linux-toradex.git/drivers/base/class.c, branch v4.12-rc1

driver core: class: add class_groups support

2016-11-29T20:12:12+00:00

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

class_find_device: fix reference to argument "match"

2015-09-29T13:23:14+00:00

There is no argument "fn".

Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer 
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

drivers: base: class: Add a blank line after declarations

2015-03-25T13:36:19+00:00

This patch fixes the following warning found by checkpatch.pl:
WARNING: Missing a black line after declarations

Signed-off-by: Cosmin Tomulescu 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs: make attr namespace interface less convoluted

2013-09-26T21:50:01+00:00

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 
Cc: Eric W. Biederman 
Cc: Kay Sievers 
Acked-by: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs.h: remove attr_name() macro

2013-08-22T17:25:34+00:00

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

driver-core: constify data for class_find_device()

2013-02-06T20:18:56+00:00

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 
Acked-by: Grant Likely 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver-core: implement 'sysdev' functionality for regular devices and buses

2011-12-14T22:29:38+00:00

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 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

class: Implement support for class attrs in tagged sysfs directories.

2011-10-19T23:24:15+00:00

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman 
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

driver-core: merge private parts of class and bus

2010-11-17T22:21:08+00:00

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 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: fix whitespace in class_attr_string

2010-11-11T01:00:12+00:00

869dfc875e3 addded a long line and indented with spaces. Fix.

Signed-off-by: Brandon Philips 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman