linux/lib/kobject.c, branch v4.19

Merge tag 'driver-core-4.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

2018-08-18T18:44:53Z

Pull driver core updates from Greg KH: "Here are all of the driver core and related patches for 4.19-rc1. Nothing huge here, just a number of small cleanups and the ability to now stop the deferred probing after init happens. All of these have been in linux-next for a while with only a merge issue reported" * tag 'driver-core-4.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (21 commits) base: core: Remove WARN_ON from link dependencies check drivers/base: stop new probing during shutdown drivers: core: Remove glue dirs from sysfs earlier driver core: remove unnecessary function extern declare sysfs.h: fix non-kernel-doc comment PM / Domains: Stop deferring probe at the end of initcall iommu: Remove IOMMU_OF_DECLARE iommu: Stop deferring probe at end of initcalls pinctrl: Support stopping deferred probe after initcalls dt-bindings: pinctrl: add a 'pinctrl-use-default' property driver core: allow stopping deferred probe after init driver core: add a debugfs entry to show deferred devices sysfs: Fix internal_create_group() for named group updates base: fix order of OF initialization linux/device.h: fix kernel-doc notation warning Documentation: update firmware loader fallback reference kobject: Replace strncpy with memcpy drivers: base: cacheinfo: use OF property_read_u32 instead of get_property,read_number kernfs: Replace strncpy with memcpy device: Add #define dev_fmt similar to #define pr_fmt ...

kobject: kset_create_and_add() - fetch ownership info from parent

2018-07-21T06:44:35Z

This change implements get_ownership() for ksets created with kset_create_and_add() call by fetching ownership data from parent kobject. This is done mostly for benefit of "queues" attribute of net devices so that corresponding directory belongs to container's root instead of global root for network devices in a container. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

sysfs, kobject: allow creating kobject belonging to arbitrary users

2018-07-21T06:44:35Z

Normally kobjects and their sysfs representation belong to global root, however it is not necessarily the case for objects in separate namespaces. For example, objects in separate network namespace logically belong to the container's root and not global root. This change lays groundwork for allowing network namespace objects ownership to be transferred to container's root user by defining get_ownership() callback in ktype structure and using it in sysfs code to retrieve desired uid/gid when creating sysfs objects for given kobject. Co-Developed-by: Tyler Hicks Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

kobject: Replace strncpy with memcpy

2018-07-07T15:40:20Z

gcc 8.1.0 complains: lib/kobject.c:128:3: warning: 'strncpy' output truncated before terminating nul copying as many bytes from a string as its length [-Wstringop-truncation] lib/kobject.c: In function 'kobject_get_path': lib/kobject.c:125:13: note: length computed here Using strncpy() is indeed less than perfect since the length of data to be copied has already been determined with strlen(). Replace strncpy() with memcpy() to address the warning and optimize the code a little. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: don't use WARN for registration failures

2018-04-23T11:14:55Z

This WARNING proved to be noisy. The function still returns an error and callers should handle it. That's how most of kernel code works. Downgrade the WARNING to pr_err() and leave WARNINGs for kernel bugs. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov Reported-by: syzbot+209c0f67f99fec8eb14b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Reported-by: syzbot+7fb6d9525a4528104e05@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Reported-by: syzbot+2e63711063e2d8f9ea27@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Reported-by: syzbot+de73361ee4971b6e6f75@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

lib/kobject: Join string literals back

2018-03-15T13:38:55Z

There is no need to split string literals. Moreover, it would be simpler to grep for an actual code line, when debugging, by using almost any part of the string literal in question. While here, replace printk(LEVEL) by pr_lvl() macros. No functional change intended. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Merge tag 'driver-core-4.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

2018-02-01T18:00:28Z

Pull driver core updates from Greg KH: "Here is the set of "big" driver core patches for 4.16-rc1. The majority of the work here is in the firmware subsystem, with reworks to try to attempt to make the code easier to handle in the long run, but no functional change. There's also some tree-wide sysfs attribute fixups with lots of acks from the various subsystem maintainers, as well as a handful of other normal fixes and changes. And finally, some license cleanups for the driver core and sysfs code. All have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues" * tag 'driver-core-4.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (48 commits) device property: Define type of PROPERTY_ENRTY_*() macros device property: Reuse property_entry_free_data() device property: Move property_entry_free_data() upper firmware: Fix up docs referring to FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL firmware: Drop FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL Kconfig option USB: serial: keyspan: Drop firmware Kconfig options sysfs: remove DEBUG defines sysfs: use SPDX identifiers drivers: base: add coredump driver ops sysfs: add attribute specification for /sysfs/devices/.../coredump test_firmware: fix missing unlock on error in config_num_requests_store() test_firmware: make local symbol test_fw_config static sysfs: turn WARN() into pr_warn() firmware: Fix a typo in fallback-mechanisms.rst treewide: Use DEVICE_ATTR_WO treewide: Use DEVICE_ATTR_RO treewide: Use DEVICE_ATTR_RW sysfs.h: Use octal permissions component: add debugfs support bus: simple-pm-bus: convert bool SIMPLE_PM_BUS to tristate ...

kobject: Export kobj_ns_grab_current() and kobj_ns_drop()

2018-01-23T16:35:04Z

Make it possible to call these two functions from a kernel module. Note: despite their name, these two functions can be used meaningfully independent of kobjects. A later patch will add calls to these functions from the SRP driver because this patch series modifies the SRP driver such that it can hold a reference to a namespace that can last longer than the lifetime of the process through which the namespace reference was obtained. Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford

kobject: Remove redundant license text

2017-12-07T17:36:43Z

Now that the SPDX tag is in all kobject 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. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: add SPDX identifiers to all kobject files

2017-12-07T17:36:43Z

It's good to have SPDX identifiers in all files to make it easier to audit the kernel tree for correct licenses. Update the kobject 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: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Kate Stewart Cc: Philippe Ombredanne Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman