The patch titled samples: use non-racy method for /proc/marker-example creation has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is samples-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-marker-example-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: samples: use non-racy method for /proc/marker-example creation From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@xxxxxxxxxx> Use proc_create() to make sure that ->proc_fops be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- samples/markers/marker-example.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN samples/markers/marker-example.c~samples-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-marker-example-creation samples/markers/marker-example.c --- a/samples/markers/marker-example.c~samples-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-marker-example-creation +++ a/samples/markers/marker-example.c @@ -33,10 +33,8 @@ static struct file_operations mark_ops = static int example_init(void) { printk(KERN_ALERT "example init\n"); - pentry_example = create_proc_entry("marker-example", 0444, NULL); - if (pentry_example) - pentry_example->proc_fops = &mark_ops; - else + pentry_example = proc_create("marker-example", 0444, NULL, &mark_ops); + if (!pentry_example) return -EPERM; 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