linux/drivers/base, branch v2.6.19

[PATCH] Fix device_attribute memory leak in device_del

2006-11-25T21:28:33Z

dev->devt_attr is allocated in device_add() but it is never freed in device_del() in the drivers/base/core.c file (reported by kmemleak). Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas Acked-by: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] move SYS_HYPERVISOR inside the Generic Driver menu

2006-10-28T18:30:55Z

Put SYS_HYPERVISOR inside the Generic Driver Config menu where it should be. Otherwise xconfig displays it as a dangling (lost) menu item under Device Drivers, all by itself (when all options are displayed). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Cc: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: Heiko Carstens Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] drivers: wait for threaded probes between initcall levels

2006-10-27T22:34:51Z

The multithreaded-probing code has a problem: after one initcall level (eg, core_initcall) has been processed, we will then start processing the next level (postcore_initcall) while the kernel threads which are handling core_initcall are still executing. This breaks the guarantees which the layered initcalls previously gave us. IOW, we want to be multithreaded _within_ an initcall level, but not between different levels. Fix that up by causing the probing code to wait for all outstanding probes at one level to complete before we start processing the next level. Cc: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

driver core: kmalloc() failure check in driver_probe_device

2006-10-18T19:49:56Z

driver_probe_device() is missing kmalloc() failure check. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Driver core: bus: remove indentation level

2006-10-18T19:49:56Z

Before potentially fixing up these functions, this cosmetic change reduces the indentation level to make the code easier to read and maintain. No functional changes at all. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Driver core: Don't ignore error returns from probing

2006-10-18T19:49:55Z

This patch (as797) fixes device_add() in the driver core. It needs to pay attention when the driver for a new device reports an error. At the same time, since bus_remove_device() undoes the effects of both bus_add_device() and bus_attach_device(), it needs to check whether the bus_attach_device step failed. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Driver core: Don't leak 'old_class_name' in drivers/base/core.c::device_rename()

2006-10-18T19:49:55Z

If kmalloc() fails to allocate space for 'old_symlink_name' in drivers/base/core.c::device_rename(), then we'll leak 'old_class_name'. Spotted by the Coverity checker. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core fixes: sysfs_create_group() retval in topology.c

2006-10-18T19:49:55Z

Return the return value of sysfs_create_group() in topology_add_dev(). Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core fixes: device_create_file() retval check in dmapool.c

2006-10-18T19:49:55Z

Check for device_create_file() return value in dma_pool_create(). Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core fixes: device_add() cleanup on error

2006-10-18T19:49:55Z

Check for return code of device_create_file() and correct cleanup in the error case in device_add(). Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman