linux-toradex.git/drivers/base/class.c, branch v4.20-rc6

driver core: Remove redundant license text

2017-12-07T17:36:44+00:00

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 
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: add SPDX identifiers to all driver core files

2017-12-07T17:36:43+00:00

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 
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" 
Cc: William Breathitt Gray 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Kate Stewart 
Cc: Philippe Ombredanne 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: remove class_attrs from struct class

2017-06-09T08:41:00+00:00

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

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