Hello, guys. (This is for 3.14-rc1. Posting early for review. Will refresh and repost once the next driver-core-next opens.)
This is the second take of the patchset to separate out kernfs from sysfs. Changes from the last take[L] are, * Patches applied to driver-core-next are dropped and the rest are refreshed. * Mount portion of kernfs implemented. kernfs now supports multiple sysfs_dirent hierarchies and sysfs is just one of them. * Dummy interface for kernfs for !CONFIG_SYSFS updated to return -ENOSYS / ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS) where applicable. * Several bug fixes. This patchset contains 39 patches to separate out core sysfs features into kernfs. kernfs exclusively deals with sysfs_dirent, which will be later renamed to kernfs_node, and kernfs_ops. sysfs becomes a wrapping layer over sysfs which interfaces kobject and [bin_]attribute. The goal of these changes is to allow other users to make use of the core features of sysfs instead of rolling their own pseudo filesystem implementation which usually fails to deal with issues with file shutdowns, locking separation from vfs layer and so on. This patchset refactors sysfs and separates out core functionalities to kernfs. After the patchset, kernfs is fully functional - multiple sysfs_dirent hierarchies can be created and mounted and sysfs is just one user of kernfs. This patchset shouldn't introduce any behavior differences and contains the following patches. 0001-sysfs-make-__sysfs_add_one-fail-if-the-parent-isn-t-.patch 0002-sysfs-kernfs-add-skeletons-for-kernfs.patch 0003-sysfs-kernfs-introduce-kernfs_remove-_by_name-_ns.patch 0004-sysfs-kernfs-introduce-kernfs_create_link.patch 0005-sysfs-kernfs-introduce-kernfs_rename-_ns.patch 0006-sysfs-kernfs-introduce-kernfs_setattr.patch 0007-sysfs-kernfs-replace-sysfs_dirent-s_dir.kobj-and-s_a.patch 0008-sysfs-kernfs-introduce-kernfs_create_dir-_ns.patch 0009-sysfs-kernfs-prepare-read-path-for-kernfs.patch 0010-sysfs-kernfs-prepare-write-path-for-kernfs.patch 0011-sysfs-kernfs-prepare-mmap-path-for-kernfs.patch 0012-sysfs-kernfs-prepare-open-release-poll-paths-for-ker.patch 0013-sysfs-kernfs-move-sysfs_open_file-to-include-linux-k.patch 0014-sysfs-kernfs-introduce-kernfs_ops.patch 0015-sysfs-kernfs-add-sysfs_dirent-s_attr.size.patch 0016-sysfs-kernfs-remove-SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR.patch 0017-sysfs-kernfs-introduce-kernfs_create_file-_ns.patch 0018-sysfs-kernfs-remove-sysfs_add_one.patch 0019-sysfs-kernfs-add-kernfs_ops-seq_-start-next-stop.patch 0020-sysfs-kernfs-introduce-kernfs_notify.patch 0021-sysfs-kernfs-reorganize-SYSFS_-constants.patch 0022-sysfs-kernfs-revamp-sysfs_dirent-active_ref-lockdep-.patch 0023-sysfs-kernfs-introduce-kernfs-_find_and-_get-and-ker.patch 0024-sysfs-kernfs-move-internal-decls-to-fs-kernfs-kernfs.patch 0025-sysfs-kernfs-move-inode-code-to-fs-kernfs-inode.c.patch 0026-sysfs-kernfs-move-dir-core-code-to-fs-kernfs-dir.c.patch 0027-sysfs-kernfs-move-file-core-code-to-fs-kernfs-file.c.patch 0028-sysfs-kernfs-move-symlink-core-code-to-fs-kernfs-sym.patch 0029-sysfs-kernfs-drop-unused-params-from-sysfs_fill_supe.patch 0030-sysfs-kernfs-make-sysfs_super_info-ns-const.patch 0031-sysfs-kernfs-no-need-to-kern_mount-sysfs-from-sysfs_.patch 0032-sysfs-kernfs-introduce-sysfs_root_sd.patch 0033-sysfs-kernfs-implement-kernfs_create-destroy_root.patch 0034-sysfs-kernfs-make-inode-number-ida-per-kernfs_root.patch 0035-sysfs-kernfs-make-super_blocks-bind-to-different-ker.patch 0036-sysfs-kernfs-prepare-mount-path-for-kernfs.patch 0037-sysfs-kernfs-move-mount-core-code-to-fs-kernfs-mount.patch 0038-sysfs-kernfs-make-sysfs_dirent-definition-public.patch 0039-sysfs-kernfs-remove-cross-inclusions-of-internal-hea.patch 0001 is prep patch. 0002 preps fs/kernfs/ directory with skeleton files. 0003-0023 refactor various code paths so that all externally visible interfaces are split to core kernfs interface which deals with sysfs_dirent and kernfs_ops and sysfs wrapping it to provide the existing interface. 0024-0028 move kernfs part of the implementation under fs/kernfs. 0029-0035 update mount logic so that it can support multiple sysfs_dirent hierarchies instead of assuming single sysfs hierarchy. 0036-0037 refactor mount code path for kernfs and moves kernfs interface and implementation to fs/kernfs. 0038-0039 cut the remaining entanglement between sysfs and kernfs and make the former proper user of the latter. Multiple hierarchy support tested with the attached module (needs adding EXPORT_SYMBOL to kernfs interface). Works as expected. This patchset is on top of driver-core-next 0cae60f91494 ("sysfs: rename sysfs_assoc_lock and explain what it's about") The patches are also available in the following git branch. git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/misc.git review-separate-out-kernfs diffstat follows. Thanks. fs/Makefile | 2 fs/kernfs/Makefile | 5 fs/kernfs/dir.c | 1007 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ fs/kernfs/file.c | 797 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ fs/kernfs/inode.c | 337 ++++++++++++++ fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h | 124 +++++ fs/kernfs/mount.c | 165 +++++++ fs/kernfs/symlink.c | 148 ++++++ fs/namespace.c | 2 fs/sysfs/Makefile | 2 fs/sysfs/dir.c | 990 ------------------------------------------- fs/sysfs/file.c | 913 +++++++-------------------------------- fs/sysfs/group.c | 59 +- fs/sysfs/inode.c | 331 -------------- fs/sysfs/mount.c | 166 ------- fs/sysfs/symlink.c | 162 ------- fs/sysfs/sysfs.h | 217 --------- include/linux/kernfs.h | 311 +++++++++++++ include/linux/sysfs.h | 43 - 19 files changed, 3174 insertions(+), 2607 deletions(-) -- tejun [L] https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1382629780-10006-1-git-send-email...@kernel.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/