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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.1 06/65] sysfs: Create mountpoints with sysfs_create_mount_point
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:07:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150719190809.693545664@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150719190809.469715936@linuxfoundation.org>

4.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>

commit f9bb48825a6b5d02f4cabcc78967c75db903dcdc upstream.

This allows for better documentation in the code and
it allows for a simpler and fully correct version of
fs_fully_visible to be written.

The mount points converted and their filesystems are:
/sys/hypervisor/s390/       s390_hypfs
/sys/kernel/config/         configfs
/sys/kernel/debug/          debugfs
/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/  efivarfs
/sys/fs/fuse/connections/   fusectl
/sys/fs/pstore/             pstore
/sys/kernel/tracing/        tracefs
/sys/fs/cgroup/             cgroup
/sys/kernel/security/       securityfs
/sys/fs/selinux/            selinuxfs
/sys/fs/smackfs/            smackfs

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c      |   12 ++++--------
 drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c   |    6 ++----
 fs/configfs/mount.c          |   10 ++++------
 fs/debugfs/inode.c           |   11 ++++-------
 fs/fuse/inode.c              |    9 +++------
 fs/pstore/inode.c            |   12 ++++--------
 fs/tracefs/inode.c           |    6 ++----
 kernel/cgroup.c              |   10 ++++------
 security/inode.c             |   10 ++++------
 security/selinux/selinuxfs.c |   11 +++++------
 security/smack/smackfs.c     |    8 ++++----
 11 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
@@ -456,8 +456,6 @@ static const struct super_operations hyp
 	.show_options	= hypfs_show_options,
 };
 
-static struct kobject *s390_kobj;
-
 static int __init hypfs_init(void)
 {
 	int rc;
@@ -481,18 +479,16 @@ static int __init hypfs_init(void)
 		rc = -ENODATA;
 		goto fail_hypfs_sprp_exit;
 	}
-	s390_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("s390", hypervisor_kobj);
-	if (!s390_kobj) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
+	rc = sysfs_create_mount_point(hypervisor_kobj, "s390");
+	if (rc)
 		goto fail_hypfs_diag0c_exit;
-	}
 	rc = register_filesystem(&hypfs_type);
 	if (rc)
 		goto fail_filesystem;
 	return 0;
 
 fail_filesystem:
-	kobject_put(s390_kobj);
+	sysfs_remove_mount_point(hypervisor_kobj, "s390");
 fail_hypfs_diag0c_exit:
 	hypfs_diag0c_exit();
 fail_hypfs_sprp_exit:
@@ -510,7 +506,7 @@ fail_dbfs_exit:
 static void __exit hypfs_exit(void)
 {
 	unregister_filesystem(&hypfs_type);
-	kobject_put(s390_kobj);
+	sysfs_remove_mount_point(hypervisor_kobj, "s390");
 	hypfs_diag0c_exit();
 	hypfs_sprp_exit();
 	hypfs_vm_exit();
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ static int __init parse_efi_cmdline(char
 early_param("efi", parse_efi_cmdline);
 
 static struct kobject *efi_kobj;
-static struct kobject *efivars_kobj;
 
 /*
  * Let's not leave out systab information that snuck into
@@ -212,10 +211,9 @@ static int __init efisubsys_init(void)
 		goto err_remove_group;
 
 	/* and the standard mountpoint for efivarfs */
-	efivars_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("efivars", efi_kobj);
-	if (!efivars_kobj) {
+	error = sysfs_create_mount_point(efi_kobj, "efivars");
+	if (error) {
 		pr_err("efivars: Subsystem registration failed.\n");
-		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_remove_group;
 	}
 
--- a/fs/configfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/mount.c
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ void configfs_release_fs(void)
 }
 
 
-static struct kobject *config_kobj;
-
 static int __init configfs_init(void)
 {
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -141,8 +139,8 @@ static int __init configfs_init(void)
 	if (!configfs_dir_cachep)
 		goto out;
 
-	config_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("config", kernel_kobj);
-	if (!config_kobj)
+	err = sysfs_create_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "config");
+	if (err)
 		goto out2;
 
 	err = register_filesystem(&configfs_fs_type);
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ static int __init configfs_init(void)
 	return 0;
 out3:
 	pr_err("Unable to register filesystem!\n");
-	kobject_put(config_kobj);
+	sysfs_remove_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "config");
 out2:
 	kmem_cache_destroy(configfs_dir_cachep);
 	configfs_dir_cachep = NULL;
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ out:
 static void __exit configfs_exit(void)
 {
 	unregister_filesystem(&configfs_fs_type);
-	kobject_put(config_kobj);
+	sysfs_remove_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "config");
 	kmem_cache_destroy(configfs_dir_cachep);
 	configfs_dir_cachep = NULL;
 }
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -716,20 +716,17 @@ bool debugfs_initialized(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_initialized);
 
-
-static struct kobject *debug_kobj;
-
 static int __init debugfs_init(void)
 {
 	int retval;
 
-	debug_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("debug", kernel_kobj);
-	if (!debug_kobj)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	retval = sysfs_create_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "debug");
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
 
 	retval = register_filesystem(&debug_fs_type);
 	if (retval)
-		kobject_put(debug_kobj);
+		sysfs_remove_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "debug");
 	else
 		debugfs_registered = true;
 
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -1238,7 +1238,6 @@ static void fuse_fs_cleanup(void)
 }
 
 static struct kobject *fuse_kobj;
-static struct kobject *connections_kobj;
 
 static int fuse_sysfs_init(void)
 {
@@ -1250,11 +1249,9 @@ static int fuse_sysfs_init(void)
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 
-	connections_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("connections", fuse_kobj);
-	if (!connections_kobj) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
+	err = sysfs_create_mount_point(fuse_kobj, "connections");
+	if (err)
 		goto out_fuse_unregister;
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1266,7 +1263,7 @@ static int fuse_sysfs_init(void)
 
 static void fuse_sysfs_cleanup(void)
 {
-	kobject_put(connections_kobj);
+	sysfs_remove_mount_point(fuse_kobj, "connections");
 	kobject_put(fuse_kobj);
 }
 
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -461,22 +461,18 @@ static struct file_system_type pstore_fs
 	.kill_sb	= pstore_kill_sb,
 };
 
-static struct kobject *pstore_kobj;
-
 static int __init init_pstore_fs(void)
 {
-	int err = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	/* Create a convenient mount point for people to access pstore */
-	pstore_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("pstore", fs_kobj);
-	if (!pstore_kobj) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
+	err = sysfs_create_mount_point(fs_kobj, "pstore");
+	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	err = register_filesystem(&pstore_fs_type);
 	if (err < 0)
-		kobject_put(pstore_kobj);
+		sysfs_remove_mount_point(fs_kobj, "pstore");
 
 out:
 	return err;
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -631,14 +631,12 @@ bool tracefs_initialized(void)
 	return tracefs_registered;
 }
 
-static struct kobject *trace_kobj;
-
 static int __init tracefs_init(void)
 {
 	int retval;
 
-	trace_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("tracing", kernel_kobj);
-	if (!trace_kobj)
+	retval = sysfs_create_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "tracing");
+	if (retval)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	retval = register_filesystem(&trace_fs_type);
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1924,8 +1924,6 @@ static struct file_system_type cgroup_fs
 	.kill_sb = cgroup_kill_sb,
 };
 
-static struct kobject *cgroup_kobj;
-
 /**
  * task_cgroup_path - cgroup path of a task in the first cgroup hierarchy
  * @task: target task
@@ -5044,13 +5042,13 @@ int __init cgroup_init(void)
 			ss->bind(init_css_set.subsys[ssid]);
 	}
 
-	cgroup_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("cgroup", fs_kobj);
-	if (!cgroup_kobj)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	err = sysfs_create_mount_point(fs_kobj, "cgroup");
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	err = register_filesystem(&cgroup_fs_type);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		kobject_put(cgroup_kobj);
+		sysfs_remove_mount_point(fs_kobj, "cgroup");
 		return err;
 	}
 
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -215,19 +215,17 @@ void securityfs_remove(struct dentry *de
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(securityfs_remove);
 
-static struct kobject *security_kobj;
-
 static int __init securityfs_init(void)
 {
 	int retval;
 
-	security_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("security", kernel_kobj);
-	if (!security_kobj)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	retval = sysfs_create_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "security");
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
 
 	retval = register_filesystem(&fs_type);
 	if (retval)
-		kobject_put(security_kobj);
+		sysfs_remove_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "security");
 	return retval;
 }
 
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -1853,7 +1853,6 @@ static struct file_system_type sel_fs_ty
 };
 
 struct vfsmount *selinuxfs_mount;
-static struct kobject *selinuxfs_kobj;
 
 static int __init init_sel_fs(void)
 {
@@ -1862,13 +1861,13 @@ static int __init init_sel_fs(void)
 	if (!selinux_enabled)
 		return 0;
 
-	selinuxfs_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("selinux", fs_kobj);
-	if (!selinuxfs_kobj)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	err = sysfs_create_mount_point(fs_kobj, "selinux");
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	err = register_filesystem(&sel_fs_type);
 	if (err) {
-		kobject_put(selinuxfs_kobj);
+		sysfs_remove_mount_point(fs_kobj, "selinux");
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -1887,7 +1886,7 @@ __initcall(init_sel_fs);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE
 void exit_sel_fs(void)
 {
-	kobject_put(selinuxfs_kobj);
+	sysfs_remove_mount_point(fs_kobj, "selinux");
 	kern_unmount(selinuxfs_mount);
 	unregister_filesystem(&sel_fs_type);
 }
--- a/security/smack/smackfs.c
+++ b/security/smack/smackfs.c
@@ -2241,16 +2241,16 @@ static const struct file_operations smk_
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
-static struct kset *smackfs_kset;
 /**
  * smk_init_sysfs - initialize /sys/fs/smackfs
  *
  */
 static int smk_init_sysfs(void)
 {
-	smackfs_kset = kset_create_and_add("smackfs", NULL, fs_kobj);
-	if (!smackfs_kset)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	int err;
+	err = sysfs_create_mount_point(fs_kobj, "smackfs");
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 	return 0;
 }
 



  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-07-19 19:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-19 19:07 [PATCH 4.1 00/65] 4.1.3-stable review Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 01/65] fs: Add helper functions for permanently empty directories Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 02/65] sysctl: Allow creating permanently empty directories that serve as mountpoints Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 03/65] proc: Allow creating permanently empty directories that serve as mount points Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 04/65] kernfs: Add support for always empty directories Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 05/65] sysfs: Add support for permanently empty directories to serve as mount points Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 07/65] mnt: Update fs_fully_visible to test for permanently empty directories Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 08/65] mnt: Refactor the logic for mounting sysfs and proc in a user namespace Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 09/65] mnt: Modify fs_fully_visible to deal with locked ro nodev and atime Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 10/65] gpio: crystalcove: set IRQCHIP_SKIP_SET_WAKE for the irqchip Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 11/65] gpio: rcar: Check for irq_set_irq_wake() failures Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 12/65] rcu: Correctly handle non-empty Tiny RCU callback list with none ready Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 13/65] ipr: Increase default adapter init stage change timeout Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 14/65] Disable write buffering on Toshiba ToPIC95 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 15/65] ALSA: pcm: Fix pcm_class sysfs output Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 16/65] ALSA: hda - Fix Dock Headphone on Thinkpad X250 seen as a Line Out Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 17/65] ALSA: hda - set proper caps for newer AMD hda audio in KB/KV Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 18/65] ALSA: hda - Disable widget power-save for VIA codecs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 19/65] ALSA: hda - restore the MIC FIXUP for some Dell machines Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 20/65] ALSA: hda - Add headset support to Acer Aspire V5 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 21/65] ALSA: hda - Fix the dock headphone output on Fujitsu Lifebook E780 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 22/65] ALSA: hda - Add a fixup for Dell E7450 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 23/65] ACPI / init: Switch over platform to the ACPI mode later Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 24/65] ACPI / PM: Add missing pm_generic_complete() invocation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 25/65] ACPI / PNP: Avoid conflicting resource reservations Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 26/65] iio: accel: kxcjk-1013: add the "KXCJ9000" ACPI id Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 27/65] tools selftests: Fix clean target with make 3.81 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 28/65] ARC: add smp barriers around atomics per Documentation/atomic_ops.txt Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 29/65] ARC: add compiler barrier to LLSC based cmpxchg Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 30/65] arc: fix use of uninitialized arc_pmu Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 31/65] power_supply: Fix NULL pointer dereference during bq27x00_battery probe Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 32/65] power_supply: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference on early uevent Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 33/65] mei: me: wait for power gating exit confirmation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 34/65] mei: txe: reduce suspend/resume time Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 35/65] arm64: Do not attempt to use init_mm in reset_context() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 36/65] arm64: entry: fix context tracking for el0_sp_pc Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 37/65] arm64: mm: Fix freeing of the wrong memmap entries with !SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 38/65] arm64: vdso: work-around broken ELF toolchains in Makefile Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 39/65] mm: kmemleak: allow safe memory scanning during kmemleak disabling Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:07 ` [PATCH 4.1 40/65] mm: kmemleak_alloc_percpu() should follow the gfp from per_alloc() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 41/65] mm, thp: respect MPOL_PREFERRED policy with non-local node Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 42/65] regmap: Fix regmap_bulk_read in BE mode Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 43/65] regmap: Fix possible shift overflow in regmap_field_init() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 44/65] regulator: max77686: fix gpio_enabled shift wrapping bug Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 45/65] regulator: core: fix constraints output buffer Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 46/65] livepatch: add module locking around kallsyms calls Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 48/65] spi: orion: Fix maximum baud rates for Armada 370/XP Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 49/65] spi: pl022: Specify num-cs property as required in devicetree binding Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 50/65] scsi_transport_srp: Introduce srp_wait_for_queuecommand() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 51/65] scsi_transport_srp: Fix a race condition Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 52/65] IB/srp: Remove an extraneous scsi_host_put() from an error path Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 53/65] IB/srp: Fix a connection setup race Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 54/65] IB/srp: Fix connection state tracking Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 55/65] IB/srp: Fix reconnection failure handling Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 56/65] genirq: devres: Fix testing return value of request_any_context_irq() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 57/65] video: mxsfb: Make sure axi clock is enabled when accessing registers Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 58/65] leds / PM: fix hibernation on arm when gpio-led used with CPU led trigger Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 59/65] mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 61/65] PCI: Propagate the "ignore hotplug" setting to parent Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 62/65] PCI: Add pci_bus_addr_t Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 63/65] PCI: pciehp: Wait for hotplug command completion where necessary Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 64/65] of/pci: Fix pci_address_to_pio() conversion of CPU address to I/O port Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 4.1 65/65] Input: pixcir_i2c_ts - fix receive error Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-20  3:19 ` [PATCH 4.1 00/65] 4.1.3-stable review Guenter Roeck
2015-07-20 19:26   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-20  6:33 ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-07-20 19:27   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-20 17:17 ` Shuah Khan
2015-07-20 19:27   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman

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