linux-toradex.git/fs/char_dev.c, branch v2.6.27.27

Remove the lock_kernel() call from chrdev_open()

2008-06-20T20:05:53+00:00

All in-kernel char device open() functions now either have their own
lock_kernel() calls or clearly do not need one.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Add a comment in chrdev_open()

2008-06-20T20:05:53+00:00

I stared at this code for a while and almost deleted it before
understanding crept into my slow brain.  Hopefully this makes life easier
for the next person to happen on it.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

fs: remove unused fops from struct char_device_struct

2008-04-29T15:06:01+00:00

struct char_device_struct::fops is no longer used: remove it.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Greg KH 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs/char_dev.c: chrdev_open marked static and removed from fs.h

2008-02-08T17:22:42+00:00

There is an outdated comment in serial_core.c also fixed.

Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Kobject: rename kobject_init_ng() to kobject_init()

2008-01-25T04:40:38+00:00

Now that the old kobject_init() function is gone, rename
kobject_init_ng() to kobject_init() to clean up the namespace.

Cc: Kay Sievers 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Kobject: convert fs/char_dev.c to use kobject_init/add_ng()

2008-01-25T04:40:31+00:00

This converts the code to use the new kobject functions, cleaning up the
logic in doing so.

Cc: Kay Sievers 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mm: bdi init hooks

2007-10-17T15:42:45+00:00

provide BDI constructor/destructor hooks

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: compile fix]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

unregister_chrdev() return void

2007-07-19T17:04:43+00:00

unregister_chrdev() does not return meaningful value.  This patch makes it
return void like most unregister_* functions.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] remove protection of LANANA-reserved majors

2007-04-05T04:12:47+00:00

Revert all this.  It can cause device-mapper to receive a different major from
earlier kernels and it turns out that the Amanda backup program (via GNU tar,
apparently) checks major numbers on files when performing incremental backups.

Which is a bit broken of Amanda (or tar), but this feature isn't important
enough to justify the churn.

Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] rework reserved major handling

2007-02-21T01:10:13+00:00

Several people have reported failures in dynamic major device number handling
due to the recent changes in there to avoid handing out the local/experimental
majors.

Rolf reports that this is due to a gcc-4.1.0 bug.

The patch refactors that code a lot in an attempt to provoke the compiler into
behaving.

Cc: Rolf Eike Beer 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds