion without any functional difference. It makes the code easier to follow, reduces lines of code a bit and helps proper separation and layering. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-08-22sysfs.h: remove attr_name() macroGreg Kroah-Hartman1-2/+2
Gotta love a macro that doesn't reduce the typing you have to do. Also, only the driver core, and one network driver uses this. The driver core functions will be going away soon, and I'll convert the network driver soon to not need this as well, so delete it for now before anyone else gets some bright ideas and wants to use it. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-02-06driver-core: constify data for class_find_device()Michał Mirosław1-2/+2
All in-kernel users of class_find_device() don't really need mutable data for match callback. In two places (kernel/power/suspend_test.c, drivers/scsi/osd/osd_uld.c) this patch changes match callbacks to use const search data. The const is propagated to rtc_class_open() and power_supply_get_by_name() parameters. Note that there's a dev reference leak in suspend_test.c that's not touched in this patch. Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl> Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2011-12-14driver-core: implement 'sysdev' functionality for regular devices and busesKay Sievers1-7/+7
All sysdev classes and sysdev devices will converted to regular devices and buses to properly hook userspace into the event processing. There is no interesting difference between a 'sysdev' and 'device' which would justify to roll an entire own subsystem with different userspace export semantics. Userspace relies on events and generic sysfs subsystem infrastructure from sysdev devices, which are currently not properly available. Every converted sysdev class will create a regular device with the class name in /sys/devices/system and all registered devices will becom a children of theses devices. For compatibility reasons, the sysdev class-wide attributes are created at this parent device. (Do not copy that logic for anything new, subsystem- wide properties belong to the subsystem, not to some fake parent device created in /sys/devices.) Every sysdev driver is implemented as a simple subsystem interface now, and no longer called a driver. After all sysdev classes are ported to regular driver core entities, the sysdev implementation will be entirely removed from the kernel. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-10-19class: Implement support for class attrs in tagged sysfs directories.Eric W. Biederman1-2/+15
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-11-17driver-core: merge private parts of class and busKay Sievers1-19/+19
As classes and busses are pretty much the same thing, and we want to merge them together into a 'subsystem' in the future, let us share the same private data parts to make that merge easier. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-11-10driver core: fix whitespace in class_attr_stringBrandon Philips1-2/+2
869dfc875e3 addded a long line and indented with spaces. Fix. Signed-off-by: Brandon Philips <brandon@ifup.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-10-22SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and modern sysfs layoutAndi Kleen1-2/+2
I have some systems which need legacy sysfs due to old tools that are making assumptions that a directory can never be a symlink to another directory, and it's a big hazzle to compile separate kernels for them. This patch turns CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED into a run time option that can be switched on/off the kernel command line. This way the same binary can be used in both cases with just a option on the command line. The old CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 option is still there to set the default. I kept the weird name to not break existing config files. Also the compat code can be still completely disabled by undefining CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_SWITCH -- just the optimizer takes care of this now instead of lots of ifdefs. This makes the code look nicer. v2: This is an updated version on top of Kay's patch to only handle the block devices. I tested it on my old systems and that seems to work. Cc: axboe@kernel.dk Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-10-22driver core: remove CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 but keep it for block devicesKay Sievers1-19/+0
This patch removes the old CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 config option, but it keeps the logic around to handle block devices in the old manner as some people like to run new kernel versions on old (pre 2007/2008) distros. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@suse.de> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-05-21kobj: Add basic infrastructure for dealing with namespaces.Eric W. Biederman1-0/+9
Move complete knowledge of namespaces into the kobject layer so we can use that information when reporting kobjects to userspace. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-03-19driver-core: document ERR_PTR() return valuesJani Nikula1-0/+2
A number of functions in the driver core return ERR_PTR() values on error. Document this in the kernel-doc of the functions. Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-03-07Driver core: Constify struct sysfs_ops in struct kobj_typeEmese Revfy1-1/+1
Constify struct sysfs_ops. This is part of the ops structure constification effort started by Arjan van de Ven et al. Benefits of this constification: * prevents modification of data that is shared (referenced) by many other structure instances at runtime * detects/prevents accidental (but not intentional) modification attempts on archs that enforce read-only kernel data at runtime * potentially better optimized code as the compiler can assume that the const data cannot be changed * the compiler/linker move const data into .rodata and therefore exclude them from false sharing Signed-off-by: Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com> Acked-by: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Acked-by: Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@intel.com> Acked-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-03-07driver core: Add class_attr_string for simple read-only stringAndi Kleen1-0/+10
Several drivers just export a static string as class attributes. Use the new extensible attribute support to define a simple CLASS_ATTR_STRING() macro for this. This will allow to remove code from drivers in followon patches. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-03-07driver-core: Add attribute argument to class_attribute show/storeAndi Kleen1-2/+2
Passing the attribute to the low level IO functions allows all kinds of cleanups, by sharing low level IO code without requiring an own function for every piece of data. Also drivers can extend the attributes with own data fields and use that in the low level function. This makes the class attributes the same as sysdev_class attributes and plain attributes. This will allow further cleanups in drivers. Full tree sweep converting all users. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-02-16class: Free the class private data in class_releaseLaurent Pinchart1-0/+2
Fix a memory leak by freeing the memory allocated in __class_register for the class private data. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Acked-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com> Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-09-15Driver core: Add support for compatibility classesJean Delvare1-0/+87
When turning class devices into bus devices, we may need to temporarily add links in sysfs so that user-space applications are not confused. This is done by adding the following API: * Functions to register and unregister compatibility classes. These appear in sysfs at the same location as regular classes, but instead of class devices, they contain links to bus devices. * Functions to create and delete such links. Additionally, the caller can optionally pass a target device to which a "device" link should point (typically that would be the device's parent), to fully emulate the original class device. The i2c subsystem will be the first user of this API, as i2c adapters are being converted from class devices to bus devices. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
2008-10-09driver-core: use klist for class device list and implement iteratorTejun Heo1-33/+103
Iterating over entries using callback usually isn't too fun especially when the entry being iterated over can't be manipulated freely. This patch converts class->p->class_devices to klist and implements class device iterator so that the users can freely build their own control structure. The users are also free to call back into class code without worrying about locking. class_for_each_device() and class_find_device() are converted to use the new iterators, so their users don't have to worry about locking anymore either. Note: This depends on klist-dont-iterate-over-deleted-entries patch because class_intf->add/remove_dev() depends on proper synchronization with device removal. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-21driver model: anti-oopsing medicineDavid Brownell1-0/+11
Anti-oops medicine for the class iterators ... the oops was observed when a class was implicitly referenced before it was initialized. [Modified by Greg to spit a warning back so someone knows to fix their code] Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-28locking: fix mutex @key parameter kernel-doc notationRandy Dunlap1-0/+1
Fix @key parameter to mutex_init() and one of its callers. Warning(linux-2.6.26-git11//drivers/base/class.c:210): No description found for parameter 'key' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-21class: change internal semaphore to a mutexDave Young1-11/+12
Now that the lockdep infrastructure in the class core is in place, we should be able to properly change the internal class semaphore to be a mutex. David wrote the original patch, and Greg fixed it up to apply properly due to all of the recent changes in this area. From: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: add lockdep infrastructureMatthew Wilcox1-5/+6
This adds the infrastructure to properly handle lockdep issues when the internal class semaphore is changed to a mutex. Matthew wrote the original patch, and Greg fixed it up to work properly with the class_create() function. From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: rename "sem" to "class_sem" in internal class structureGreg Kroah-Hartman1-11/+11
This renames the struct class "sem" field to be "class_sem" to make things easier when struct bus_type and struct class merge in the future. It also makes grepping for fields easier as well. Based on an idea from Kay. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: rename "subsys" to "class_subsys" in internal class structureGreg Kroah-Hartman1-11/+12
This renames the struct class "subsys" field to be "class_subsys" to make things easier when struct bus_type and struct class merge in the future. It also makes grepping for fields easier as well. Based on an idea from Kay. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: rename "interfaces" to "class_interfaces" in internal class structureGreg Kroah-Hartman1-2/+2
This renames the struct class "interfaces" field to be "class_interfaces" to make things easier when struct bus_type and struct class merge in the future. It also makes grepping for fields easier as well. Based on an idea from Kay. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: rename "devices" to "class_devices" in internal class structureGreg Kroah-Hartman1-5/+5
This renames the struct class "devices" field to be "class_devices" to make things easier when struct bus_type and struct class merge in the future. It also makes grepping for fields easier as well. Based on an idea from Kay. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: move driver core specific parts to a private structureGreg Kroah-Hartman1-39/+48
This moves the portions of struct class that are dynamic (kobject and lock and lists) out of the main structure and into a dynamic, private, structure. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21Driver Core: add ability for class_find_device to start in middle of listGreg Kroah-Hartman1-9/+13
This mirrors the functionality that driver_find_device has as well. We add a start variable, and all callers of the function are fixed up at the same time. The block layer will be using this new functionality in a follow-on patch. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21Driver Core: add ability for class_for_each_device to start in middle of listGreg Kroah-Hartman1-8/+13
This mirrors the functionality that driver_for_each_device has as well. We add a start variable, and all callers of the function are fixed up at the same time. The block layer will be using this new functionality in a follow-on patch. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21sysfs: add /sys/dev/{char,block} to lookup sysfs path by major:minorDan Williams1-0/+4
Why?: There are occasions where userspace would like to access sysfs attributes for a device but it may not know how sysfs has named the device or the path. For example what is the sysfs path for /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160827AS_5MT004CK? With this change a call to stat(2) returns the major:minor then userspace can see that /sys/dev/block/8:32 links to /sys/block/sdc. What are the alternatives?: 1/ Add an ioctl to return the path: Doable, but sysfs is meant to reduce the need to proliferate ioctl interfaces into the kernel, so this seems counter productive. 2/ Use udev to create these symlinks: Also doable, but it adds a udev dependency to utilities that might be running in a limited environment like an initramfs. 3/ Do a full-tree search of sysfs. [kay.sievers@vrfy.org: fix duplicate registrations] [kay.sievers@vrfy.org: cleanup suggestions] Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Reviewed-by: SL Baur <steve@xemacs.org> Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Acked-by: Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-05-14Driver core: struct class remove children listDave Young1-1/+0
because of the class_device was removed, now do the children list removing Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-04-30driver core: remove no longer used "struct class_device"Kay Sievers1-637/+1
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-04-19driver core: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrencesHarvey Harrison1-4/+4
__FUNCTION__ is gcc-specific, use __func__ Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-01-31Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6Linus Torvalds1-1/+1
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: PPC: Fix powerpc vio_find_name to not use devices_subsys Driver core: add bus_find_device_by_name function Module: check to see if we have a built in module with the same name x86: fix runtime error in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd_64.c Driver core: Fix up build when CONFIG_BLOCK=N
2008-01-31docbook: fix drivers/base/class warningRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
Fix kernel-doc empty line warning: Warning(linux-2.6.24-git8//drivers/base/class.c:866): bad line: Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-01-27Driver core: Fix up build when CONFIG_BLOCK=NGreg Kroah-Hartman1-1/+1
This fixes up the driver core build errors when CONFIG_BLOCK=N Thanks to Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@mailshack.com> for the basis of this patch, and to Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> for reporting the problem. Cc: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@mailshack.com> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-01-24Driver core: coding style fixesGreg Kroah-Hartman1-70/+70
Fix up a number of coding style issues in the drivers/base/ directory that have annoyed me over the years. checkpatch.pl is now very happy. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-01-24Driver Core: add class iteration apiDave Young1-0/+133
Add the following class iteration functions for driver use: class_for_each_device class_find_device class_for_each_child class_find_child Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-01-24Driver core: change sysdev classes to use dynamic kobject namesKay Sievers1-1/+1
All kobjects require a dynamically allocated name now. We no longer need to keep track if the name is statically assigned, we can just unconditionally free() all kobject names on cleanup. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>