Here are some driver core and sysfs patches against your 2.6.22 git tree. The majority of the work here is a sysfs rework from Tejun that splits the dependency between sysfs and kobjecs apart, fixing loads of reference counting issues all at once. This rework is needed for his upcoming libata hotplug work.
DMI module autoloading is also added here, along with some power management core work. Also some documentation about the future of sysfs has been added. All of these patches have been in the -mm tree for a few months. Please pull from: master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6.git/ Patches will be sent as a follow-on to this message to lkml for people to see. thanks, greg k-h .../firmware_sample_firmware_class.c | 2 + Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | 166 +++ arch/arm/common/locomo.c | 11 +- arch/arm/common/sa1111.c | 13 +- arch/arm/mach-sa1100/neponset.c | 15 +- arch/ppc/syslib/mv64x60.c | 1 - arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c | 2 - drivers/base/attribute_container.c | 1 + drivers/base/base.h | 2 +- drivers/base/bus.c | 24 +- drivers/base/class.c | 46 +- drivers/base/core.c | 58 +- drivers/base/dd.c | 21 +- drivers/base/devres.c | 2 + drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 6 +- drivers/base/power/main.c | 44 +- drivers/base/power/power.h | 4 +- drivers/base/power/resume.c | 23 +- drivers/base/power/runtime.c | 12 +- drivers/base/power/suspend.c | 72 +- drivers/base/sys.c | 24 +- drivers/block/pktcdvd.c | 3 +- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 10 - drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c | 3 +- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c | 2 +- drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c | 1 - drivers/firmware/Kconfig | 9 + drivers/firmware/Makefile | 1 + drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c | 10 +- drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h | 3 +- drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c | 31 +- drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c | 222 ++++ drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 73 +- drivers/firmware/edd.c | 2 +- drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 6 +- drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c | 4 +- drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c | 6 +- drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c | 1 - drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h | 1 - drivers/macintosh/windfarm_core.c | 2 - drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c | 3 +- drivers/misc/msi-laptop.c | 44 +- drivers/net/ibmveth.c | 2 +- drivers/parisc/pdc_stable.c | 4 +- drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c | 7 +- drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 22 +- drivers/pci/probe.c | 2 - drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c | 10 +- drivers/rapidio/rio-sysfs.c | 7 +- drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c | 11 +- drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c | 11 +- drivers/s390/cio/chp.c | 12 +- drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c | 2 +- drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c | 18 +- drivers/scsi/ipr.c | 18 +- drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c | 17 +- drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c | 14 +- drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c | 56 +- drivers/spi/at25.c | 7 +- drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 5 - drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c | 10 +- drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 2 +- drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c | 2 +- drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c | 11 +- drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c | 8 +- drivers/w1/w1.c | 14 +- drivers/zorro/zorro-sysfs.c | 6 +- fs/debugfs/inode.c | 63 + fs/ecryptfs/main.c | 2 - fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c | 1 - fs/partitions/check.c | 1 - fs/sysfs/bin.c | 195 ++-- fs/sysfs/dir.c | 1297 ++++++++++++++------ fs/sysfs/file.c | 379 +++---- fs/sysfs/group.c | 55 +- fs/sysfs/inode.c | 221 +--- fs/sysfs/mount.c | 36 +- fs/sysfs/symlink.c | 150 ++-- fs/sysfs/sysfs.h | 169 ++-- include/linux/debugfs.h | 9 + include/linux/device.h | 5 - include/linux/dmi.h | 8 + include/linux/idr.h | 29 + include/linux/kobject.h | 9 +- include/linux/pm.h | 5 - include/linux/sysdev.h | 3 +- include/linux/sysfs.h | 43 +- kernel/module.c | 9 +- kernel/params.c | 1 - lib/idr.c | 332 +++++- lib/kobject.c | 19 +- net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c | 8 +- net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c | 3 +- 93 files changed, 2822 insertions(+), 1494 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c --------------- Adrian Bunk (1): Driver core: fix devres_release_all() return value Cornelia Huck (1): Driver core: coding style cleanup Jan Kara (1): debugfs: add rename for debugfs files Kay Sievers (2): Rules on how to use sysfs in userspace programs Driver core: add missing kset uevent Lennart Poettering (1): DMI-based module autoloading Matthias Kaehlcke (2): sysdev: use mutex instead of semaphore Power Management: use mutexes instead of semaphores Michael S. Tsirkin (1): Driver core: include linux/mutex.h from attribute_container.c Rafael J. Wysocki (8): PM: Remove pm_parent from struct dev_pm_info PM: Remove saved_state from struct dev_pm_info PM: Simplify suspend_device PM: Remove prev_state from struct dev_pm_info PM: Remove power_state.event checks from suspend core code PM: Do not check parent state in suspend and resume core code PM: do not use saved_state from struct dev_pm_info on ARM sysfs: Fix oops in sysfs_drop_dentry on x86_64 Stefan Richter (2): driver core: properly get driver in device_release_driver driver core: fix kernel doc of device_release_driver Tejun Heo (41): idr: fix obscure bug in allocation path idr: separate out idr_mark_full() ida: implement idr based id allocator sysfs: move release_sysfs_dirent() to dir.c sysfs: allocate inode number using ida sysfs: make sysfs_put() ignore NULL sd sysfs: fix error handling in binattr write() sysfs: flatten cleanup paths in sysfs_add_link() and create_dir() sysfs: flatten and fix sysfs_rename_dir() error handling sysfs: consolidate sysfs_dirent creation functions sysfs: add sysfs_dirent->s_parent sysfs: add sysfs_dirent->s_name sysfs: make sysfs_dirent->s_element a union sysfs: implement kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock sysfs: reimplement symlink using sysfs_dirent tree sysfs: implement bin_buffer sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect sysfs: kill attribute file orphaning sysfs: separate out sysfs_attach_dentry() sysfs: reimplement sysfs_drop_dentry() sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->owner driver-core: make devt_attr and uevent_attr static sysfs: make sysfs_alloc_ino() static sysfs: fix parent refcounting during rename and move sysfs: reorganize sysfs_new_indoe() and sysfs_create() sysfs: use iget_locked() instead of new_inode() sysfs: fix root sysfs_dirent -> root dentry association sysfs: move s_active functions to fs/sysfs/dir.c sysfs: slim down sysfs_dirent->s_active sysfs: use singly-linked list for sysfs_dirent tree sysfs: make sysfs_drop_dentry() access inodes using ilookup() sysfs: rename sysfs_dirent->s_type to s_flags and make room for flags sysfs: implement SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED flag sysfs: implement sysfs_find_dirent() and sysfs_get_dirent() sysfs: make kobj point to sysfs_dirent instead of dentry sysfs: consolidate sysfs spinlocks sysfs: use sysfs_mutex to protect the sysfs_dirent tree sysfs: restructure add/remove paths and fix inode update sysfs: move sysfs_drop_dentry() to dir.c and make it static sysfs: implement sysfs_get_dentry() sysfs: make directory dentries and inodes reclaimable Zhang Rui (1): sysfs: add parameter "struct bin_attribute *" in .read/.write methods for sysfs binary attributes - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/