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Alexey Dobriyan
99b7623380 proc 2/2: remove struct proc_dir_entry::owner
Setting ->owner as done currently (pde->owner = THIS_MODULE) is racy
as correctly noted at bug #12454. Someone can lookup entry with NULL
->owner, thus not pinning enything, and release it later resulting
in module refcount underflow.

We can keep ->owner and supply it at registration time like ->proc_fops
and ->data.

But this leaves ->owner as easy-manipulative field (just one C assignment)
and somebody will forget to unpin previous/pin current module when
switching ->owner. ->proc_fops is declared as "const" which should give
some thoughts.

->read_proc/->write_proc were just fixed to not require ->owner for
protection.

rmmod'ed directories will be empty and return "." and ".." -- no harm.
And directories with tricky enough readdir and lookup shouldn't be modular.
We definitely don't want such modular code.

Removing ->owner will also make PDE smaller.

So, let's nuke it.

Kudos to Jeff Layton for reminding about this, let's say, oversight.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12454

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
2009-03-31 01:14:44 +04:00
Denis V. Lunev
c7705f3449 drivers: use non-racy method for proc entries creation (2)
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: Denis 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: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
David Brownell
cd9662094e rtc: remove rest of class_device
Finish converting the RTC framework so it no longer uses class_device.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Acked-By: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08 11:15:18 -07:00
David Brownell
7d9f99eccc rtc: simplified /proc/driver/rtc handling
This simplifies the RTC procfs support by removing the class_interface that
hooks it into the rtc core.  If it's configured, then sysfs support is now
part of the RTC core, and is never a separate module.

It also removes the class_interface hook, now that its last remaining user is
gone.  (That API is usable only with a "struct class_device".)

It's another step towards being able to remove "struct class_device".

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Acked-By: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08 11:15:18 -07:00
David Brownell
ab6a2d70d1 rtc: rtc interfaces don't use class_device
This patch removes class_device from the programming interface that the RTC
framework exposes to the rest of the kernel.  Now an rtc_device is passed,
which is more type-safe and streamlines all the relevant code.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Acked-By: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08 11:15:18 -07:00
Arjan van de Ven
d54b1fdb1d [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 5
Many struct file_operations in the kernel can be "const".  Marking them const
moves these to the .rodata section, which avoids false sharing with potential
dirty data.  In addition it'll catch accidental writes at compile time to
these shared resources.

Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-12 09:48:45 -08:00
David Brownell
a2db8dfce8 [PATCH] rtc framewok: rtc_wkalrm.enabled reporting updates
Fix a glitch in the procfs dumping of whether the alarm IRQ is enabled: use
the traditional name (from drivers/char/rtc.c and many other places) of
"alarm_IRQ", not "alrm_wakeup" (which didn't even match the efirtc code, which
originated that reporting API).

Also, update a few of the RTC drivers to stop providing that duplicate status,
and/or to expose it properly when reporting the alarm state.  We really don't
want every RTC driver doing their own thing here...

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-13 09:05:52 -08:00
David Brownell
5a6534e4cf [PATCH] rtc: remove syslog spam on registration
This removes some syslog spam as RTC drivers register; debug messages
shouldn't come out at "info" level.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-13 09:05:52 -08:00
David Brownell
ff8371ac9a [PATCH] constify rtc_class_ops: update drivers
Update RTC framework so that drivers can constify their method tables, moving
them from ".data" to ".rodata".  Then update the drivers.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01 00:39:25 -07:00
David Brownell
db621f174d [PATCH] RTC class: error checks
The rtc_is_valid_tm() routine needs to treat some of the fields it checks as
unsigned, to prevent wrongly accepting invalid rtc_time structs; this is the
same approach used elsewhere in the RTC code for such tests.

Conversely, rtc_proc_show() is missing one invalid-day-of-month test that
rtc_is_valid_tm() makes: there is no day zero.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01 00:39:25 -07:00
David Brownell
818a8674b0 [PATCH] RTC class uses subsys_init
This makes RTC core components use "subsys_init" instead of "module_init", as
appropriate for subsystem infrastructure.  This is mostly useful for
statically linking drivers in other parts of the tree that may provide an RTC
interface as a secondary functionality (e.g.  part of a multifunction chip);
they won't need to worry so much about drivers/Makefile link order.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Acked-by: Oleg Verych <olecom@flower.upol.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01 00:39:25 -07:00
Alessandro Zummo
adfb434125 [PATCH] RTC subsystem: fix proc output
Move the "24hr: yes" proc output from drivers to rtc proc code.  This is
required because the time value in the proc output is always in 24hr mode
regardless of the driver.

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Cc: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-04-11 06:18:47 -07:00
Alessandro Zummo
728a294787 [PATCH] RTC subsystem: proc interface
Add the proc interface to the RTC subsystem.

The first RTC driver which registers with the class will be accessible by
/proc/driver/rtc .

This is required for compatibility with the standard RTC driver and to avoid
breaking any user space application which may erroneusly rely on this.

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-27 08:44:51 -08:00