- 29 4月, 2008 40 次提交
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Add correct ->owner to proc_fops to fix reading/module unloading race. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Add correct ->owner to proc_fops to fix reading/module unloading race. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@parisc-linux.org> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Cc: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com> Cc: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Acked-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Add correct ->owner to proc_fops to fix reading/module unloading race. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Add correct ->owner to proc_fops to fix reading/module unloading race. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@bull.net> Cc: Pierre Peiffer <peifferp@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. /proc entry owner is also added. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Acked-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Denis V. Lunev 提交于
This set of patches fixes an proc ->open'less usage due to ->proc_fops flip in the most part of the kernel code. The original OOPS is described in the commit 2d3a4e36: Typical PDE creation code looks like: pde = create_proc_entry("foo", 0, NULL); if (pde) pde->proc_fops = &foo_proc_fops; Notice that PDE is first created, only then ->proc_fops is set up to final value. This is a problem because right after creation a) PDE is fully visible in /proc , and b) ->proc_fops are proc_file_operations which do not have ->open callback. So, it's possible to ->read without ->open (see one class of oopses below). The fix is new API called proc_create() which makes sure ->proc_fops are set up before gluing PDE to main tree. Typical new code looks like: pde = proc_create("foo", 0, NULL, &foo_proc_fops); if (!pde) return -ENOMEM; Fix most networking users for a start. In the long run, create_proc_entry() for regular files will go. In addition to this, proc_create_data is introduced to fix reading from proc without PDE->data. The race is basically the same as above. create_proc_entries is replaced in the entire kernel code as new method is also simply better. This patch: The problem is the same as for de->proc_fops. Right now PDE becomes visible without data set. So, the entry could be looked up without data. This, in most cases, will simply OOPS. proc_create_data call is created to address this issue. proc_create now becomes a wrapper around it. Signed-off-by: NDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Acked-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Cc: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com> Cc: Karsten Keil <kkeil@suse.de> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@parisc-linux.org> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com> Cc: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@bull.net> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: Pierre Peiffer <peifferp@gmail.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Note: THIS_MODULE and header addition aren't technically needed because this code is not modular, but let's keep it anyway because people can copy this code into modular code. Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Now that last dozen or so users of ->get_info were removed, ditch it too. Everyone sane shouldd have switched to seq_file interface long ago. P.S.: Co-existing 3 interfaces (->get_info/->read_proc/->proc_fops) for proc is long-standing crap, BTW, thus a) put ->read_proc/->write_proc/read_proc_entry() users on death row, b) new such users should be rejected, c) everyone is encouraged to convert his favourite ->read_proc user or I'll do it, lazy bastards. Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Note 1: 0644 should be used, but root bypasses permissions, so writing to /proc/scsi/device_info still works. Note 2: looks like scsi_dev_info_list is unprotected Note 3: probably make proc whine about "unwriteable but with ->write hook" entries. Probably. Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> Cc: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
/******************************************/ /* Remove useless comment, while I am it. */ /******************************************/ Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Probably interface misuse, because of the way iterating over hashbin is done. However! Printing of socket number ("IrNET socket %d - ", i++") made conversion to proper ->start/->next difficult enough to do blindly without hardware. Said that, please apply. Remove useless comment while I am it. Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <samuel@sortiz.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Thomas Koeller <thomas.koeller@baslerweb.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Acked-by: NRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Yani Ioannou <yani.ioannou@gmail.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Entry creation was commented for a long time and right now it stands on the way of ->get_info removal, so unless nobody objects... Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Cc: Simon Arlott <simon@fire.lp0.eu> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Joern Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Cc: Josef Sipek <jsipek@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Remove proc_root export. Creation and removal works well if parent PDE is supplied as NULL -- it worked always that way. So, one useless export removed and consistency added, some drivers created PDEs with &proc_root as parent but removed them as NULL and so on. Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Use creation by full path: "driver/foo". Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Use creation by full path instead: "fs/foo". Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
Remove proc_bus export and variable itself. Using pathnames works fine and is slightly more understandable and greppable. Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
proc-misc code is noticeably full of "if (de)" checks when PDE passed is always valid. Remove them. Addition of such check in proc_lookup_de() is for failed lookup case. Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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由 Alexey Dobriyan 提交于
If valid "parent" is passed to proc_create/remove_proc_entry(), then name of PDE should consist of only one path component, otherwise creation or or removal will fail. However, if NULL is passed as parent then create/remove accept full path as a argument. This is arbitrary restriction -- all infrastructure is in place. So, patch allows the following to succeed: create_proc_entry("foo/bar", 0, pde_baz); remove_proc_entry("baz/foo/bar", &proc_root); Also makes the following to behave identically: create_proc_entry("foo/bar", 0, NULL); create_proc_entry("foo/bar", 0, &proc_root); Discrepancy noticed by Den Lunev (IIRC). Signed-off-by: NAlexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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