The patch titled drivers: use non-racy method for proc entries creation has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is drivers-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: drivers: 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: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/i8k.c | 6 ++---- drivers/char/misc.c | 27 +++++++++++++++------------ drivers/char/rtc.c | 6 ++---- drivers/char/toshiba.c | 3 +-- drivers/char/viotape.c | 9 +++------ 5 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/i8k.c~drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation drivers/char/i8k.c --- a/drivers/char/i8k.c~drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation +++ a/drivers/char/i8k.c @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static int i8k_ioctl(struct inode *, str unsigned long); static const struct file_operations i8k_fops = { + .owner = THIS_MODULE, .open = i8k_open_fs, .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, @@ -554,13 +555,10 @@ static int __init i8k_init(void) return -ENODEV; /* Register the proc entry */ - proc_i8k = create_proc_entry("i8k", 0, NULL); + proc_i8k = proc_create("i8k", 0, NULL, &i8k_fops); if (!proc_i8k) return -ENOENT; - proc_i8k->proc_fops = &i8k_fops; - proc_i8k->owner = THIS_MODULE; - printk(KERN_INFO "Dell laptop SMM driver v%s Massimo Dal Zotto (dz@xxxxxxxxxx)\n", I8K_VERSION); diff -puN drivers/char/misc.c~drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation drivers/char/misc.c --- a/drivers/char/misc.c~drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation +++ a/drivers/char/misc.c @@ -263,23 +263,26 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_deregister); static int __init misc_init(void) { -#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS - struct proc_dir_entry *ent; + int err; - ent = create_proc_entry("misc", 0, NULL); - if (ent) - ent->proc_fops = &misc_proc_fops; +#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS + proc_create("misc", 0, NULL, &misc_proc_fops); #endif misc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "misc"); + err = PTR_ERR(misc_class); if (IS_ERR(misc_class)) - return PTR_ERR(misc_class); + goto fail_remove; - if (register_chrdev(MISC_MAJOR,"misc",&misc_fops)) { - printk("unable to get major %d for misc devices\n", - MISC_MAJOR); - class_destroy(misc_class); - return -EIO; - } + err = -EIO; + if (register_chrdev(MISC_MAJOR,"misc",&misc_fops)) + goto fail_printk; return 0; + +fail_printk: + printk("unable to get major %d for misc devices\n", MISC_MAJOR); + class_destroy(misc_class); +fail_remove: + remove_proc_entry("misc", NULL); + return err; } subsys_initcall(misc_init); diff -puN drivers/char/rtc.c~drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation drivers/char/rtc.c --- a/drivers/char/rtc.c~drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation +++ a/drivers/char/rtc.c @@ -1068,10 +1068,8 @@ no_irq: } #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS - ent = create_proc_entry("driver/rtc", 0, NULL); - if (ent) - ent->proc_fops = &rtc_proc_fops; - else + ent = proc_create("driver/rtc", 0, NULL, &rtc_proc_fops); + if (!ent) printk(KERN_WARNING "rtc: Failed to register with procfs.\n"); #endif diff -puN drivers/char/toshiba.c~drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation drivers/char/toshiba.c --- a/drivers/char/toshiba.c~drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation +++ a/drivers/char/toshiba.c @@ -520,12 +520,11 @@ static int __init toshiba_init(void) { struct proc_dir_entry *pde; - pde = create_proc_entry("toshiba", 0, NULL); + pde = proc_create("toshiba", 0, NULL, &proc_toshiba_fops); if (!pde) { misc_deregister(&tosh_device); return -ENOMEM; } - pde->proc_fops = &proc_toshiba_fops; } #endif diff -puN drivers/char/viotape.c~drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation drivers/char/viotape.c --- a/drivers/char/viotape.c~drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation +++ a/drivers/char/viotape.c @@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ static int proc_viotape_open(struct inod } static const struct file_operations proc_viotape_operations = { + .owner = THIS_MODULE, .open = proc_viotape_open, .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, @@ -915,7 +916,6 @@ static struct vio_driver viotape_driver int __init viotap_init(void) { int ret; - struct proc_dir_entry *e; if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_ISERIES)) return -ENODEV; @@ -968,11 +968,8 @@ int __init viotap_init(void) if (ret) goto unreg_class; - e = create_proc_entry("iSeries/viotape", S_IFREG|S_IRUGO, NULL); - if (e) { - e->owner = THIS_MODULE; - e->proc_fops = &proc_viotape_operations; - } + proc_create("iSeries/viotape", S_IFREG|S_IRUGO, NULL, + &proc_viotape_operations); 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