Devtmpfs lets the kernel create a tmpfs instance called devtmpfs
very early at kernel initialization, before any driver-core device
is registered. Every device with a major/minor will provide a
device node in devtmpfs.
Devtmpfs can be changed and altered by userspace at any time,
and in any way needed - just like today's udev-mounted tmpfs.
Unmodified udev versions will run just fine on top of it, and will
recognize an already existing kernel-created device node and use it.
The default node permissions are root:root 0600. Proper permissions
and user/group ownership, meaningful symlinks, all other policy still
needs to be applied by userspace.
If a node is created by devtmps, devtmpfs will remove the device node
when the device goes away. If the device node was created by
userspace, or the devtmpfs created node was replaced by userspace, it
will no longer be removed by devtmpfs.
If it is requested to auto-mount it, it makes init=/bin/sh work
without any further userspace support. /dev will be fully populated
and dynamic, and always reflect the current device state of the kernel.
With the commonly used dynamic device numbers, it solves the problem
where static devices nodes may point to the wrong devices.
It is intended to make the initial bootup logic simpler and more robust,
by de-coupling the creation of the inital environment, to reliably run
userspace processes, from a complex userspace bootstrap logic to provide
a working /dev.
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de>
Tested-By: Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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>
This adds a generic uio driver that can bind to any PCI device. First
user will be virtualization where a qemu userspace process needs to give
guest OS access to the device.
Interrupts are handled using the Interrupt Disable bit in the PCI
command register and Interrupt Status bit in the PCI status register.
All devices compliant to PCI 2.3 (circa 2002) and all compliant PCI
Express devices should support these bits. Driver detects this support,
and won't bind to devices which do not support the Interrupt Disable Bit
in the command register.
It's expected that more features of interest to virtualization will be
added to this driver in the future. Possibilities are: mmap for device
resources, MSI/MSI-X, eventfd (to interface with kvm), iommu.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Let attribute group vectors be declared "const". We'd
like to let most attribute metadata live in read-only
sections... this is a start.
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
For consistency with driver data provide a dev_get_platdata() accessor
for reading the platform data from a device.
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
No one should directly access the driver_data field, so remove the field
and make it private. We dynamically create the private field now if it
is needed, to handle drivers that call get/set before they are
registered with the driver core.
Also update the copyright notices on these files while we are there.
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* 'for-linus3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6:
SELinux: inline selinux_is_enabled in !CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX
KEYS: Fix garbage collector
KEYS: Unlock tasklist when exiting early from keyctl_session_to_parent
CRED: Allow put_cred() to cope with a NULL groups list
SELinux: flush the avc before disabling SELinux
SELinux: seperate avc_cache flushing
Creds: creds->security can be NULL is selinux is disabled
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6: (23 commits)
at_hdmac: Rework suspend_late()/resume_early()
PM: Reset transition_started at dpm_resume_noirq
PM: Update kerneldoc comments in drivers/base/power/main.c
PM: Add convenience macro to make switching to dev_pm_ops less error-prone
hp-wmi: Switch driver to dev_pm_ops
floppy: Switch driver to dev_pm_ops
PM: Trivial fixes
PM / Hibernate / Memory hotplug: Always use for_each_populated_zone()
PM/Hibernate: Do not try to allocate too much memory too hard (rev. 2)
PM/Hibernate: Do not release preallocated memory unnecessarily (rev. 2)
PM/Hibernate: Rework shrinking of memory
PM: Fix typo in label name s/Platofrm_finish/Platform_finish/
PM: Run-time PM platform device bus support
PM: Introduce core framework for run-time PM of I/O devices (rev. 17)
Driver Core: Make PM operations a const pointer
PM: Remove platform device suspend_late()/resume_early() V2
USB: Rework musb suspend()/resume_early()
I2C: Rework i2c-s3c2410 suspend_late()/resume() V2
I2C: Rework i2c-pxa suspend_late()/resume_early()
DMA: Rework txx9dmac suspend_late()/resume_early()
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Fix trivial conflict in drivers/base/platform.c (due to same
constification patch being merged in both sides, along with some other
PM work in the PM branch)
Without this patch building a kernel emits millions of warning like:
include/linux/selinux.h:92: warning: ?selinux_is_enabled? defined but not used
When it is build without CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX. This is harmless, but
the function should be inlined, so it gets compiled out.
Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: (52 commits)
Input: bcm5974 - silence uninitialized variables warnings
Input: wistron_btns - add keymap for AOpen 1557
Input: psmouse - use boolean type
Input: i8042 - use platform_driver_probe
Input: i8042 - use boolean type where it makes sense
Input: i8042 - try disabling and re-enabling AUX port at close
Input: pxa27x_keypad - allow modifying keymap from userspace
Input: sunkbd - fix formatting
Input: i8042 - bypass AUX IRQ delivery test on laptops
Input: wacom_w8001 - simplify querying logic
Input: atkbd - allow setting force-release bitmap via sysfs
Input: w90p910_keypad - move a dereference below a NULL test
Input: add twl4030_keypad driver
Input: matrix-keypad - add function to build device keymap
Input: tosakbd - fix cleaning up KEY_STROBEs after error
Input: joydev - validate axis/button maps before clobbering current ones
Input: xpad - add USB ID for the drumkit controller from Rock Band
Input: w90p910_keypad - rename driver name to match platform
Input: add new driver for Sentelic Finger Sensing Pad
Input: psmouse - allow defining read-only attributes
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid:
HID: completely remove apple mightymouse from blacklist
HID: support larger reports than 64 bytes in hiddev
HID: local function should be static
HID: ignore Philips IEEE802.15.4 RF Dongle
HID: ignore all recent SoundGraph iMON devices
HID: fix memory leak on error patch in debug code
HID: fix overrun in quirks initialization
HID: Drop NULL test on list_entry result
HID: driver for Twinhan USB 6253:0100 remote control
HID: adding __init/__exit macros to module init/exit functions
HID: add rumble support for Thrustmaster Dual Trigger 3-in-1
HID: ntrig tool separation and pen usages
HID: Avoid double spin_lock_init on usbhid->lock
HID: add force feedback support for Logitech WingMan Formula Force GP
HID: Support new variants of Samsung USB IR receiver (0419:0001)
HID: fix memory leak on error path in debug code
HID: fix debugfs build with !CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
HID: use debugfs for events/reports dumping
HID: use debugfs for report dumping descriptor
* 'for-2.6.32' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (29 commits)
block: use blkdev_issue_discard in blk_ioctl_discard
Make DISCARD_BARRIER and DISCARD_NOBARRIER writes instead of reads
block: don't assume device has a request list backing in nr_requests store
block: Optimal I/O limit wrapper
cfq: choose a new next_req when a request is dispatched
Seperate read and write statistics of in_flight requests
aoe: end barrier bios with EOPNOTSUPP
block: trace bio queueing trial only when it occurs
block: enable rq CPU completion affinity by default
cfq: fix the log message after dispatched a request
block: use printk_once
cciss: memory leak in cciss_init_one()
splice: update mtime and atime on files
block: make blk_iopoll_prep_sched() follow normal 0/1 return convention
cfq-iosched: get rid of must_alloc flag
block: use interrupts disabled version of raise_softirq_irqoff()
block: fix comment in blk-iopoll.c
block: adjust default budget for blk-iopoll
block: fix long lines in block/blk-iopoll.c
block: add blk-iopoll, a NAPI like approach for block devices
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (209 commits)
[SCSI] fix oops during scsi scanning
[SCSI] libsrp: fix memory leak in srp_ring_free()
[SCSI] libiscsi, bnx2i: make bound ep check common
[SCSI] libiscsi: add completion function for drivers that do not need pdu processing
[SCSI] scsi_dh_rdac: changes for rdac debug logging
[SCSI] scsi_dh_rdac: changes to collect the rdac debug information during the initialization
[SCSI] scsi_dh_rdac: move the init code from rdac_activate to rdac_bus_attach
[SCSI] sg: fix oops in the error path in sg_build_indirect()
[SCSI] mptsas : Bump version to 3.04.12
[SCSI] mptsas : FW event thread and scsi mid layer deadlock in SYNCHRONIZE CACHE command
[SCSI] mptsas : Send DID_NO_CONNECT for pending IOs of removed device
[SCSI] mptsas : PAE Kernel more than 4 GB kernel panic
[SCSI] mptsas : NULL pointer on big endian systems causing Expander not to tear off
[SCSI] mptsas : Sanity check for phyinfo is added
[SCSI] scsi_dh_rdac: Add support for Sun StorageTek ST2500, ST2510 and ST2530
[SCSI] pmcraid: PMC-Sierra MaxRAID driver to support 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.03.01-k6.
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Properly delete rports attached to a vport.
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Correct various NPIV issues.
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Correct qla2x00_eh_wait_on_command() to wait correctly.
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* 'devel' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (257 commits)
[ARM] Update mach-types
ARM: 5636/1: Move vendor enum to AMBA include
ARM: Fix pfn_valid() for sparse memory
[ARM] orion5x: Add LaCie NAS 2Big Network support
[ARM] pxa/sharpsl_pm: zaurus c3000 aka spitz: fix resume
ARM: 5686/1: at91: Correct AC97 reset line in at91sam9263ek board
ARM: 5640/1: This patch modifies the support of AC97 on the at91sam9263 ek board
ARM: 5689/1: Update default config of HP Jornada 700-series machines
ARM: 5691/1: fix cache aliasing issues between kmap() and kmap_atomic() with highmem
ARM: 5688/1: ks8695_serial: disable_irq() lockup
ARM: 5687/1: fix an oops with highmem
ARM: 5684/1: Add nuc960 platform to w90x900
ARM: 5683/1: Add nuc950 platform to w90x900
ARM: 5682/1: Add cpu.c and dev.c and modify some files of w90p910 platform
ARM: 5626/1: add suspend/resume functions to amba-pl011 serial driver
ARM: 5625/1: fix hard coded 4K resource size in amba bus detection
MMC: MMCI: convert realview MMC to use gpiolib
ARM: 5685/1: Make MMCI driver compile without gpiolib
ARM: implement highpte
ARM: Show FIQ in /proc/interrupts on CONFIG_FIQ
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Fix up trivial conflict in arch/arm/kernel/signal.c.
It was due to the TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME addition in commit d0420c83f ("KEYS:
Extend TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME to (almost) all architectures") and follow-ups.
* 'kvm-updates/2.6.32' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (202 commits)
MAINTAINERS: update KVM entry
KVM: correct error-handling code
KVM: fix compile warnings on s390
KVM: VMX: Check cpl before emulating debug register access
KVM: fix misreporting of coalesced interrupts by kvm tracer
KVM: x86: drop duplicate kvm_flush_remote_tlb calls
KVM: VMX: call vmx_load_host_state() only if msr is cached
KVM: VMX: Conditionally reload debug register 6
KVM: Use thread debug register storage instead of kvm specific data
KVM guest: do not batch pte updates from interrupt context
KVM: Fix coalesced interrupt reporting in IOAPIC
KVM guest: fix bogus wallclock physical address calculation
KVM: VMX: Fix cr8 exiting control clobbering by EPT
KVM: Optimize kvm_mmu_unprotect_page_virt() for tdp
KVM: Document KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
KVM: Protect update_cr8_intercept() when running without an apic
KVM: VMX: Fix EPT with WP bit change during paging
KVM: Use kvm_{read,write}_guest_virt() to read and write segment descriptors
KVM: x86 emulator: Add adc and sbb missing decoder flags
KVM: Add missing #include
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console_print() is an old legacy interface mostly unused in the entire
kernel tree. It's best to clean up its existing use and let developers
use their own implementation of it as they feel fit.
Signed-off-by: Anirban Sinha <asinha@zeugmasystems.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6:
slub: fix slab_pad_check()
slub: release kobject if sysfs_create_group failed in sysfs_slab_add
SLUB: fix ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN cases 64 and 256
SLUB: Fix some coding style issues
SLUB: Drop write permission to /proc/slabinfo
slab: remove duplicate kmem_cache_init_late() declarations
slub: change kmem_cache->align to record the real alignment
slub: use size and objsize orders to disable debug flags
slub: add option to disable higher order debugging slabs
* 'osync_cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6:
fsync: wait for data writeout completion before calling ->fsync
vfs: Remove generic_osync_inode() and sync_page_range{_nolock}()
fat: Opencode sync_page_range_nolock()
pohmelfs: Use new syncing helper
xfs: Convert sync_page_range() to simple filemap_write_and_wait_range()
ocfs2: Update syncing after splicing to match generic version
ntfs: Use new syncing helpers and update comments
ext4: Remove syncing logic from ext4_file_write
ext3: Remove syncing logic from ext3_file_write
ext2: Update comment about generic_osync_inode
vfs: Introduce new helpers for syncing after writing to O_SYNC file or IS_SYNC inode
vfs: Rename generic_file_aio_write_nolock
ocfs2: Use __generic_file_aio_write instead of generic_file_aio_write_nolock
pohmelfs: Use __generic_file_aio_write instead of generic_file_aio_write_nolock
vfs: Remove syncing from generic_file_direct_write() and generic_file_buffered_write()
vfs: Export __generic_file_aio_write() and add some comments
vfs: Introduce filemap_fdatawait_range
* 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw:
GFS2: Whitespace fixes
GFS2: Remove unused sysfs file
GFS2: Be extra careful about deallocating inodes
GFS2: Remove no_formal_ino generating code
GFS2: Rename eattr.[ch] as xattr.[ch]
GFS2: Clean up of extended attribute support
GFS2: Add explanation of extended attr on-disk format
GFS2: Add "-o errors=panic|withdraw" mount options
GFS2: jumping to wrong label?
GFS2: free disk inode which is deleted by remote node -V2
GFS2: Add a document explaining GFS2's uevents
GFS2: Add sysfs link to device
GFS2: Replace assertion with proper error handling
GFS2: Improve error handling in inode allocation
GFS2: Add some more info to uevents
GFS2: Add online uevent to GFS2
In a number of cases, the .suspend, .freeze, .poweroff and .resume,
.thaw, .restore functions are identical. However, they all need to be
assigned to avoid regressionsm as the previous code called .suspend
resp. .resume in all those cases. SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS helps to deal
with this case.
[rjw: Changed the name of the macro and added the comment explaining its
purpose.]
Signed-off-by: Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1623 commits)
netxen: update copyright
netxen: fix tx timeout recovery
netxen: fix file firmware leak
netxen: improve pci memory access
netxen: change firmware write size
tg3: Fix return ring size breakage
netxen: build fix for INET=n
cdc-phonet: autoconfigure Phonet address
Phonet: back-end for autoconfigured addresses
Phonet: fix netlink address dump error handling
ipv6: Add IFA_F_DADFAILED flag
net: Add DEVTYPE support for Ethernet based devices
mv643xx_eth.c: remove unused txq_set_wrr()
ucc_geth: Fix hangs after switching from full to half duplex
ucc_geth: Rearrange some code to avoid forward declarations
phy/marvell: Make non-aneg speed/duplex forcing work for 88E1111 PHYs
drivers/net/phy: introduce missing kfree
drivers/net/wan: introduce missing kfree
net: force bridge module(s) to be GPL
Subject: [PATCH] appletalk: Fix skb leak when ipddp interface is not loaded
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Fixed up trivial conflicts:
- arch/x86/include/asm/socket.h
converted to <asm-generic/socket.h> in the x86 tree. The generic
header has the same new #define's, so that works out fine.
- drivers/net/tun.c
fix conflict between 89f56d1e9 ("tun: reuse struct sock fields") that
switched over to using 'tun->socket.sk' instead of the redundantly
available (and thus removed) 'tun->sk', and 2b980dbd ("lsm: Add hooks
to the TUN driver") which added a new 'tun->sk' use.
Noted in 'next' by Stephen Rothwell.
Kay Sievers
Jean Delvare
Michael S. Tsirkin
David Brownell
Mark Brown
Greg Kroah-Hartman
Linus Torvalds
Eric Paris
Anirban Sinha
Albin Tonnerre
Rafael J. Wysocki
Pekka Enberg
Jan Kara