linux-stable.git/drivers/char/mem.c, branch linux-4.5.y

wrappers for ->i_mutex access

2016-01-22T23:04:28+00:00

parallel to mutex_{lock,unlock,trylock,is_locked,lock_nested},
inode_foo(inode) being mutex_foo(&inode->i_mutex).

Please, use those for access to ->i_mutex; over the coming cycle
->i_mutex will become rwsem, with ->lookup() done with it held
only shared.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

switch drivers/char/mem.c to ->read_iter/->write_iter

2015-04-12T02:29:40+00:00

Note that _these_ guys have ->read() and ->write() left in place - they are
eqiuvalent to what we'd get if we replaced those with NULL, but we are
talking about hot paths here.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

make new_sync_{read,write}() static

2015-04-12T02:29:40+00:00

All places outside of core VFS that checked ->read and ->write for being NULL or
called the methods directly are gone now, so NULL {read,write} with non-NULL
{read,write}_iter will do the right thing in all cases.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

fs: move struct kiocb to fs.h

2015-03-26T00:28:11+00:00

struct kiocb now is a generic I/O container, so move it to fs.h.
Also do a #include diet for aio.h while we're at it.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

Merge tag 'char-misc-3.20-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc

2015-02-15T18:48:44+00:00

Pull char / misc patches from Greg KH:
 "Here's the big char/misc driver update for 3.20-rc1.

  Lots of little things in here, all described in the changelog.
  Nothing major or unusual, except maybe the binder selinux stuff, which
  was all acked by the proper selinux people and they thought it best to
  come through this tree.

  All of this has been in linux-next with no reported issues for a while"

* tag 'char-misc-3.20-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (90 commits)
  coresight: fix function etm_writel_cp14() parameter order
  coresight-etm: remove check for unknown Kconfig macro
  coresight: fixing CPU hwid lookup in device tree
  coresight: remove the unnecessary function coresight_is_bit_set()
  coresight: fix the debug AMBA bus name
  coresight: remove the extra spaces
  coresight: fix the link between orphan connection and newly added device
  coresight: remove the unnecessary replicator property
  coresight: fix the replicator subtype value
  pdfdocs: Fix 'make pdfdocs' failure for 'uio-howto.tmpl'
  mcb: Fix error path of mcb_pci_probe
  virtio/console: verify device has config space
  ti-st: clean up data types (fix harmless memory corruption)
  mei: me: release hw from reset only during the reset flow
  mei: mask interrupt set bit on clean reset bit
  extcon: max77693: Constify struct regmap_config
  extcon: adc-jack: Release IIO channel on driver remove
  extcon: Remove duplicated include from extcon-class.c
  Drivers: hv: vmbus: hv_process_timer_expiration() can be static
  Drivers: hv: vmbus: serialize Offer and Rescind offer
  ...

fs: introduce f_op->mmap_capabilities for nommu mmap support

2015-01-20T21:02:58+00:00

Since "BDI: Provide backing device capability information [try #3]" the
backing_dev_info structure also provides flags for the kind of mmap
operation available in a nommu environment, which is entirely unrelated
to it's original purpose.

Introduce a new nommu-only file operation to provide this information to
the nommu mmap code instead.  Splitting this from the backing_dev_info
structure allows to remove lots of backing_dev_info instance that aren't
otherwise needed, and entirely gets rid of the concept of providing a
backing_dev_info for a character device.  It also removes the need for
the mtd_inodefs filesystem.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo 
Acked-by: Brian Norris 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

drivers: char: mem: Fix Missing blank line issues

2015-01-12T13:04:11+00:00

Fixes "Missing a blank line after declarations" reported by
checkpatch.

This patch introduces no functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Rob Ward 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

drivers: char: mem: Replace usage of asm include

2015-01-12T13:04:11+00:00

Replaces the use of asm/uaccess.h with linux/uaccess.h.

Signed-off-by: Rob Ward 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

drivers: char: mem: Simplify DEVPORT configuration

2015-01-12T13:04:11+00:00

Simplify the use of CONFIG_DEVPORT by making the port_fops
so that it includes __maybe_unused.

This enabled the multiple #ifdef's used for this structure
to be removed and brings it in line with the use of CONFIG_DEVMEM

This change should introduce no functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Rob Ward 
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

drivers: char: mem: Simplify DEVKMEM configuration

2015-01-12T13:04:11+00:00

Simplify the use of CONFIG_DEVKMEM by making the kmem_fops
so that it is __maybe_unused.

This enabled the multiple #ifdef's used for this structure
to be removed and brings it in line with the use of CONFIG_DEVMEM

This change should introduce no functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Rob Ward 
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman