The patch titled afs: use non-racy method for proc entries creation has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is afs-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: afs: use non-racy method for proc entries creation From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@xxxxxxxxxx> Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/afs/proc.c | 33 ++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/afs/proc.c~afs-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation fs/afs/proc.c --- a/fs/afs/proc.c~afs-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation +++ a/fs/afs/proc.c @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static const struct file_operations afs_ .write = afs_proc_cells_write, .llseek = seq_lseek, .release = seq_release, + .owner = THIS_MODULE, }; static int afs_proc_rootcell_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file); @@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ static const struct file_operations afs_ .read = afs_proc_rootcell_read, .write = afs_proc_rootcell_write, .llseek = no_llseek, - .release = afs_proc_rootcell_release + .release = afs_proc_rootcell_release, + .owner = THIS_MODULE, }; static int afs_proc_cell_volumes_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file); @@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ static const struct file_operations afs_ .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, .release = afs_proc_cell_volumes_release, + .owner = THIS_MODULE, }; static int afs_proc_cell_vlservers_open(struct inode *inode, @@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ static const struct file_operations afs_ .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, .release = afs_proc_cell_vlservers_release, + .owner = THIS_MODULE, }; static int afs_proc_cell_servers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file); @@ -127,6 +131,7 @@ static const struct file_operations afs_ .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, .release = afs_proc_cell_servers_release, + .owner = THIS_MODULE, }; /* @@ -143,17 +148,13 @@ int afs_proc_init(void) goto error_dir; proc_afs->owner = THIS_MODULE; - p = create_proc_entry("cells", 0, proc_afs); + p = proc_create("cells", 0, proc_afs, &afs_proc_cells_fops); if (!p) goto error_cells; - p->proc_fops = &afs_proc_cells_fops; - p->owner = THIS_MODULE; - p = create_proc_entry("rootcell", 0, proc_afs); + p = proc_create("rootcell", 0, proc_afs, &afs_proc_rootcell_fops); if (!p) goto error_rootcell; - p->proc_fops = &afs_proc_rootcell_fops; - p->owner = THIS_MODULE; _leave(" = 0"); return 0; @@ -395,26 +396,20 @@ int afs_proc_cell_setup(struct afs_cell if (!cell->proc_dir) goto error_dir; - p = create_proc_entry("servers", 0, cell->proc_dir); + p = proc_create_data("servers", 0, cell->proc_dir, + &afs_proc_cell_servers_fops, cell); if (!p) goto error_servers; - p->proc_fops = &afs_proc_cell_servers_fops; - p->owner = THIS_MODULE; - p->data = cell; - p = create_proc_entry("vlservers", 0, cell->proc_dir); + p = proc_create_data("vlservers", 0, cell->proc_dir, + &afs_proc_cell_vlservers_fops, cell); if (!p) goto error_vlservers; - p->proc_fops = &afs_proc_cell_vlservers_fops; - p->owner = THIS_MODULE; - p->data = cell; - p = create_proc_entry("volumes", 0, cell->proc_dir); + p = proc_create_data("volumes", 0, cell->proc_dir, + &afs_proc_cell_volumes_fops, cell); if (!p) goto error_volumes; - p->proc_fops = &afs_proc_cell_volumes_fops; - p->owner = THIS_MODULE; - p->data = cell; _leave(" = 0"); return 0; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from den@xxxxxxxxxx are git-net.patch proc-introduce-proc_create_data-to-setup-de-data.patch nfsd-use-proc_create-to-setup-de-proc_fops.patch nfs-use-proc_create-to-setup-de-proc_fops.patch afs-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch ext4-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch reiserfs-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch jbd2-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch sysvipc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch mm-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-swaps-creation.patch sound-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-driver-snd-page-alloc-creation.patch zorro-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch samples-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-marker-example-creation.patch scsi-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch usb-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch s390-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch arm-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-davinci_clocks-creation.patch avr32-proc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-tlb-creation.patch cris-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-system_profile-creation.patch ia64-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch parisc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-pcxl_dma-creation.patch powerpc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch acpi-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch netdev-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch isdn-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch kernel-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch parisc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation-2.patch sysctl-merge-equal-proc_sys_read-and-proc_sys_write.patch sysctl-clean-from-unneeded-extern-and-forward-declarations.patch sysctl-add-the-permissions-callback-on-the-ctl_table_root.patch proc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-page_owner-creation-page_owner.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html