Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (28 commits)
  driver core: device_rename's new_name can be const
  sysfs: Remove owner field from sysfs struct attribute
  powerpc/pci: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in PCI bridge init
  regulator: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in regulator core driver
  leds: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in bd2802 driver
  scsi: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in ARCMSR driver
  scsi: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in LPFC driver
  cgroupfs: create /sys/fs/cgroup to mount cgroupfs on
  Driver core: Add BUS_NOTIFY_BIND_DRIVER
  driver core: fix memory leak on one error path in bus_register()
  debugfs: no longer needs to depend on SYSFS
  sysfs: Fix one more signature discrepancy between sysfs implementation and docs.
  sysfs: fix discrepancies between implementation and documentation
  dcdbas: remove a redundant smi_data_buf_free in dcdbas_exit
  dmi-id: fix a memory leak in dmi_id_init error path
  sysfs: sysfs_chmod_file's attr can be const
  firmware: Update hotplug script
  Driver core: move platform device creation helpers to .init.text (if MODULE=n)
  Driver core: reduce duplicated code for platform_device creation
  Driver core: use kmemdup in platform_device_add_resources
  ...

Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ X!Edrivers/base/attribute_container.c
 <!--
 X!Edrivers/base/interface.c
 -->
+!Iinclude/linux/platform_device.h
 !Edrivers/base/platform.c
 !Edrivers/base/bus.c
      </sect1>

Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ sysfs - _The_ filesystem for exporting kernel objects.
 Patrick Mochel	<mochel@osdl.org>
 Mike Murphy <mamurph@cs.clemson.edu>
 
-Revised:    22 February 2009
+Revised:    15 July 2010
 Original:   10 January 2003
 
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ show and store methods of the attribute owners.
 
 struct sysfs_ops {
         ssize_t (*show)(struct kobject *, struct attribute *, char *);
-        ssize_t (*store)(struct kobject *, struct attribute *, const char *);
+        ssize_t (*store)(struct kobject *, struct attribute *, const char *, size_t);
 };
 
 [ Subsystems should have already defined a struct kobj_type as a
@@ -139,18 +139,22 @@ calls the associated methods.
 
 To illustrate:
 
+#define to_dev(obj) container_of(obj, struct device, kobj)
 #define to_dev_attr(_attr) container_of(_attr, struct device_attribute, attr)
-#define to_dev(d) container_of(d, struct device, kobj)
 
-static ssize_t
-dev_attr_show(struct kobject * kobj, struct attribute * attr, char * buf)
+static ssize_t dev_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
+                             char *buf)
 {
-        struct device_attribute * dev_attr = to_dev_attr(attr);
-        struct device * dev = to_dev(kobj);
-        ssize_t ret = 0;
+        struct device_attribute *dev_attr = to_dev_attr(attr);
+        struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
+        ssize_t ret = -EIO;
 
         if (dev_attr->show)
-                ret = dev_attr->show(dev, buf);
+                ret = dev_attr->show(dev, dev_attr, buf);
+        if (ret >= (ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE) {
+                print_symbol("dev_attr_show: %s returned bad count\n",
+                                (unsigned long)dev_attr->show);
+        }
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -163,10 +167,9 @@ To read or write attributes, show() or store() methods must be
 specified when declaring the attribute. The method types should be as
 simple as those defined for device attributes:
 
-ssize_t (*show)(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute * attr,
-                char * buf);
-ssize_t (*store)(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute * attr,
-                 const char * buf);
+ssize_t (*show)(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
+ssize_t (*store)(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+                 const char *buf, size_t count);
 
 IOW, they should take only an object, an attribute, and a buffer as parameters.
 
@@ -209,8 +212,8 @@ Other notes:
 
 - show() should always use snprintf(). 
 
-- store() should return the number of bytes used from the buffer. This
-  can be done using strlen().
+- store() should return the number of bytes used from the buffer. If the
+  entire buffer has been used, just return the count argument.
 
 - show() or store() can always return errors. If a bad value comes
   through, be sure to return an error.
@@ -223,15 +226,18 @@ Other notes:
 
 A very simple (and naive) implementation of a device attribute is:
 
-static ssize_t show_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+static ssize_t show_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+                         char *buf)
 {
 	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", dev->name);
 }
 
-static ssize_t store_name(struct device * dev, const char * buf)
+static ssize_t store_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+                          const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	sscanf(buf, "%20s", dev->name);
-	return strnlen(buf, PAGE_SIZE);
+        snprintf(dev->name, sizeof(dev->name), "%.*s",
+                 (int)min(count, sizeof(dev->name) - 1), buf);
+	return count;
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, show_name, store_name);
@@ -327,7 +333,7 @@ Structure:
 struct bus_attribute {
         struct attribute        attr;
         ssize_t (*show)(struct bus_type *, char * buf);
-        ssize_t (*store)(struct bus_type *, const char * buf);
+        ssize_t (*store)(struct bus_type *, const char * buf, size_t count);
 };
 
 Declaring:

Documentation/firmware_class/hotplug-script

@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
 
 HOTPLUG_FW_DIR=/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
 
-echo 1 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
-cat $HOTPLUG_FW_DIR/$FIRMWARE > /sys/$DEVPATH/data
-echo 0 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
-
-# To cancel the load in case of error:
-#
-#	echo -1 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
-#
+if [ "$SUBSYSTEM" == "firmware" -a "$ACTION" == "add" ]; then
+  if [ -f $HOTPLUG_FW_DIR/$FIRMWARE ]; then
+    echo 1 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
+    cat $HOTPLUG_FW_DIR/$FIRMWARE > /sys/$DEVPATH/data
+    echo 0 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
+  else
+    echo -1 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
+  fi
+fi

arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_pci.c

@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute mv64x60_hs_reg_attr = { /* Hotswap register */
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "hs_reg",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size  = MV64X60_VAL_LEN_MAX,
 	.read  = mv64x60_hs_reg_read,

drivers/base/bus.c

@@ -945,8 +945,8 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type *bus)
 	bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent);
 bus_uevent_fail:
 	kset_unregister(&bus->p->subsys);
-	kfree(bus->p);
 out:
+	kfree(bus->p);
 	bus->p = NULL;
 	return retval;
 }

drivers/base/core.c

@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_destroy);
  * on the same device to ensure that new_name is valid and
  * won't conflict with other devices.
  */
-int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name)
+int device_rename(struct device *dev, const char *new_name)
 {
 	char *old_class_name = NULL;
 	char *new_class_name = NULL;

drivers/base/dd.c

@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ static int driver_sysfs_add(struct device *dev)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (dev->bus)
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->p->bus_notifier,
+					     BUS_NOTIFY_BIND_DRIVER, dev);
+
 	ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->driver->p->kobj, &dev->kobj,
 			  kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
 	if (ret == 0) {

drivers/base/dma-coherent.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 struct dma_coherent_mem {
 	void		*virt_base;
-	u32		device_base;
+	dma_addr_t	device_base;
 	int		size;
 	int		flags;
 	unsigned long	*bitmap;

drivers/base/platform.c

@@ -192,13 +192,13 @@ int platform_device_add_resources(struct platform_device *pdev,
 {
 	struct resource *r;
 
-	r = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource) * num, GFP_KERNEL);
+	r = kmemdup(res, sizeof(struct resource) * num, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (r) {
-		memcpy(r, res, sizeof(struct resource) * num);
 		pdev->resource = r;
 		pdev->num_resources = num;
+		return 0;
 	}
-	return r ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_add_resources);
 
@@ -345,108 +345,56 @@ void platform_device_unregister(struct platform_device *pdev)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregister);
 
 /**
- * platform_device_register_simple - add a platform-level device and its resources
- * @name: base name of the device we're adding
- * @id: instance id
- * @res: set of resources that needs to be allocated for the device
- * @num: number of resources
- *
- * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
- * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
- * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
- * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
- * dropped.
- *
- * This interface is primarily intended for use with legacy drivers which
- * probe hardware directly.  Because such drivers create sysfs device nodes
- * themselves, rather than letting system infrastructure handle such device
- * enumeration tasks, they don't fully conform to the Linux driver model.
- * In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, they can't be
- * "hotplugged".
+ * platform_device_register_resndata - add a platform-level device with
+ * resources and platform-specific data
  *
- * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
- */
-struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *name,
-							int id,
-							const struct resource *res,
-							unsigned int num)
-{
-	struct platform_device *pdev;
-	int retval;
-
-	pdev = platform_device_alloc(name, id);
-	if (!pdev) {
-		retval = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	if (num) {
-		retval = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, res, num);
-		if (retval)
-			goto error;
-	}
-
-	retval = platform_device_add(pdev);
-	if (retval)
-		goto error;
-
-	return pdev;
-
-error:
-	platform_device_put(pdev);
-	return ERR_PTR(retval);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_simple);
-
-/**
- * platform_device_register_data - add a platform-level device with platform-specific data
  * @parent: parent device for the device we're adding
  * @name: base name of the device we're adding
  * @id: instance id
+ * @res: set of resources that needs to be allocated for the device
+ * @num: number of resources
  * @data: platform specific data for this platform device
  * @size: size of platform specific data
  *
- * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
- * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
- * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
- * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
- * dropped.
- *
  * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
  */
-struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(
+struct platform_device *__init_or_module platform_device_register_resndata(
 		struct device *parent,
 		const char *name, int id,
+		const struct resource *res, unsigned int num,
 		const void *data, size_t size)
 {
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
-	int retval;
 
 	pdev = platform_device_alloc(name, id);
-	if (!pdev) {
-		retval = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
-	}
+	if (!pdev)
+		goto err;
 
 	pdev->dev.parent = parent;
 
-	if (size) {
-		retval = platform_device_add_data(pdev, data, size);
-		if (retval)
-			goto error;
+	if (res) {
+		ret = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, res, num);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err;
 	}
 
-	retval = platform_device_add(pdev);
-	if (retval)
-		goto error;
+	if (data) {
+		ret = platform_device_add_data(pdev, data, size);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err;
+	}
 
-	return pdev;
+	ret = platform_device_add(pdev);
+	if (ret) {
+err:
+		platform_device_put(pdev);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
 
-error:
-	platform_device_put(pdev);
-	return ERR_PTR(retval);
+	return pdev;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_data);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_resndata);
 
 static int platform_drv_probe(struct device *_dev)
 {

drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c

@@ -634,9 +634,6 @@ static void __exit dcdbas_exit(void)
 	 * before platform_device_unregister
 	 */
 	unregister_reboot_notifier(&dcdbas_reboot_nb);
-	smi_data_buf_free();
-	platform_device_unregister(dcdbas_pdev);
-	platform_driver_unregister(&dcdbas_driver);
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to free the buffer here instead of dcdbas_remove
@@ -645,6 +642,8 @@ static void __exit dcdbas_exit(void)
 	 * released.
 	 */
 	smi_data_buf_free();
+	platform_device_unregister(dcdbas_pdev);
+	platform_driver_unregister(&dcdbas_driver);
 }
 
 module_init(dcdbas_init);

drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c

@@ -229,10 +229,12 @@ static int __init dmi_id_init(void)
 
 	ret = device_register(dmi_dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto fail_class_unregister;
+		goto fail_free_dmi_dev;
 
 	return 0;
 
+fail_free_dmi_dev:
+	kfree(dmi_dev);
 fail_class_unregister:
 
 	class_unregister(&dmi_class);

drivers/leds/leds-bd2802.c

@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static ssize_t bd2802_store_reg##reg_addr(struct device *dev,		\
 	return count;							\
 }									\
 static struct device_attribute bd2802_reg##reg_addr##_attr = {		\
-	.attr = {.name = reg_name, .mode = 0644, .owner = THIS_MODULE},	\
+	.attr = {.name = reg_name, .mode = 0644},			\
 	.store = bd2802_store_reg##reg_addr,				\
 };
 
@@ -482,7 +482,6 @@ static struct device_attribute bd2802_adv_conf_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "advanced_configuration",
 		.mode = 0644,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE
 	},
 	.show = bd2802_show_adv_conf,
 	.store = bd2802_store_adv_conf,
@@ -519,7 +518,6 @@ static struct device_attribute bd2802_##attr_name##_attr = {		\
 	.attr = {							\
 		.name = name_str,					\
 		.mode = 0644,						\
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE					\
 	},								\
 	.show = bd2802_show_##attr_name,				\
 	.store = bd2802_store_##attr_name,				\

drivers/regulator/core.c

@@ -1025,7 +1025,6 @@ static struct regulator *create_regulator(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 		if (regulator->dev_attr.attr.name == NULL)
 			goto attr_name_err;
 
-		regulator->dev_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 		regulator->dev_attr.attr.mode = 0444;
 		regulator->dev_attr.show = device_requested_uA_show;
 		err = device_create_file(dev, &regulator->dev_attr);

drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c

@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_read_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_read",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR ,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1032,
 	.read = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_read,
@@ -202,7 +201,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_write_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_write",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1032,
 	.write = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_write,
@@ -212,7 +210,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_clear_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_clear",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1,
 	.write = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_clear,

drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c

@@ -2778,7 +2778,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_drvr_stat_data_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "lpfc_drvr_stat_data",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = LPFC_MAX_TARGET * MAX_STAT_DATA_SIZE_PER_TARGET,
 	.read = sysfs_drvr_stat_data_read,

drivers/uio/uio_cif.c

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int __devinit hilscher_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	}
 	info->version = "0.0.1";
 	info->irq = dev->irq;
-	info->irq_flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_SHARED;
+	info->irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED;
 	info->handler = hilscher_handler;
 
 	if (uio_register_device(&dev->dev, info))

drivers/uio/uio_pdrv_genirq.c

@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ static int uio_pdrv_genirq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 * Interrupt sharing is not supported.
 	 */
 
-	uioinfo->irq_flags |= IRQF_DISABLED;
 	uioinfo->handler = uio_pdrv_genirq_handler;
 	uioinfo->irqcontrol = uio_pdrv_genirq_irqcontrol;
 	uioinfo->open = uio_pdrv_genirq_open;

drivers/uio/uio_sercos3.c

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int __devinit sercos3_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	info->name = "Sercos_III_PCI";
 	info->version = "0.0.1";
 	info->irq = dev->irq;
-	info->irq_flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_SHARED;
+	info->irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED;
 	info->handler = sercos3_handler;
 	info->irqcontrol = sercos3_irqcontrol;
 

fs/sysfs/file.c

@@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_add_file_to_group);
  * @mode: file permissions.
  *
  */
-int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
+int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute *attr,
+		     mode_t mode)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 	struct iattr newattrs;

include/linux/device.h

@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ struct device *bus_find_device_by_name(struct bus_type *bus,
 				       struct device *start,
 				       const char *name);
 
-int __must_check bus_for_each_drv(struct bus_type *bus,
-				  struct device_driver *start, void *data,
-				  int (*fn)(struct device_driver *, void *));
+int bus_for_each_drv(struct bus_type *bus, struct device_driver *start,
+		     void *data, int (*fn)(struct device_driver *, void *));
 
 void bus_sort_breadthfirst(struct bus_type *bus,
 			   int (*compare)(const struct device *a,
@@ -110,10 +109,12 @@ extern int bus_unregister_notifier(struct bus_type *bus,
  */
 #define BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE		0x00000001 /* device added */
 #define BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE		0x00000002 /* device removed */
-#define BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER		0x00000003 /* driver bound to device */
-#define BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER	0x00000004 /* driver about to be
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_BIND_DRIVER		0x00000003 /* driver about to be
+						      bound */
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER		0x00000004 /* driver bound to device */
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER	0x00000005 /* driver about to be
 						      unbound */
-#define BUS_NOTIFY_UNBOUND_DRIVER	0x00000005 /* driver is unbound
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_UNBOUND_DRIVER	0x00000006 /* driver is unbound
 						      from the device */
 
 extern struct kset *bus_get_kset(struct bus_type *bus);
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ extern int device_for_each_child(struct device *dev, void *data,
 		     int (*fn)(struct device *dev, void *data));
 extern struct device *device_find_child(struct device *dev, void *data,
 				int (*match)(struct device *dev, void *data));
-extern int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name);
+extern int device_rename(struct device *dev, const char *new_name);
 extern int device_move(struct device *dev, struct device *new_parent,
 		       enum dpm_order dpm_order);
 extern const char *device_get_devnode(struct device *dev,

include/linux/platform_device.h

@@ -43,10 +43,64 @@ extern struct resource *platform_get_resource_byname(struct platform_device *, u
 extern int platform_get_irq_byname(struct platform_device *, const char *);
 extern int platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **, int);
 
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *, int id,
-					const struct resource *, unsigned int);
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(struct device *,
-		const char *, int, const void *, size_t);
+extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_resndata(
+		struct device *parent, const char *name, int id,
+		const struct resource *res, unsigned int num,
+		const void *data, size_t size);
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_register_simple - add a platform-level device and its resources
+ * @name: base name of the device we're adding
+ * @id: instance id
+ * @res: set of resources that needs to be allocated for the device
+ * @num: number of resources
+ *
+ * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
+ * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
+ * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
+ * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
+ * dropped.
+ *
+ * This interface is primarily intended for use with legacy drivers which
+ * probe hardware directly.  Because such drivers create sysfs device nodes
+ * themselves, rather than letting system infrastructure handle such device
+ * enumeration tasks, they don't fully conform to the Linux driver model.
+ * In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, they can't be
+ * "hotplugged".
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ */
+static inline struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(
+		const char *name, int id,
+		const struct resource *res, unsigned int num)
+{
+	return platform_device_register_resndata(NULL, name, id,
+			res, num, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_register_data - add a platform-level device with platform-specific data
+ * @parent: parent device for the device we're adding
+ * @name: base name of the device we're adding
+ * @id: instance id
+ * @data: platform specific data for this platform device
+ * @size: size of platform specific data
+ *
+ * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
+ * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
+ * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
+ * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
+ * dropped.
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ */
+static inline struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(
+		struct device *parent, const char *name, int id,
+		const void *data, size_t size)
+{
+	return platform_device_register_resndata(parent, name, id,
+			NULL, 0, data, size);
+}
 
 extern struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id);
 extern int platform_device_add_resources(struct platform_device *pdev,

include/linux/sysfs.h

@@ -22,14 +22,8 @@ struct kobject;
 struct module;
 enum kobj_ns_type;
 
-/* FIXME
- * The *owner field is no longer used.
- * x86 tree has been cleaned up. The owner
- * attribute is still left for other arches.
- */
 struct attribute {
 	const char		*name;
-	struct module		*owner;
 	mode_t			mode;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 	struct lock_class_key	*key;
@@ -136,8 +130,8 @@ int __must_check sysfs_create_file(struct kobject *kobj,
 				   const struct attribute *attr);
 int __must_check sysfs_create_files(struct kobject *kobj,
 				   const struct attribute **attr);
-int __must_check sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
-				  mode_t mode);
+int __must_check sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj,
+				  const struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode);
 void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute *attr);
 void sysfs_remove_files(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute **attr);
 
@@ -225,7 +219,7 @@ static inline int sysfs_create_files(struct kobject *kobj,
 }
 
 static inline int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj,
-				   struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
+				   const struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
 {
 	return 0;
 }

kernel/cgroup.c

@@ -1623,6 +1623,8 @@ static struct file_system_type cgroup_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb = cgroup_kill_sb,
 };
 
+static struct kobject *cgroup_kobj;
+
 static inline struct cgroup *__d_cgrp(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return dentry->d_fsdata;
@@ -3894,9 +3896,18 @@ int __init cgroup_init(void)
 	hhead = css_set_hash(init_css_set.subsys);
 	hlist_add_head(&init_css_set.hlist, hhead);
 	BUG_ON(!init_root_id(&rootnode));
+
+	cgroup_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("cgroup", fs_kobj);
+	if (!cgroup_kobj) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	err = register_filesystem(&cgroup_fs_type);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		kobject_put(cgroup_kobj);
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	proc_create("cgroups", 0, NULL, &proc_cgroupstats_operations);
 

kernel/sysctl.c

@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= &one,
 	},
 #endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET)
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
 	{
 		.procname	= "hotplug",
 		.data		= &uevent_helper,

lib/Kconfig.debug

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ config UNUSED_SYMBOLS
 
 config DEBUG_FS
 	bool "Debug Filesystem"
-	depends on SYSFS
 	help
 	  debugfs is a virtual file system that kernel developers use to put
 	  debugging files into.  Enable this option to be able to read and