user/sven/linux.git/include/linux/kobject.h, branch stable/2.6.16.y

Revert mount/umount uevent removal

2006-02-22T17:39:02Z

This change reverts the 033b96fd30db52a710d97b06f87d16fc59fee0f1 commit from Kay Sievers that removed the mount/umount uevents from the kernel. Some older versions of HAL still depend on these events to detect when a new device has been mounted. These events are not correctly emitted, and are broken by design, and so, should not be relied upon by any future program. Instead, the /proc/mounts file should be polled to properly detect this kind of event. A feature-removal-schedule.txt entry has been added, noting when this interface will be removed from the kernel. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] kobject_uevent CONFIG_NET=n fix

2006-01-05T00:18:08Z

lib/lib.a(kobject_uevent.o)(.text+0x25f): In function `kobject_uevent': : undefined reference to `__alloc_skb' lib/lib.a(kobject_uevent.o)(.text+0x2a1): In function `kobject_uevent': : undefined reference to `skb_over_panic' lib/lib.a(kobject_uevent.o)(.text+0x31d): In function `kobject_uevent': : undefined reference to `skb_over_panic' lib/lib.a(kobject_uevent.o)(.text+0x356): In function `kobject_uevent': : undefined reference to `netlink_broadcast' lib/lib.a(kobject_uevent.o)(.init.text+0x9): In function `kobject_uevent_init': : undefined reference to `netlink_kernel_create' make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 Netlink is unconditionally enabled if CONFIG_NET, so that's OK. kobject_uevent.o is compiled even if !CONFIG_HOTPLUG, which is lazy. Let's compound the sin. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent"

2006-01-05T00:18:08Z

Leave the overloaded "hotplug" word to susbsystems which are handling real devices. The driver core does not "plug" anything, it just exports the state to userspace and generates events. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] merge kobject_uevent and kobject_hotplug

2006-01-05T00:18:07Z

The distinction between hotplug and uevent does not make sense these days, netlink events are the default. udev depends entirely on netlink uevents. Only during early boot and in initramfs, /sbin/hotplug is needed. So merge the two functions and provide only one interface without all the options. The netlink layer got a nice generic interface with named slots recently, which is probably a better facility to plug events for subsystem specific events. Also the new poll() interface to /proc/mounts is a nicer way to notify about changes than sending events through the core. The uevents should only be used for driver core related requests to userspace now. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] remove mount/umount uevents from superblock handling

2006-01-05T00:18:07Z

The names of these events have been confusing from the beginning on, as they have been more like claim/release events. We needed these events for noticing HAL if storage devices have been mounted. Thanks to Al, we have the proper solution now and can poll() /proc/mounts instead to get notfied about mount tree changes. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] remove CONFIG_KOBJECT_UEVENT option

2006-01-05T00:18:07Z

It makes zero sense to have hotplug, but not the netlink events enabled today. Remove this option and merge the kobject_uevent.h header into the kobject.h header file. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] gfp_t: lib/*

2005-10-28T15:16:47Z

Signed-off-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] kset_hotplug_ops->name shoudl return const char *

2005-06-20T22:15:01Z

kobject: change name() method in kset_hotplug_ops return const char * since users shoudl not try to modify returned data. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] Make kobject's name be const char *

2005-06-20T22:15:00Z

kobject: make kobject's name const char * since users should not attempt to change it (except by calling kobject_rename). Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] kset: make ksets have a spinlock, and use that to lock their lists

2005-03-09T01:53:28Z

Do this instead of using the rwsem of a subsys. Smaller, faster, and I'm trying to get rid of the rwsem in the subsys. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman