Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6:
  driver core: numa: fix BUILD_BUG_ON for node_read_distance
  driver-core: document ERR_PTR() return values
  kobject: documentation: Update to refer to kset-example.c.
  sysdev: the cpu probe/release attributes should be sysdev_class_attributes
  kobject: documentation: Fix erroneous example in kobject doc.
  driver-core: fix missing kernel-doc in firmware_class
  Driver core: Early platform kernel-doc update
  sysfs: fix sysfs lockdep warning in mlx4 code
  sysfs: fix sysfs lockdep warning in infiniband code
  sysfs: fix sysfs lockdep warning in ipmi code
  sysfs: Initialised pci bus legacy_mem field before use
  sysfs: use sysfs_bin_attr_init in firmware class driver

Documentation/kobject.txt

@@ -59,37 +59,56 @@ nice to have in other objects.  The C language does not allow for the
 direct expression of inheritance, so other techniques - such as structure
 embedding - must be used.
 
-So, for example, the UIO code has a structure that defines the memory
+(As an aside, for those familiar with the kernel linked list implementation,
-region associated with a uio device:
+this is analogous as to how "list_head" structs are rarely useful on
+their own, but are invariably found embedded in the larger objects of
+interest.)
 
-struct uio_mem {
+So, for example, the UIO code in drivers/uio/uio.c has a structure that
+defines the memory region associated with a uio device:
+
+    struct uio_map {
 	struct kobject kobj;
-	unsigned long addr;
+	struct uio_mem *mem;
-	unsigned long size;
+    };
-	int memtype;
-	void __iomem *internal_addr;
-};
 
-If you have a struct uio_mem structure, finding its embedded kobject is
+If you have a struct uio_map structure, finding its embedded kobject is
 just a matter of using the kobj member.  Code that works with kobjects will
 often have the opposite problem, however: given a struct kobject pointer,
 what is the pointer to the containing structure?  You must avoid tricks
 (such as assuming that the kobject is at the beginning of the structure)
 and, instead, use the container_of() macro, found in <linux/kernel.h>:
 
-	container_of(pointer, type, member)
+    container_of(pointer, type, member)
 
-where pointer is the pointer to the embedded kobject, type is the type of
+where:
-the containing structure, and member is the name of the structure field to
-which pointer points.  The return value from container_of() is a pointer to
-the given type. So, for example, a pointer "kp" to a struct kobject
-embedded within a struct uio_mem could be converted to a pointer to the
-containing uio_mem structure with:
 
-    struct uio_mem *u_mem = container_of(kp, struct uio_mem, kobj);
+  * "pointer" is the pointer to the embedded kobject,
+  * "type" is the type of the containing structure, and
+  * "member" is the name of the structure field to which "pointer" points.
 
-Programmers often define a simple macro for "back-casting" kobject pointers
+The return value from container_of() is a pointer to the corresponding
-to the containing type.
+container type. So, for example, a pointer "kp" to a struct kobject
+embedded *within* a struct uio_map could be converted to a pointer to the
+*containing* uio_map structure with:
+
+    struct uio_map *u_map = container_of(kp, struct uio_map, kobj);
+
+For convenience, programmers often define a simple macro for "back-casting"
+kobject pointers to the containing type.  Exactly this happens in the
+earlier drivers/uio/uio.c, as you can see here:
+
+    struct uio_map {
+        struct kobject kobj;
+        struct uio_mem *mem;
+    };
+
+    #define to_map(map) container_of(map, struct uio_map, kobj)
+
+where the macro argument "map" is a pointer to the struct kobject in
+question.  That macro is subsequently invoked with:
+
+    struct uio_map *map = to_map(kobj);
 
 
 Initialization of kobjects
@@ -387,4 +406,5 @@ called, and the objects in the former circle release each other.
 Example code to copy from
 
 For a more complete example of using ksets and kobjects properly, see the
-sample/kobject/kset-example.c code.
+example programs samples/kobject/{kobject-example.c,kset-example.c},
+which will be built as loadable modules if you select CONFIG_SAMPLE_KOBJECT.

drivers/base/class.c

@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ static void class_create_release(struct class *cls)
  * This is used to create a struct class pointer that can then be used
  * in calls to device_create().
  *
+ * Returns &struct class pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ *
  * Note, the pointer created here is to be destroyed when finished by
  * making a call to class_destroy().
  */

drivers/base/core.c

@@ -1345,6 +1345,8 @@ static void root_device_release(struct device *dev)
  * 'module' symlink which points to the @owner directory
  * in sysfs.
  *
+ * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ *
  * Note: You probably want to use root_device_register().
  */
 struct device *__root_device_register(const char *name, struct module *owner)
@@ -1432,6 +1434,8 @@ static void device_create_release(struct device *dev)
  * Any further sysfs files that might be required can be created using this
  * pointer.
  *
+ * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ *
  * Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
  * been created with a call to class_create().
  */
@@ -1492,6 +1496,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create_vargs);
  * Any further sysfs files that might be required can be created using this
  * pointer.
  *
+ * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ *
  * Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
  * been created with a call to class_create().
  */

drivers/base/cpu.c

@@ -79,24 +79,24 @@ void unregister_cpu(struct cpu *cpu)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
-static ssize_t cpu_probe_store(struct sys_device *dev,
+static ssize_t cpu_probe_store(struct sysdev_class *class,
-				struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
+			       struct sysdev_class_attribute *attr,
-				const char *buf,
+			       const char *buf,
 			       size_t count)
 {
 	return arch_cpu_probe(buf, count);
 }
 
-static ssize_t cpu_release_store(struct sys_device *dev,
+static ssize_t cpu_release_store(struct sysdev_class *class,
-				struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
+				 struct sysdev_class_attribute *attr,
-				const char *buf,
+				 const char *buf,
 				 size_t count)
 {
 	return arch_cpu_release(buf, count);
 }
 
-static SYSDEV_ATTR(probe, S_IWUSR, NULL, cpu_probe_store);
+static SYSDEV_CLASS_ATTR(probe, S_IWUSR, NULL, cpu_probe_store);
-static SYSDEV_ATTR(release, S_IWUSR, NULL, cpu_release_store);
+static SYSDEV_CLASS_ATTR(release, S_IWUSR, NULL, cpu_release_store);
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE */
 
 #else /* ... !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */

drivers/base/firmware_class.c

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ firmware_timeout_show(struct class *class,
 /**
  * firmware_timeout_store - set number of seconds to wait for firmware
  * @class: device class pointer
+ * @attr: device attribute pointer
  * @buf: buffer to scan for timeout value
  * @count: number of bytes in @buf
  *
@@ -442,6 +443,7 @@ static int fw_setup_device(struct firmware *fw, struct device **dev_p,
 	fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(f_dev);
 
 	fw_priv->fw = fw;
+	sysfs_bin_attr_init(&fw_priv->attr_data);
 	retval = sysfs_create_bin_file(&f_dev->kobj, &fw_priv->attr_data);
 	if (retval) {
 		dev_err(device, "%s: sysfs_create_bin_file failed\n", __func__);

drivers/base/node.c

@@ -165,8 +165,11 @@ static ssize_t node_read_distance(struct sys_device * dev,
 	int len = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	/* buf currently PAGE_SIZE, need ~4 chars per node */
+	/*
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(MAX_NUMNODES*4 > PAGE_SIZE/2);
+	 * buf is currently PAGE_SIZE in length and each node needs 4 chars
+	 * at the most (distance + space or newline).
+	 */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(MAX_NUMNODES * 4 > PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	for_each_online_node(i)
 		len += sprintf(buf + len, "%s%d", i ? " " : "", node_distance(nid, i));

drivers/base/platform.c

@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregister);
  * enumeration tasks, they don't fully conform to the Linux driver model.
  * In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, they can't be
  * "hotplugged".
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
  */
 struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *name,
 							int id,
@@ -408,6 +410,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_simple);
  * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
  * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
  * dropped.
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
  */
 struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(
 		struct device *parent,
@@ -559,6 +563,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_driver_probe);
  *
  * Use this in legacy-style modules that probe hardware directly and
  * register a single platform device and corresponding platform driver.
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
  */
 struct platform_device * __init_or_module platform_create_bundle(
 			struct platform_driver *driver,
@@ -1052,9 +1058,11 @@ static __initdata LIST_HEAD(early_platform_driver_list);
 static __initdata LIST_HEAD(early_platform_device_list);
 
 /**
- * early_platform_driver_register
+ * early_platform_driver_register - register early platform driver
  * @epdrv: early_platform driver structure
  * @buf: string passed from early_param()
+ *
+ * Helper function for early_platform_init() / early_platform_init_buffer()
  */
 int __init early_platform_driver_register(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv,
 					  char *buf)
@@ -1106,9 +1114,12 @@ int __init early_platform_driver_register(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv,
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_add_devices - add a numbers of early platform devices
+ * early_platform_add_devices - adds a number of early platform devices
  * @devs: array of early platform devices to add
  * @num: number of early platform devices in array
+ *
+ * Used by early architecture code to register early platform devices and
+ * their platform data.
  */
 void __init early_platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **devs, int num)
 {
@@ -1128,8 +1139,12 @@ void __init early_platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **devs, int num)
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_driver_register_all
+ * early_platform_driver_register_all - register early platform drivers
  * @class_str: string to identify early platform driver class
+ *
+ * Used by architecture code to register all early platform drivers
+ * for a certain class. If omitted then only early platform drivers
+ * with matching kernel command line class parameters will be registered.
  */
 void __init early_platform_driver_register_all(char *class_str)
 {
@@ -1151,7 +1166,7 @@ void __init early_platform_driver_register_all(char *class_str)
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_match
+ * early_platform_match - find early platform device matching driver
  * @epdrv: early platform driver structure
  * @id: id to match against
  */
@@ -1169,7 +1184,7 @@ early_platform_match(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv, int id)
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_left
+ * early_platform_left - check if early platform driver has matching devices
  * @epdrv: early platform driver structure
  * @id: return true if id or above exists
  */
@@ -1187,7 +1202,7 @@ static  __init int early_platform_left(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv,
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_driver_probe_id
+ * early_platform_driver_probe_id - probe drivers matching class_str and id
  * @class_str: string to identify early platform driver class
  * @id: id to match against
  * @nr_probe: number of platform devices to successfully probe before exiting
@@ -1257,10 +1272,14 @@ static int __init early_platform_driver_probe_id(char *class_str,
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_driver_probe
+ * early_platform_driver_probe - probe a class of registered drivers
  * @class_str: string to identify early platform driver class
  * @nr_probe: number of platform devices to successfully probe before exiting
  * @user_only: only probe user specified early platform devices
+ *
+ * Used by architecture code to probe registered early platform drivers
+ * within a certain class. For probe to happen a registered early platform
+ * device matching a registered early platform driver is needed.
  */
 int __init early_platform_driver_probe(char *class_str,
 				       int nr_probe,

drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c

@@ -2272,42 +2272,52 @@ static int create_files(struct bmc_device *bmc)
 	bmc->device_id_attr.attr.name = "device_id";
 	bmc->device_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->device_id_attr.show = device_id_show;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->device_id_attr.attr);
 
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.name = "provides_device_sdrs";
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.show = provides_dev_sdrs_show;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr);
 
 	bmc->revision_attr.attr.name = "revision";
 	bmc->revision_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->revision_attr.show = revision_show;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->revision_attr.attr);
 
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.name = "firmware_revision";
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.show = firmware_rev_show;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr);
 
 	bmc->version_attr.attr.name = "ipmi_version";
 	bmc->version_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->version_attr.show = ipmi_version_show;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->version_attr.attr);
 
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.name = "additional_device_support";
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.show = add_dev_support_show;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr);
 
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.name = "manufacturer_id";
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.show = manufacturer_id_show;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr);
 
 	bmc->product_id_attr.attr.name = "product_id";
 	bmc->product_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->product_id_attr.show = product_id_show;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->product_id_attr.attr);
 
 	bmc->guid_attr.attr.name = "guid";
 	bmc->guid_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->guid_attr.show = guid_show;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->guid_attr.attr);
 
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.name = "aux_firmware_revision";
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.show = aux_firmware_rev_show;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr);
 
 	err = device_create_file(&bmc->dev->dev,
 			   &bmc->device_id_attr);

drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c

@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ alloc_group_attrs(ssize_t (*show)(struct ib_port *,
 		element->attr.attr.mode  = S_IRUGO;
 		element->attr.show       = show;
 		element->index		 = i;
+		sysfs_attr_init(&element->attr.attr);
 
 		tab_attr[i] = &element->attr.attr;
 	}

drivers/net/mlx4/main.c

@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@ static int mlx4_init_port_info(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int port)
 	info->port_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR;
 	info->port_attr.show      = show_port_type;
 	info->port_attr.store     = set_port_type;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&info->port_attr.attr);
 
 	err = device_create_file(&dev->pdev->dev, &info->port_attr);
 	if (err) {

drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c

@@ -655,8 +655,8 @@ void pci_create_legacy_files(struct pci_bus *b)
 		goto legacy_io_err;
 
 	/* Allocated above after the legacy_io struct */
-	sysfs_bin_attr_init(b->legacy_mem);
 	b->legacy_mem = b->legacy_io + 1;
+	sysfs_bin_attr_init(b->legacy_mem);
 	b->legacy_mem->attr.name = "legacy_mem";
 	b->legacy_mem->size = 1024*1024;
 	b->legacy_mem->attr.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;