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<title>kernfs: add @mode to kernfs_create_dir[_ns]()</title>
<updated>2013-12-17T16:59:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-12-11T21:02:55+00:00</published>
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sysfs assumed 0755 for all newly created directories and kernfs
inherited it.  This assumption is unnecessarily restrictive and
inconsistent with kernfs_create_file[_ns]().  This patch adds @mode
parameter to kernfs_create_dir[_ns]() and update uses in sysfs
accordingly.  Among others, this will be useful for implementations of
the planned -&gt;mkdir() method.

This patch doesn't introduce any behavior differences.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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sysfs assumed 0755 for all newly created directories and kernfs
inherited it.  This assumption is unnecessarily restrictive and
inconsistent with kernfs_create_file[_ns]().  This patch adds @mode
parameter to kernfs_create_dir[_ns]() and update uses in sysfs
accordingly.  Among others, this will be useful for implementations of
the planned -&gt;mkdir() method.

This patch doesn't introduce any behavior differences.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>kernfs: s/sysfs_dirent/kernfs_node/ and rename its friends accordingly</title>
<updated>2013-12-11T23:28:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-12-11T19:11:53+00:00</published>
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kernfs has just been separated out from sysfs and we're already in
full conflict mode.  Nothing can make the situation any worse.  Let's
take the chance to name things properly.

This patch performs the following renames.

* s/sysfs_elem_dir/kernfs_elem_dir/
* s/sysfs_elem_symlink/kernfs_elem_symlink/
* s/sysfs_elem_attr/kernfs_elem_file/
* s/sysfs_dirent/kernfs_node/
* s/sd/kn/ in kernfs proper
* s/parent_sd/parent/
* s/target_sd/target/
* s/dir_sd/parent/
* s/to_sysfs_dirent()/rb_to_kn()/
* misc renames of local vars when they conflict with the above

Because md, mic and gpio dig into sysfs details, this patch ends up
modifying them.  All are sysfs_dirent renames and trivial.  While we
can avoid these by introducing a dummy wrapping struct sysfs_dirent
around kernfs_node, given the limited usage outside kernfs and sysfs
proper, I don't think such workaround is called for.

This patch is strictly rename only and doesn't introduce any
functional difference.

- mic / gpio renames were missing.  Spotted by kbuild test robot.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Linus Walleij &lt;linus.walleij@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Ashutosh Dixit &lt;ashutosh.dixit@intel.com&gt;
Cc: kbuild test robot &lt;fengguang.wu@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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kernfs has just been separated out from sysfs and we're already in
full conflict mode.  Nothing can make the situation any worse.  Let's
take the chance to name things properly.

This patch performs the following renames.

* s/sysfs_elem_dir/kernfs_elem_dir/
* s/sysfs_elem_symlink/kernfs_elem_symlink/
* s/sysfs_elem_attr/kernfs_elem_file/
* s/sysfs_dirent/kernfs_node/
* s/sd/kn/ in kernfs proper
* s/parent_sd/parent/
* s/target_sd/target/
* s/dir_sd/parent/
* s/to_sysfs_dirent()/rb_to_kn()/
* misc renames of local vars when they conflict with the above

Because md, mic and gpio dig into sysfs details, this patch ends up
modifying them.  All are sysfs_dirent renames and trivial.  While we
can avoid these by introducing a dummy wrapping struct sysfs_dirent
around kernfs_node, given the limited usage outside kernfs and sysfs
proper, I don't think such workaround is called for.

This patch is strictly rename only and doesn't introduce any
functional difference.

- mic / gpio renames were missing.  Spotted by kbuild test robot.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Linus Walleij &lt;linus.walleij@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Ashutosh Dixit &lt;ashutosh.dixit@intel.com&gt;
Cc: kbuild test robot &lt;fengguang.wu@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sysfs, kernfs: introduce kernfs[_find_and]_get() and kernfs_put()</title>
<updated>2013-11-30T01:55:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-11-28T19:54:30+00:00</published>
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Introduce kernfs interface for finding, getting and putting
sysfs_dirents.

* sysfs_find_dirent() is renamed to kernfs_find_ns() and lockdep
  assertion for sysfs_mutex is added.

* sysfs_get_dirent_ns() is renamed to kernfs_find_and_get().

* Macro inline dancing around __sysfs_get/put() are removed and
  kernfs_get/put() are made proper functions implemented in
  fs/sysfs/dir.c.

While the conversions are mostly equivalent, there's one difference -
kernfs_get() doesn't return the input param as its return value.  This
change is intentional.  While passing through the input increases
writability in some areas, it is unnecessary and has been shown to
cause confusion regarding how the last ref is handled.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Introduce kernfs interface for finding, getting and putting
sysfs_dirents.

* sysfs_find_dirent() is renamed to kernfs_find_ns() and lockdep
  assertion for sysfs_mutex is added.

* sysfs_get_dirent_ns() is renamed to kernfs_find_and_get().

* Macro inline dancing around __sysfs_get/put() are removed and
  kernfs_get/put() are made proper functions implemented in
  fs/sysfs/dir.c.

While the conversions are mostly equivalent, there's one difference -
kernfs_get() doesn't return the input param as its return value.  This
change is intentional.  While passing through the input increases
writability in some areas, it is unnecessary and has been shown to
cause confusion regarding how the last ref is handled.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sysfs, kernfs: remove SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR</title>
<updated>2013-11-30T01:41:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-11-28T19:54:23+00:00</published>
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After kernfs_ops and sysfs_dirent-&gt;s_attr.size addition, the
distinction between SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR and SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR is only
necessary while creating files to decide which kernfs_ops to use.
Afterwards, they behave exactly the same.

This patch removes SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR along with sysfs_is_bin().
sysfs_add_file[_mode_ns]() are updated to take bool @is_bin instead of
@type.

This patch doesn't introduce any behavior changes.  This completely
isolates the distinction between the two sysfs file types in the sysfs
layer proper.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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After kernfs_ops and sysfs_dirent-&gt;s_attr.size addition, the
distinction between SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR and SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR is only
necessary while creating files to decide which kernfs_ops to use.
Afterwards, they behave exactly the same.

This patch removes SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR along with sysfs_is_bin().
sysfs_add_file[_mode_ns]() are updated to take bool @is_bin instead of
@type.

This patch doesn't introduce any behavior changes.  This completely
isolates the distinction between the two sysfs file types in the sysfs
layer proper.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sysfs, kernfs: introduce kernfs_create_dir[_ns]()</title>
<updated>2013-11-30T01:20:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-11-28T19:54:15+00:00</published>
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Introduce kernfs interface to manipulate a directory which takes and
returns sysfs_dirents.

create_dir() is renamed to kernfs_create_dir_ns() and its argumantes
and return value are updated.  create_dir() usages are replaced with
kernfs_create_dir_ns() and sysfs_create_subdir() usages are replaced
with kernfs_create_dir().  Dup warnings are handled explicitly by
sysfs users of the kernfs interface.

sysfs_enable_ns() is renamed to kernfs_enable_ns().

This patch doesn't introduce any behavior changes.

v2: Dummy implementation for !CONFIG_SYSFS updated to return -ENOSYS.

v3: kernfs_enable_ns() added.

v4: Refreshed on top of "sysfs: drop kobj_ns_type handling, take #2"
    so that this patch removes sysfs_enable_ns().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Introduce kernfs interface to manipulate a directory which takes and
returns sysfs_dirents.

create_dir() is renamed to kernfs_create_dir_ns() and its argumantes
and return value are updated.  create_dir() usages are replaced with
kernfs_create_dir_ns() and sysfs_create_subdir() usages are replaced
with kernfs_create_dir().  Dup warnings are handled explicitly by
sysfs users of the kernfs interface.

sysfs_enable_ns() is renamed to kernfs_enable_ns().

This patch doesn't introduce any behavior changes.

v2: Dummy implementation for !CONFIG_SYSFS updated to return -ENOSYS.

v3: kernfs_enable_ns() added.

v4: Refreshed on top of "sysfs: drop kobj_ns_type handling, take #2"
    so that this patch removes sysfs_enable_ns().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sysfs, kernfs: introduce kernfs_remove[_by_name[_ns]]()</title>
<updated>2013-11-27T21:57:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-11-23T22:21:49+00:00</published>
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Introduce kernfs removal interfaces - kernfs_remove() and
kernfs_remove_by_name[_ns]().

These are just renames of sysfs_remove() and sysfs_hash_and_remove().
No functional changes.

v2: Dummy kernfs_remove_by_name_ns() for !CONFIG_SYSFS updated to
    return -ENOSYS instead of 0.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Introduce kernfs removal interfaces - kernfs_remove() and
kernfs_remove_by_name[_ns]().

These are just renames of sysfs_remove() and sysfs_hash_and_remove().
No functional changes.

v2: Dummy kernfs_remove_by_name_ns() for !CONFIG_SYSFS updated to
    return -ENOSYS instead of 0.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sysfs: introduce [__]sysfs_remove()</title>
<updated>2013-10-03T23:38:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-18T21:15:38+00:00</published>
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Given a sysfs_dirent, there is no reason to have multiple versions of
removal functions.  A function which removes the specified
sysfs_dirent and its descendants is enough.

This patch intorduces [__}sysfs_remove() which replaces all internal
variations of removal functions.  This will be the only removal
function in the planned new sysfs_dirent based interface.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Given a sysfs_dirent, there is no reason to have multiple versions of
removal functions.  A function which removes the specified
sysfs_dirent and its descendants is enough.

This patch intorduces [__}sysfs_remove() which replaces all internal
variations of removal functions.  This will be the only removal
function in the planned new sysfs_dirent based interface.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sysfs: @name comes before @ns</title>
<updated>2013-09-26T22:34:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-12T02:29:09+00:00</published>
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Some internal sysfs functions which take explicit namespace argument
are weird in that they place the optional @ns in front of @name which
is contrary to the established convention.  This is confusing and
error-prone especially as @ns and @name may be interchanged without
causing compilation warning.

Swap the positions of @name and @ns in the following internal
functions.

 sysfs_find_dirent()
 sysfs_rename()
 sysfs_hash_and_remove()
 sysfs_name_hash()
 sysfs_name_compare()
 create_dir()

This patch doesn't introduce any functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Eric W. Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Kay Sievers &lt;kay@vrfy.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Some internal sysfs functions which take explicit namespace argument
are weird in that they place the optional @ns in front of @name which
is contrary to the established convention.  This is confusing and
error-prone especially as @ns and @name may be interchanged without
causing compilation warning.

Swap the positions of @name and @ns in the following internal
functions.

 sysfs_find_dirent()
 sysfs_rename()
 sysfs_hash_and_remove()
 sysfs_name_hash()
 sysfs_name_compare()
 create_dir()

This patch doesn't introduce any functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Eric W. Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Kay Sievers &lt;kay@vrfy.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sysfs: clean up sysfs_get_dirent()</title>
<updated>2013-09-26T22:33:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-12T03:19:13+00:00</published>
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The pre-existing sysfs interfaces which take explicit namespace
argument are weird in that they place the optional @ns in front of
@name which is contrary to the established convention.  For example,
we end up forcing vast majority of sysfs_get_dirent() users to do
sysfs_get_dirent(parent, NULL, name), which is silly and error-prone
especially as @ns and @name may be interchanged without causing
compilation warning.

This renames sysfs_get_dirent() to sysfs_get_dirent_ns() and swap the
positions of @name and @ns, and sysfs_get_dirent() is now a wrapper
around sysfs_get_dirent_ns().  This makes confusions a lot less
likely.

There are other interfaces which take @ns before @name.  They'll be
updated by following patches.

This patch doesn't introduce any functional changes.

v2: EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() wasn't updated leading to undefined symbol
    error on module builds.  Reported by build test robot.  Fixed.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Eric W. Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Kay Sievers &lt;kay@vrfy.org&gt;
Cc: Fengguang Wu &lt;fengguang.wu@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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The pre-existing sysfs interfaces which take explicit namespace
argument are weird in that they place the optional @ns in front of
@name which is contrary to the established convention.  For example,
we end up forcing vast majority of sysfs_get_dirent() users to do
sysfs_get_dirent(parent, NULL, name), which is silly and error-prone
especially as @ns and @name may be interchanged without causing
compilation warning.

This renames sysfs_get_dirent() to sysfs_get_dirent_ns() and swap the
positions of @name and @ns, and sysfs_get_dirent() is now a wrapper
around sysfs_get_dirent_ns().  This makes confusions a lot less
likely.

There are other interfaces which take @ns before @name.  They'll be
updated by following patches.

This patch doesn't introduce any functional changes.

v2: EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() wasn't updated leading to undefined symbol
    error on module builds.  Reported by build test robot.  Fixed.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Eric W. Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Kay Sievers &lt;kay@vrfy.org&gt;
Cc: Fengguang Wu &lt;fengguang.wu@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sysfs: make attr namespace interface less convoluted</title>
<updated>2013-09-26T21:50:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tejun Heo</name>
<email>tj@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-12T02:29:04+00:00</published>
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sysfs ns (namespace) implementation became more convoluted than
necessary while trying to hide ns information from visible interface.
The relatively recent attr ns support is a good example.

* attr ns tag is determined by sysfs_ops-&gt;namespace() callback while
  dir tag is determined by kobj_type-&gt;namespace().  The placement is
  arbitrary.

* Instead of performing operations with explicit ns tag, the namespace
  callback is routed through sysfs_attr_ns(), sysfs_ops-&gt;namespace(),
  class_attr_namespace(), class_attr-&gt;namespace().  It's not simpler
  in any sense.  The only thing this convolution does is traversing
  the whole stack backwards.

The namespace callbacks are unncessary because the operations involved
are inherently synchronous.  The information can be provided in in
straight-forward top-down direction and reversing that direction is
unnecessary and against basic design principles.

This backward interface is unnecessarily convoluted and hinders
properly separating out sysfs from driver model / kobject for proper
layering.  This patch updates attr ns support such that

* sysfs_ops-&gt;namespace() and class_attr-&gt;namespace() are dropped.

* sysfs_{create|remove}_file_ns(), which take explicit @ns param, are
  added and sysfs_{create|remove}_file() are now simple wrappers
  around the ns aware functions.

* ns handling is dropped from sysfs_chmod_file().  Nobody uses it at
  this point.  sysfs_chmod_file_ns() can be added later if necessary.

* Explicit @ns is propagated through class_{create|remove}_file_ns()
  and netdev_class_{create|remove}_file_ns().

* driver/net/bonding which is currently the only user of attr
  namespace is updated to use netdev_class_{create|remove}_file_ns()
  with @bh-&gt;net as the ns tag instead of using the namespace callback.

This patch should be an equivalent conversion without any functional
difference.  It makes the code easier to follow, reduces lines of code
a bit and helps proper separation and layering.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Eric W. Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Kay Sievers &lt;kay@vrfy.org&gt;
Acked-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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sysfs ns (namespace) implementation became more convoluted than
necessary while trying to hide ns information from visible interface.
The relatively recent attr ns support is a good example.

* attr ns tag is determined by sysfs_ops-&gt;namespace() callback while
  dir tag is determined by kobj_type-&gt;namespace().  The placement is
  arbitrary.

* Instead of performing operations with explicit ns tag, the namespace
  callback is routed through sysfs_attr_ns(), sysfs_ops-&gt;namespace(),
  class_attr_namespace(), class_attr-&gt;namespace().  It's not simpler
  in any sense.  The only thing this convolution does is traversing
  the whole stack backwards.

The namespace callbacks are unncessary because the operations involved
are inherently synchronous.  The information can be provided in in
straight-forward top-down direction and reversing that direction is
unnecessary and against basic design principles.

This backward interface is unnecessarily convoluted and hinders
properly separating out sysfs from driver model / kobject for proper
layering.  This patch updates attr ns support such that

* sysfs_ops-&gt;namespace() and class_attr-&gt;namespace() are dropped.

* sysfs_{create|remove}_file_ns(), which take explicit @ns param, are
  added and sysfs_{create|remove}_file() are now simple wrappers
  around the ns aware functions.

* ns handling is dropped from sysfs_chmod_file().  Nobody uses it at
  this point.  sysfs_chmod_file_ns() can be added later if necessary.

* Explicit @ns is propagated through class_{create|remove}_file_ns()
  and netdev_class_{create|remove}_file_ns().

* driver/net/bonding which is currently the only user of attr
  namespace is updated to use netdev_class_{create|remove}_file_ns()
  with @bh-&gt;net as the ns tag instead of using the namespace callback.

This patch should be an equivalent conversion without any functional
difference.  It makes the code easier to follow, reduces lines of code
a bit and helps proper separation and layering.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Eric W. Biederman &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Kay Sievers &lt;kay@vrfy.org&gt;
Acked-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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