Re: [PATCH 0/6] Remove owner field from sysfs attribute structure

2010-08-10 Thread Jean Delvare
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 16:31:28 -0700, Greg KH wrote: On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:16:35PM -0700, Eric Biederman wrote: On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Guenter Roeck guenter.ro...@ericsson.com wrote: The following comment is found in include/linux/sysfs.h:   /* FIXME    * The *owner

Re: [PATCH 0/6] Remove owner field from sysfs attribute structure

2010-08-10 Thread Stephen Rothwell
Hi Jean, On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:43:37 +0200 Jean Delvare kh...@linux-fr.org wrote: Related bug? https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16544 Yep, fixed in linux-next today - hopefully the fix is on its way to Linus. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwells...@canb.auug.org.au

Re: [PATCH 0/6] Remove owner field from sysfs attribute structure

2010-08-10 Thread Stephen Rothwell
Hi Jean, On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:17:33 +1000 Stephen Rothwell s...@canb.auug.org.au wrote: On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:43:37 +0200 Jean Delvare kh...@linux-fr.org wrote: Related bug? https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16544 Yep, fixed in linux-next today - hopefully the fix is

Re: [PATCH 0/6] Remove owner field from sysfs attribute structure

2010-08-10 Thread Guenter Roeck
On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 11:20 -0400, Stephen Rothwell wrote: Hi Jean, On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:17:33 +1000 Stephen Rothwell s...@canb.auug.org.au wrote: On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:43:37 +0200 Jean Delvare kh...@linux-fr.org wrote: Related bug?

Re: [PATCH 0/6] Remove owner field from sysfs attribute structure

2010-07-30 Thread Tejun Heo
On 07/29/2010 07:09 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote: The following comment is found in include/linux/sysfs.h: /* FIXME * The *owner field is no longer used. * x86 tree has been cleaned up. The owner * attribute is still left for other arches. */ As it turns out, the *owner

Re: [PATCH 0/6] Remove owner field from sysfs attribute structure

2010-07-30 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 10:45 +0200, Tejun Heo wrote: On 07/29/2010 07:09 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote: The following comment is found in include/linux/sysfs.h: /* FIXME * The *owner field is no longer used. * x86 tree has been cleaned up. The owner * attribute is still left

Re: [PATCH 0/6] Remove owner field from sysfs attribute structure

2010-07-30 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 08:28:10PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 10:45 +0200, Tejun Heo wrote: On 07/29/2010 07:09 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote: The following comment is found in include/linux/sysfs.h: /* FIXME * The *owner field is no longer used.

Re: [PATCH 0/6] Remove owner field from sysfs attribute structure

2010-07-29 Thread Eric Biederman
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Guenter Roeck guenter.ro...@ericsson.com wrote: The following comment is found in include/linux/sysfs.h:   /* FIXME    * The *owner field is no longer used.    * x86 tree has been cleaned up. The owner    * attribute is still left for other arches.    */

[PATCH 0/6] Remove owner field from sysfs attribute structure

2010-07-28 Thread Guenter Roeck
The following comment is found in include/linux/sysfs.h: /* FIXME * The *owner field is no longer used. * x86 tree has been cleaned up. The owner * attribute is still left for other arches. */ As it turns out, the *owner field is (again?) initialized in several modules,