linux/kernel/module.c, branch v2.6.21-rc7

[PATCH] driver core: fix built-in drivers sysfs links

2007-04-02T17:06:09Z

built-in drivers had broken sysfs links that caused bootup hangs for certain driver unregistry sequences. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Revert "driver core: refcounting fix"

2007-03-09T23:25:04Z

This reverts commit 63ce18cfe685115ff8d341bae4c9204a79043cf0. It was the incorrect fix and causes a reference counting bug whenever any driver module is removed from the system. Mike Galbraith is looking for the real fix for his problem. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Revert "Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent"

2007-02-23T22:54:57Z

This reverts commit c353c3fb0700a3c17ea2b0237710a184232ccd7f. It turns out that we end up with a loop trying to load the unix module and calling netfilter to do that. Will redo the patch later to not have this loop. Acked-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: refcounting fix

2007-02-23T22:52:09Z

Fix a reference counting bug exposed by commit 725522b5453dd680412f2b6463a988e4fd148757. If driver.mod_name exists, we take a reference in module_add_driver(), and never release it. Undo that reference in module_remove_driver(). Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith Cc: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs: fix build errors: uevent with CONFIG_SYSFS=n

2007-02-16T23:19:18Z

Fix source files to build with CONFIG_SYSFS=n. module_subsys is not available. SYSFS=n, MODULES=y: T:y SYSFS=n, MODULES=n: T:y SYSFS=y, MODULES=y: T:y SYSFS=y, MODULES=n: T:y Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Driver: remove redundant kobject_unregister checks

2007-02-16T23:19:17Z

Here is a patch that removes all redundant kobject_unregister argument checks. Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent

2007-02-16T23:19:15Z

On recent systems, calls to /sbin/modprobe are handled by udev depending on the kind of device the kernel has discovered. This patch creates an uevent for the kernels internal request_module(), to let udev take control over the request, instead of forking the binary directly by the kernel. The direct execution of /sbin/modprobe can be disabled by setting: /sys/module/kmod/mod_request_helper (/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe) to an empty string, the same way /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug is disabled on an udev system. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

/sys/modules/*/holders

2007-02-07T18:37:12Z

Modules: only add drivers/ direcory if needed

2007-02-07T18:37:12Z

This changes the module core to only create the drivers/ directory if we are going to put something in it. Cc: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

MODULES: add the module name for built in kernel drivers

2007-02-07T18:37:12Z

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