[PATCHSET #master] sysfs: make sysfs disconnect immediately on deletion, take 2

[PATCHSET #master] sysfs: make sysfs disconnect immediately on deletion, take 2

[Tejun Heo]

Hello, all.

This is the second take of sysfs-immediate-disconnct patchset.

In the last take, rwsem was added to s_elem.dir to protect kobj only.
This wasn't enough because attr and bin_attr need to hold onto not
only the kobject of their parents but also the module backing
themselves and ops too, so the first set still needed separate and
duplicate attribute file orphaning mechanism.

In this take, the rwsem is generalized to become active reference
count.  Now each sysfs_dirent has two reference counts - s_count and
s_active.  s_count is a regular reference count which guarantees that
the containing sysfs_dirent is accessible.  As long as s_count
reference is held, all sysfs internal fields in sysfs_dirent are
accessible including s_parent and s_name.

The newly added s_active is active reference count.  This is acquired
by invoking sysfs_get_active() and it's the caller's responsibility to
ensure sysfs_dirent itself is accessible (should be holding s_count
one way or the other).  Dereferencing sysfs_dirent to access objects
out of sysfs proper requires active reference.  This includes access
to the associated kobjects, attributes and ops.

Because attr/bin_attr ops access both the node itself and its parent
for kobject, they need to hold active references to both.
sysfs_get/put_active_two() helpers are provided to help grabbing both
references.  Parent's is acquired first and released last.

Basically, s_count provides the reference counted objects to the upper
layer while s_active guards low level access such that low level
objects can just go away when they want to, and the same mechanism is
applied to all types of sysfs nodes.  I think it's conceptually
cleaner and thus easier to understand this way.

With all the patches applied, the same test used in the last take ran
9+hrs without any problem.

Change from the last take are...

* Patch 3 now doesn't move sysfs_get_kobject() as the it's replaced by
  active references later.

* Patch 12 updated such that sdir->rwsem is generalized into active
  reference count.

Please read the original lifetime rules discussion[1] and description
of the last take[2] for more info.

Thanks.

--
tejun

[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293
[2] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/513334

[PATCH 01/14] sysfs: fix i_ino handling in sysfs

[Tejun Heo]

Inode number handling was incorrect in two ways.

1. sysfs uses the inode number allocated by new_inode() and never
   hashes it.  When reporting the inode number, it uses iunique() if
   inode is inaccessible.  This is incorrect because iunique() assumes
   the inodes are hashed.  This can cause duplicate inode numbers and
   the condition is likely to happen because new_inode() and iunique()
   use separate increasing static counters to scan for empty slot.

2. sysfs_dirent->s_dentry can go away anytime and can't be referenced
   unless the caller knows the dentry is not and not going to be
   deleted.

This patch makes sysfs report the pointer to sysfs_dirent as ino.
ino_t is always as big as or larger than unsigned long && sysfs_dirent
hierarchy is the internal representation of the sysfs tree, so it
makes sense and simple to implement.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c   |   11 ++++-------
 fs/sysfs/inode.c |    1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 85a6686..5112f88 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -504,19 +504,19 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *cursor = filp->private_data;
 	struct list_head *p, *q = &cursor->s_sibling;
-	ino_t ino;
+	unsigned long ino;
 	int i = filp->f_pos;
 
 	switch (i) {
 		case 0:
-			ino = dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+			ino = (unsigned long)parent_sd;
 			if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
 				break;
 			filp->f_pos++;
 			i++;
 			/* fallthrough */
 		case 1:
-			ino = parent_ino(dentry);
+			ino = (unsigned long)dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
 			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
 				break;
 			filp->f_pos++;
@@ -538,10 +538,7 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 				name = sysfs_get_name(next);
 				len = strlen(name);
-				if (next->s_dentry)
-					ino = next->s_dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
-				else
-					ino = iunique(sysfs_sb, 2);
+				ino = (unsigned long)next;
 
 				if (filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino,
 						 dt_type(next)) < 0)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 4de5c6b..b8b010c 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ struct inode * sysfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysfs_aops;
 		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &sysfs_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_op = &sysfs_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_ino = (unsigned long)sd;
 		lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_mutex, &sysfs_inode_imutex_key);
 
 		if (sd->s_iattr) {
-- 
1.5.0.3

Re: [PATCH 01/14] sysfs: fix i_ino handling in sysfs

[Eric Sandeen]

Tejun Heo wrote:
> Inode number handling was incorrect in two ways.
> 
> 1. sysfs uses the inode number allocated by new_inode() and never
>    hashes it.  When reporting the inode number, it uses iunique() if
>    inode is inaccessible.  This is incorrect because iunique() assumes
>    the inodes are hashed.  This can cause duplicate inode numbers and
>    the condition is likely to happen because new_inode() and iunique()
>    use separate increasing static counters to scan for empty slot.
> 
> 2. sysfs_dirent->s_dentry can go away anytime and can't be referenced
>    unless the caller knows the dentry is not and not going to be
>    deleted.
> 
> This patch makes sysfs report the pointer to sysfs_dirent as ino.
> ino_t is always as big as or larger than unsigned long && sysfs_dirent
> hierarchy is the internal representation of the sysfs tree, so it
> makes sense and simple to implement.

what about 32-bit stats from 32-bit apps on 64-bit systems?  This will 
make 64-bit inode numbers commonplace in sysfs; will this cause 
problems?  it seems that if they get truncated to 32 bits the 
possibility of duplicate inode nrs will come back...

-Eric

Re: [PATCH 01/14] sysfs: fix i_ino handling in sysfs

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 10:29:46AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>  Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Inode number handling was incorrect in two ways.
> > 1. sysfs uses the inode number allocated by new_inode() and never
> >    hashes it.  When reporting the inode number, it uses iunique() if
> >    inode is inaccessible.  This is incorrect because iunique() assumes
> >    the inodes are hashed.  This can cause duplicate inode numbers and
> >    the condition is likely to happen because new_inode() and iunique()
> >    use separate increasing static counters to scan for empty slot.
> > 2. sysfs_dirent->s_dentry can go away anytime and can't be referenced
> >    unless the caller knows the dentry is not and not going to be
> >    deleted.
> > This patch makes sysfs report the pointer to sysfs_dirent as ino.
> > ino_t is always as big as or larger than unsigned long && sysfs_dirent
> > hierarchy is the internal representation of the sysfs tree, so it
> > makes sense and simple to implement.
> 
>  what about 32-bit stats from 32-bit apps on 64-bit systems?  This will make 
>  64-bit inode numbers commonplace in sysfs; will this cause problems?  it 
>  seems that if they get truncated to 32 bits the possibility of duplicate 
>  inode nrs will come back...

Yes, this turned out to be a problem as the ppc people found out :)

Tejun had some follow-on patches fixing this issue up.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH 01/14] sysfs: fix i_ino handling in sysfs

[Eric Sandeen]

Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 10:29:46AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>>  what about 32-bit stats from 32-bit apps on 64-bit systems?  This will make 
>>  64-bit inode numbers commonplace in sysfs; will this cause problems?  it 
>>  seems that if they get truncated to 32 bits the possibility of duplicate 
>>  inode nrs will come back...
> 
> Yes, this turned out to be a problem as the ppc people found out :)
> 
> Tejun had some follow-on patches fixing this issue up.

Oops, missed that.  I'll go looking, thanks.

-Eric

[PATCH 02/14] sysfs: fix error handling in binattr write()

[Tejun Heo]

Error handling in fs/sysfs/bin.c:write() was wrong because size_t
count is used to receive return value from flush_write() which is
negative on failure.

This patch updates write() such that int variable is used instead.
read() is updated the same way for consistency.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/bin.c |   21 ++++++++-------------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index d3b9f5f..8273dd6 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -33,16 +33,13 @@ fill_read(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, loff_t off, size_t count)
 }
 
 static ssize_t
-read(struct file * file, char __user * userbuf, size_t count, loff_t * off)
+read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, size_t bytes, loff_t *off)
 {
 	char *buffer = file->private_data;
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	int size = dentry->d_inode->i_size;
 	loff_t offs = *off;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (count > PAGE_SIZE)
-		count = PAGE_SIZE;
+	int count = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	if (size) {
 		if (offs > size)
@@ -51,10 +48,9 @@ read(struct file * file, char __user * userbuf, size_t count, loff_t * off)
 			count = size - offs;
 	}
 
-	ret = fill_read(dentry, buffer, offs, count);
-	if (ret < 0) 
-		return ret;
-	count = ret;
+	count = fill_read(dentry, buffer, offs, count);
+	if (count < 0)
+		return count;
 
 	if (copy_to_user(userbuf, buffer, count))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -78,16 +74,15 @@ flush_write(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count)
 	return attr->write(kobj, buffer, offset, count);
 }
 
-static ssize_t write(struct file * file, const char __user * userbuf,
-		     size_t count, loff_t * off)
+static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf,
+		     size_t bytes, loff_t *off)
 {
 	char *buffer = file->private_data;
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	int size = dentry->d_inode->i_size;
 	loff_t offs = *off;
+	int count = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	if (count > PAGE_SIZE)
-		count = PAGE_SIZE;
 	if (size) {
 		if (offs > size)
 			return 0;
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 05/14] sysfs: consolidate sysfs_dirent creation functions

[Tejun Heo]

Currently there are four functions to create sysfs_dirent -
__sysfs_new_dirent(), sysfs_new_dirent(), __sysfs_make_dirent() and
sysfs_make_dirent().  Other than sysfs_make_dirent(), no function has
two users if calls to implement other functions are excluded.

This patch consolidates sysfs_dirent creation functions into the
following two.

* sysfs_new_dirent() : allocate and initialize
* sysfs_attach_dirent() : attach to sysfs_dirent hierarchy and/or
			  associate with dentry

This simplifies interface and gives callers more flexibility.  This is
in preparation of object reference simplification.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c     |   82 ++++++++++++++++------------------------------------
 fs/sysfs/file.c    |   21 ++++++++++---
 fs/sysfs/symlink.c |    7 ++--
 fs/sysfs/sysfs.h   |    7 +++-
 4 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 0005117..3e460f7 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ static struct dentry_operations sysfs_dentry_ops = {
 	.d_iput		= sysfs_d_iput,
 };
 
-/*
- * Allocates a new sysfs_dirent and links it to the parent sysfs_dirent
- */
-static struct sysfs_dirent * __sysfs_new_dirent(void * element)
+struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(void *element, umode_t mode, int type)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
@@ -57,25 +54,25 @@ static struct sysfs_dirent * __sysfs_new_dirent(void * element)
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_event, 1);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_children);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_sibling);
+
 	sd->s_element = element;
+	sd->s_mode = mode;
+	sd->s_type = type;
 
 	return sd;
 }
 
-static void __sysfs_list_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
-			      struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+void sysfs_attach_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
+			 struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	if (sd)
-		list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &parent_sd->s_children);
-}
+	if (dentry) {
+		sd->s_dentry = dentry;
+		dentry->d_fsdata = sysfs_get(sd);
+		dentry->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
+	}
 
-static struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_new_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
-						void * element)
-{
-	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
-	sd = __sysfs_new_dirent(element);
-	__sysfs_list_dirent(parent_sd, sd);
-	return sd;
+	if (parent_sd)
+		list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &parent_sd->s_children);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -103,39 +100,6 @@ int sysfs_dirent_exist(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-
-static struct sysfs_dirent *
-__sysfs_make_dirent(struct dentry *dentry, void *element, mode_t mode, int type)
-{
-	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
-
-	sd = __sysfs_new_dirent(element);
-	if (!sd)
-		goto out;
-
-	sd->s_mode = mode;
-	sd->s_type = type;
-	sd->s_dentry = dentry;
-	if (dentry) {
-		dentry->d_fsdata = sysfs_get(sd);
-		dentry->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
-	}
-
-out:
-	return sd;
-}
-
-int sysfs_make_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd, struct dentry * dentry,
-			void * element, umode_t mode, int type)
-{
-	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
-
-	sd = __sysfs_make_dirent(dentry, element, mode, type);
-	__sysfs_list_dirent(parent_sd, sd);
-
-	return sd ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
-}
-
 static int init_dir(struct inode * inode)
 {
 	inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
@@ -179,10 +143,11 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct dentry *parent,
 	if (sysfs_dirent_exist(parent->d_fsdata, name))
 		goto out_dput;
 
-	error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent->d_fsdata, dentry, kobj, mode,
-				  SYSFS_DIR);
-	if (error)
+	error = -ENOMEM;
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(kobj, mode, SYSFS_DIR);
+	if (!sd)
 		goto out_drop;
+	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent->d_fsdata, dentry);
 
 	error = sysfs_create(dentry, mode, init_dir);
 	if (error)
@@ -197,7 +162,6 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct dentry *parent,
 	goto out_dput;
 
  out_sput:
-	sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
 	sysfs_put(sd);
  out_drop:
@@ -494,13 +458,16 @@ static int sysfs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct dentry * dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	file->private_data = sysfs_new_dirent(parent_sd, NULL);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(NULL, 0, 0);
+	if (sd)
+		sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	return file->private_data ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
-
+	file->private_data = sd;
+	return sd ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int sysfs_dir_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
@@ -673,9 +640,10 @@ struct dentry *sysfs_create_shadow_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 	if (!shadow)
 		goto nomem;
 
-	sd = __sysfs_make_dirent(shadow, kobj, inode->i_mode, SYSFS_DIR);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(kobj, inode->i_mode, SYSFS_DIR);
 	if (!sd)
 		goto nomem;
+	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, NULL, shadow);
 
 	d_instantiate(shadow, igrab(inode));
 	inc_nlink(inode);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index fc46333..f6b86a8 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -474,14 +474,25 @@ int sysfs_add_file(struct dentry * dir, const struct attribute * attr, int type)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
 	umode_t mode = (attr->mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
-	int error = -EEXIST;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
+	int error = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(parent_sd, attr->name))
-		error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *)attr,
-					  mode, type);
-	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
+	if (sysfs_dirent_exist(parent_sd, attr->name)) {
+		error = -EEXIST;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent((void *)attr, mode, type);
+	if (!sd) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
+
+ out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index b463f17..d96bb9c 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobj
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = parent->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_symlink * sl;
+	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 	int error;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
@@ -63,10 +64,10 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobj
 	strcpy(sl->link_name, name);
 	sl->target_kobj = kobject_get(target);
 
-	error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, sl, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
-				SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
-	if (error)
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(sl, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
+	if (!sd)
 		goto err_out;
+	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 3b8aae0..0be1d94 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ extern int sysfs_create(struct dentry *, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *));
 
 extern void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd);
 extern int sysfs_dirent_exist(struct sysfs_dirent *, const unsigned char *);
-extern int sysfs_make_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *, struct dentry *, void *,
-				umode_t, int);
+extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(void *element, umode_t mode,
+					     int type);
+extern void sysfs_attach_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
+				struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
+				struct dentry *dentry);
 
 extern int sysfs_add_file(struct dentry *, const struct attribute *, int);
 extern int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name);
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 03/14] sysfs: move release_sysfs_dirent() to dir.c

[Tejun Heo]

There is no reason this function should be inlined and soon to follow
sysfs object reference simplification will make it heavier.  Move it
to dir.c.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c   |   12 ++++++++++++
 fs/sysfs/sysfs.h |   13 +------------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 5112f88..2d630bf 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@
 
 DECLARE_RWSEM(sysfs_rename_sem);
 
+void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
+{
+	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK) {
+		struct sysfs_symlink * sl = sd->s_element;
+		kfree(sl->link_name);
+		kobject_put(sl->target_kobj);
+		kfree(sl);
+	}
+	kfree(sd->s_iattr);
+	kmem_cache_free(sysfs_dir_cachep, sd);
+}
+
 static void sysfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry, struct inode * inode)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index a77c57e..3b8aae0 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ extern void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
 extern struct inode * sysfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct sysfs_dirent *);
 extern int sysfs_create(struct dentry *, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *));
 
+extern void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd);
 extern int sysfs_dirent_exist(struct sysfs_dirent *, const unsigned char *);
 extern int sysfs_make_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *, struct dentry *, void *,
 				umode_t, int);
@@ -97,18 +98,6 @@ static inline struct kobject *sysfs_get_kobject(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return kobj;
 }
 
-static inline void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
-{
-	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK) {
-		struct sysfs_symlink * sl = sd->s_element;
-		kfree(sl->link_name);
-		kobject_put(sl->target_kobj);
-		kfree(sl);
-	}
-	kfree(sd->s_iattr);
-	kmem_cache_free(sysfs_dir_cachep, sd);
-}
-
 static inline struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
 	if (sd) {
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 04/14] sysfs: flatten cleanup paths in sysfs_add_link() and create_dir()

[Tejun Heo]

Flatten cleanup paths in sysfs_add_link() and create_dir() to improve
readability and ease further changes to these functions.  This is in
preparation of object reference simplification.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c     |   73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 fs/sysfs/symlink.c |   27 ++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 2d630bf..0005117 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -159,40 +159,53 @@ static int init_symlink(struct inode * inode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int create_dir(struct kobject * k, struct dentry * p,
-		      const char * n, struct dentry ** d)
+static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct dentry *parent,
+		      const char *name, struct dentry **p_dentry)
 {
 	int error;
 	umode_t mode = S_IFDIR| S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
-	mutex_lock(&p->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	*d = lookup_one_len(n, p, strlen(n));
-	if (!IS_ERR(*d)) {
- 		if (sysfs_dirent_exist(p->d_fsdata, n))
-  			error = -EEXIST;
-  		else
-			error = sysfs_make_dirent(p->d_fsdata, *d, k, mode,
-								SYSFS_DIR);
-		if (!error) {
-			error = sysfs_create(*d, mode, init_dir);
-			if (!error) {
-				inc_nlink(p->d_inode);
-				(*d)->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
-				d_rehash(*d);
-			}
-		}
-		if (error && (error != -EEXIST)) {
-			struct sysfs_dirent *sd = (*d)->d_fsdata;
-			if (sd) {
- 				list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
-				sysfs_put(sd);
-			}
-			d_drop(*d);
-		}
-		dput(*d);
-	} else
-		error = PTR_ERR(*d);
-	mutex_unlock(&p->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+		error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	error = -EEXIST;
+	if (sysfs_dirent_exist(parent->d_fsdata, name))
+		goto out_dput;
+
+	error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent->d_fsdata, dentry, kobj, mode,
+				  SYSFS_DIR);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_drop;
+
+	error = sysfs_create(dentry, mode, init_dir);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_sput;
+
+	inc_nlink(parent->d_inode);
+	dentry->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
+	d_rehash(dentry);
+
+	*p_dentry = dentry;
+	error = 0;
+	goto out_dput;
+
+ out_sput:
+	sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+	sysfs_put(sd);
+ out_drop:
+	d_drop(dentry);
+ out_dput:
+	dput(dentry);
+ out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 7b9c5bf..b463f17 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -49,30 +49,33 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobj
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = parent->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_symlink * sl;
-	int error = 0;
+	int error;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
-	sl = kmalloc(sizeof(*sl), GFP_KERNEL);
+	sl = kzalloc(sizeof(*sl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sl)
-		goto exit1;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	sl->link_name = kmalloc(strlen(name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sl->link_name)
-		goto exit2;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	strcpy(sl->link_name, name);
 	sl->target_kobj = kobject_get(target);
 
 	error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, sl, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
 				SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
-	if (!error)
-		return 0;
-
-	kobject_put(target);
-	kfree(sl->link_name);
-exit2:
-	kfree(sl);
-exit1:
+	if (error)
+		goto err_out;
+
+	return 0;
+
+ err_out:
+	if (sl) {
+		kobject_put(sl->target_kobj);
+		kfree(sl->link_name);
+		kfree(sl);
+	}
 	return error;
 }
 
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 07/14] sysfs: add sysfs_dirent->s_name

[Tejun Heo]

Add s_name to sysfs_dirent.  This is to further reduce dependency to
the associated dentry.  Name is copied for directories and symlinks
but not for attributes.

Where possible, name dereferences are converted to use sd->s_name.
sysfs_symlink->link_name and sysfs_get_name() are unused now and
removed.

This change allows symlink to be implemented using sysfs_dirent tree
proper, which is the last remaining dentry-dependent sysfs walk.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c        |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
 fs/sysfs/file.c       |    2 +-
 fs/sysfs/inode.c      |   33 +--------------------------------
 fs/sysfs/symlink.c    |    8 +-------
 fs/sysfs/sysfs.h      |    7 +++----
 include/linux/sysfs.h |    1 +
 6 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 8c35a60..525c0e7 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 
 	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK) {
 		struct sysfs_symlink * sl = sd->s_element;
-		kfree(sl->link_name);
 		kobject_put(sl->target_kobj);
 		kfree(sl);
 	}
+	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_COPY_NAME)
+		kfree(sd->s_name);
 	kfree(sd->s_iattr);
 	kmem_cache_free(sysfs_dir_cachep, sd);
 
@@ -51,19 +52,30 @@ static struct dentry_operations sysfs_dentry_ops = {
 	.d_iput		= sysfs_d_iput,
 };
 
-struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(void *element, umode_t mode, int type)
+struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, void *element,
+				      umode_t mode, int type)
 {
+	char *dup_name = NULL;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
+	if (type & SYSFS_COPY_NAME) {
+		name = dup_name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!name)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
 	sd = kmem_cache_zalloc(sysfs_dir_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!sd)
+	if (!sd) {
+		kfree(dup_name);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_event, 1);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_children);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_sibling);
 
+	sd->s_name = name;
 	sd->s_element = element;
 	sd->s_mode = mode;
 	sd->s_type = type;
@@ -100,8 +112,7 @@ int sysfs_dirent_exist(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 
 	list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
 		if (sd->s_element) {
-			const unsigned char *existing = sysfs_get_name(sd);
-			if (strcmp(existing, new))
+			if (strcmp(sd->s_name, new))
 				continue;
 			else
 				return -EEXIST;
@@ -155,7 +166,7 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct dentry *parent,
 		goto out_dput;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(kobj, mode, SYSFS_DIR);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, kobj, mode, SYSFS_DIR);
 	if (!sd)
 		goto out_drop;
 	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent->d_fsdata, dentry);
@@ -280,9 +291,7 @@ static struct dentry * sysfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
 		if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_NOT_PINNED) {
-			const unsigned char * name = sysfs_get_name(sd);
-
-			if (strcmp(name, dentry->d_name.name))
+			if (strcmp(sd->s_name, dentry->d_name.name))
 				continue;
 
 			if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
@@ -472,7 +481,7 @@ static int sysfs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(NULL, 0, 0);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent("_DIR_", NULL, 0, 0);
 	if (sd)
 		sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
@@ -539,7 +548,7 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				if (!next->s_element)
 					continue;
 
-				name = sysfs_get_name(next);
+				name = next->s_name;
 				len = strlen(name);
 				ino = (unsigned long)next;
 
@@ -651,7 +660,7 @@ struct dentry *sysfs_create_shadow_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 	if (!shadow)
 		goto nomem;
 
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(kobj, inode->i_mode, SYSFS_DIR);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent("_SHADOW_", kobj, inode->i_mode, SYSFS_DIR);
 	if (!sd)
 		goto nomem;
 	/* point to parent_sd but don't attach to it */
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index f6b86a8..62ab272 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ int sysfs_add_file(struct dentry * dir, const struct attribute * attr, int type)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent((void *)attr, mode, type);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(attr->name, (void *)attr, mode, type);
 	if (!sd) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_unlock;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index b8b010c..4960be8 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -190,37 +190,6 @@ int sysfs_create(struct dentry * dentry, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *))
 	return error;
 }
 
-/*
- * Get the name for corresponding element represented by the given sysfs_dirent
- */
-const unsigned char * sysfs_get_name(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
-{
-	struct attribute * attr;
-	struct bin_attribute * bin_attr;
-	struct sysfs_symlink  * sl;
-
-	BUG_ON(!sd || !sd->s_element);
-
-	switch (sd->s_type) {
-		case SYSFS_DIR:
-			/* Always have a dentry so use that */
-			return sd->s_dentry->d_name.name;
-
-		case SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR:
-			attr = sd->s_element;
-			return attr->name;
-
-		case SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR:
-			bin_attr = sd->s_element;
-			return bin_attr->attr.name;
-
-		case SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK:
-			sl = sd->s_element;
-			return sl->link_name;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static inline void orphan_all_buffers(struct inode *node)
 {
 	struct sysfs_buffer_collection *set;
@@ -288,7 +257,7 @@ int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name)
 	list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
 		if (!sd->s_element)
 			continue;
-		if (!strcmp(sysfs_get_name(sd), name)) {
+		if (!strcmp(sd->s_name, name)) {
 			list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
 			sysfs_drop_dentry(sd, dir);
 			sysfs_put(sd);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index d96bb9c..c728204 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -57,14 +57,9 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobj
 	if (!sl)
 		goto err_out;
 
-	sl->link_name = kmalloc(strlen(name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!sl->link_name)
-		goto err_out;
-
-	strcpy(sl->link_name, name);
 	sl->target_kobj = kobject_get(target);
 
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(sl, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, sl, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
 	if (!sd)
 		goto err_out;
 	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
@@ -74,7 +69,6 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobj
  err_out:
 	if (sl) {
 		kobject_put(sl->target_kobj);
-		kfree(sl->link_name);
 		kfree(sl);
 	}
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index f95ab31..8b9f139 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ struct sysfs_dirent {
 	struct sysfs_dirent	* s_parent;
 	struct list_head	s_sibling;
 	struct list_head	s_children;
+	const char		* s_name;
 	void 			* s_element;
 	int			s_type;
 	umode_t			s_mode;
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ extern int sysfs_create(struct dentry *, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *));
 
 extern void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd);
 extern int sysfs_dirent_exist(struct sysfs_dirent *, const unsigned char *);
-extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(void *element, umode_t mode,
-					     int type);
+extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, void *element,
+					     umode_t mode, int type);
 extern void sysfs_attach_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 				struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 				struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_find(struct sysfs_dirent *dir, const char * na
 extern int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *, const char *, struct dentry **);
 extern void sysfs_remove_subdir(struct dentry *);
 
-extern const unsigned char * sysfs_get_name(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 extern void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct dentry *parent);
 extern int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
 
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 
 struct sysfs_symlink {
-	char * link_name;
 	struct kobject * target_kobj;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index fea9a6b..c79944a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct sysfs_ops {
 #define SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR	0x0008
 #define SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK 	0x0020
 #define SYSFS_NOT_PINNED	(SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR | SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR | SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
+#define SYSFS_COPY_NAME		(SYSFS_DIR | SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 08/14] sysfs: make sysfs_dirent->s_element a union

[Tejun Heo]

Make sd->s_element a union of sysfs_elem_{dir|symlink|attr|bin_attr}
and rename it to s_elem.  This is to achieve...

* some level of type checking : changing symlink to point to
  sysfs_dirent instead of kobject is much safer and less painful now.
* easier / standardized dereferencing
* allow sysfs_elem_* to contain more than one entry

Where possible, pointer is obtained by directly deferencing from sd
instead of going through other entities.  This reduces dependencies to
dentry, inode and kobject.  to_attr() and to_bin_attr() are unused now
and removed.

This is in preparation of object reference simplification.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/bin.c     |   18 ++++++++++------
 fs/sysfs/dir.c     |   31 +++++++++++++---------------
 fs/sysfs/file.c    |   19 +++++++++--------
 fs/sysfs/inode.c   |    2 +-
 fs/sysfs/mount.c   |    1 -
 fs/sysfs/symlink.c |   23 +++-----------------
 fs/sysfs/sysfs.h   |   56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 7 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index 8273dd6..0f0027b 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 static int
 fill_read(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, loff_t off, size_t count)
 {
-	struct bin_attribute * attr = to_bin_attr(dentry);
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
 
 	if (!attr->read)
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, size_t bytes, loff_t *off)
 static int
 flush_write(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count)
 {
-	struct bin_attribute *attr = to_bin_attr(dentry);
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	struct kobject *kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
 
 	if (!attr->write)
@@ -101,9 +103,9 @@ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf,
 
 static int mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
-	struct bin_attribute *attr = to_bin_attr(dentry);
-	struct kobject *kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
+	struct kobject *kobj = to_kobj(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 
 	if (!attr->mmap)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -114,7 +116,8 @@ static int mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
 	struct kobject *kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
-	struct bin_attribute * attr = to_bin_attr(file->f_path.dentry);
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	int error = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!kobj || !attr)
@@ -150,7 +153,8 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 static int release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
 	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
-	struct bin_attribute * attr = to_bin_attr(file->f_path.dentry);
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	u8 * buffer = file->private_data;
 
 	kobject_put(kobj);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 525c0e7..4070dc4 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@ void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
  repeat:
 	parent_sd = sd->s_parent;
 
-	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK) {
-		struct sysfs_symlink * sl = sd->s_element;
-		kobject_put(sl->target_kobj);
-		kfree(sl);
-	}
+	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
+		kobject_put(sd->s_elem.symlink.target_kobj);
 	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_COPY_NAME)
 		kfree(sd->s_name);
 	kfree(sd->s_iattr);
@@ -52,8 +49,7 @@ static struct dentry_operations sysfs_dentry_ops = {
 	.d_iput		= sysfs_d_iput,
 };
 
-struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, void *element,
-				      umode_t mode, int type)
+struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode, int type)
 {
 	char *dup_name = NULL;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
@@ -76,7 +72,6 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, void *element,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_sibling);
 
 	sd->s_name = name;
-	sd->s_element = element;
 	sd->s_mode = mode;
 	sd->s_type = type;
 
@@ -111,7 +106,7 @@ int sysfs_dirent_exist(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
-		if (sd->s_element) {
+		if (sd->s_type) {
 			if (strcmp(sd->s_name, new))
 				continue;
 			else
@@ -166,9 +161,10 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct dentry *parent,
 		goto out_dput;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, kobj, mode, SYSFS_DIR);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, mode, SYSFS_DIR);
 	if (!sd)
 		goto out_drop;
+	sd->s_elem.dir.kobj = kobj;
 	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent->d_fsdata, dentry);
 
 	error = sysfs_create(dentry, mode, init_dir);
@@ -241,10 +237,10 @@ static int sysfs_attach_attr(struct sysfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * dentry)
 	int error = 0;
 
         if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR) {
-                bin_attr = sd->s_element;
+                bin_attr = sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
                 attr = &bin_attr->attr;
         } else {
-                attr = sd->s_element;
+                attr = sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
                 init = init_file;
         }
 
@@ -349,7 +345,7 @@ static void __sysfs_remove_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
 	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
-		if (!sd->s_element || !(sd->s_type & SYSFS_NOT_PINNED))
+		if (!sd->s_type || !(sd->s_type & SYSFS_NOT_PINNED))
 			continue;
 		list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
 		sysfs_drop_dentry(sd, dentry);
@@ -481,7 +477,7 @@ static int sysfs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent("_DIR_", NULL, 0, 0);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent("_DIR_", 0, 0);
 	if (sd)
 		sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
@@ -545,7 +541,7 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 				next = list_entry(p, struct sysfs_dirent,
 						   s_sibling);
-				if (!next->s_element)
+				if (!next->s_type)
 					continue;
 
 				name = next->s_name;
@@ -593,7 +589,7 @@ static loff_t sysfs_dir_lseek(struct file * file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 				struct sysfs_dirent *next;
 				next = list_entry(p, struct sysfs_dirent,
 						   s_sibling);
-				if (next->s_element)
+				if (next->s_type)
 					n--;
 				p = p->next;
 			}
@@ -660,9 +656,10 @@ struct dentry *sysfs_create_shadow_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 	if (!shadow)
 		goto nomem;
 
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent("_SHADOW_", kobj, inode->i_mode, SYSFS_DIR);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent("_SHADOW_", inode->i_mode, SYSFS_DIR);
 	if (!sd)
 		goto nomem;
+	sd->s_elem.dir.kobj = kobj;
 	/* point to parent_sd but don't attach to it */
 	sd->s_parent = sysfs_get(parent_sd);
 	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, NULL, shadow);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 62ab272..a6c72c6 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ remove_from_collection(struct sysfs_buffer *buffer, struct inode *node)
 static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct attribute * attr = to_attr(dentry);
 	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = buffer->ops;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	buffer->event = atomic_read(&sd->s_event);
-	count = ops->show(kobj,attr,buffer->page);
+	count = ops->show(kobj, sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page);
 	BUG_ON(count > (ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (count >= 0) {
 		buffer->needs_read_fill = 0;
@@ -229,11 +228,11 @@ fill_write_buffer(struct sysfs_buffer * buffer, const char __user * buf, size_t
 static int 
 flush_write_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer, size_t count)
 {
-	struct attribute * attr = to_attr(dentry);
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = buffer->ops;
 
-	return ops->store(kobj,attr,buffer->page,count);
+	return ops->store(kobj, attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page, count);
 }
 
 
@@ -278,7 +277,8 @@ out:
 static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct kobject *kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
-	struct attribute * attr = to_attr(file->f_path.dentry);
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
 	struct sysfs_buffer_collection *set;
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = NULL;
@@ -371,15 +371,15 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static int sysfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
 	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(filp->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
-	struct attribute * attr = to_attr(filp->f_path.dentry);
-	struct module * owner = attr->owner;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = filp->private_data;
 
 	if (buffer)
 		remove_from_collection(buffer, inode);
 	kobject_put(kobj);
 	/* After this point, attr should not be accessed. */
-	module_put(owner);
+	module_put(attr->owner);
 
 	if (buffer) {
 		if (buffer->page)
@@ -484,11 +484,12 @@ int sysfs_add_file(struct dentry * dir, const struct attribute * attr, int type)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(attr->name, (void *)attr, mode, type);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(attr->name, mode, type);
 	if (!sd) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
+	sd->s_elem.attr.attr = (void *)attr;
 	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
 
  out_unlock:
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 4960be8..2581bfa 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name)
 	parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
 	mutex_lock_nested(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
-		if (!sd->s_element)
+		if (!sd->s_type)
 			continue;
 		if (!strcmp(sd->s_name, name)) {
 			list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 141f7b1..0defb3a 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ static struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root = {
 	.s_count	= ATOMIC_INIT(1),
 	.s_sibling	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysfs_root.s_sibling),
 	.s_children	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysfs_root.s_children),
-	.s_element	= NULL,
 	.s_type		= SYSFS_ROOT,
 	.s_iattr	= NULL,
 };
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index c728204..27df635 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -48,30 +48,15 @@ static void fill_object_path(struct kobject * kobj, char * buffer, int length)
 static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobject * target)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = parent->d_fsdata;
-	struct sysfs_symlink * sl;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
-	int error;
 
-	error = -ENOMEM;
-	sl = kzalloc(sizeof(*sl), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!sl)
-		goto err_out;
-
-	sl->target_kobj = kobject_get(target);
-
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, sl, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
 	if (!sd)
-		goto err_out;
-	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	sd->s_elem.symlink.target_kobj = kobject_get(target);
+	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
 	return 0;
-
- err_out:
-	if (sl) {
-		kobject_put(sl->target_kobj);
-		kfree(sl);
-	}
-	return error;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 8b9f139..b1a8a7e 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -1,10 +1,33 @@
+struct sysfs_elem_dir {
+	struct kobject		* kobj;
+};
+
+struct sysfs_elem_symlink {
+	struct kobject		* target_kobj;
+};
+
+struct sysfs_elem_attr {
+	struct attribute	* attr;
+};
+
+struct sysfs_elem_bin_attr {
+	struct bin_attribute	* bin_attr;
+};
+
 struct sysfs_dirent {
 	atomic_t		s_count;
 	struct sysfs_dirent	* s_parent;
 	struct list_head	s_sibling;
 	struct list_head	s_children;
 	const char		* s_name;
-	void 			* s_element;
+
+	union {
+		struct sysfs_elem_dir		dir;
+		struct sysfs_elem_symlink	symlink;
+		struct sysfs_elem_attr		attr;
+		struct sysfs_elem_bin_attr	bin_attr;
+	}			s_elem;
+
 	int			s_type;
 	umode_t			s_mode;
 	struct dentry		* s_dentry;
@@ -21,8 +44,8 @@ extern int sysfs_create(struct dentry *, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *));
 
 extern void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd);
 extern int sysfs_dirent_exist(struct sysfs_dirent *, const unsigned char *);
-extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, void *element,
-					     umode_t mode, int type);
+extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+					     int type);
 extern void sysfs_attach_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 				struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 				struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -45,10 +68,6 @@ extern const struct file_operations bin_fops;
 extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 
-struct sysfs_symlink {
-	struct kobject * target_kobj;
-};
-
 struct sysfs_buffer {
 	struct list_head		associates;
 	size_t				count;
@@ -68,19 +87,7 @@ struct sysfs_buffer_collection {
 static inline struct kobject * to_kobj(struct dentry * dentry)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	return ((struct kobject *) sd->s_element);
-}
-
-static inline struct attribute * to_attr(struct dentry * dentry)
-{
-	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	return ((struct attribute *) sd->s_element);
-}
-
-static inline struct bin_attribute * to_bin_attr(struct dentry * dentry)
-{
-	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	return ((struct bin_attribute *) sd->s_element);
+	return sd->s_elem.dir.kobj;
 }
 
 static inline struct kobject *sysfs_get_kobject(struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -90,11 +97,10 @@ static inline struct kobject *sysfs_get_kobject(struct dentry *dentry)
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
 		struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-		if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK) {
-			struct sysfs_symlink * sl = sd->s_element;
-			kobj = kobject_get(sl->target_kobj);
-		} else
-			kobj = kobject_get(sd->s_element);
+		if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
+			kobj = kobject_get(sd->s_elem.symlink.target_kobj);
+		else
+			kobj = kobject_get(sd->s_elem.dir.kobj);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 11/14] sysfs: implement bin_buffer

[Tejun Heo]

Implement bin_buffer which contains a mutex and pointer to PAGE_SIZE
buffer to properly synchronize accesses to per-openfile buffer and
prepare for immediate-kobj-disconnect.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/bin.c |   64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index 0f0027b..1dd1bf1 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
+struct bin_buffer {
+	struct mutex	mutex;
+	void		*buffer;
+};
+
 static int
 fill_read(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, loff_t off, size_t count)
 {
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ fill_read(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, loff_t off, size_t count)
 static ssize_t
 read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, size_t bytes, loff_t *off)
 {
-	char *buffer = file->private_data;
+	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	int size = dentry->d_inode->i_size;
 	loff_t offs = *off;
@@ -49,17 +54,23 @@ read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, size_t bytes, loff_t *off)
 			count = size - offs;
 	}
 
-	count = fill_read(dentry, buffer, offs, count);
+	mutex_lock(&bb->mutex);
+
+	count = fill_read(dentry, bb->buffer, offs, count);
 	if (count < 0)
-		return count;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
-	if (copy_to_user(userbuf, buffer, count))
-		return -EFAULT;
+	if (copy_to_user(userbuf, bb->buffer, count)) {
+		count = -EFAULT;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
 	pr_debug("offs = %lld, *off = %lld, count = %zd\n", offs, *off, count);
 
 	*off = offs + count;
 
+ out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&bb->mutex);
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +90,7 @@ flush_write(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count)
 static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf,
 		     size_t bytes, loff_t *off)
 {
-	char *buffer = file->private_data;
+	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	int size = dentry->d_inode->i_size;
 	loff_t offs = *off;
@@ -92,25 +103,38 @@ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf,
 			count = size - offs;
 	}
 
-	if (copy_from_user(buffer, userbuf, count))
-		return -EFAULT;
+	mutex_lock(&bb->mutex);
+
+	if (copy_from_user(bb->buffer, userbuf, count)) {
+		count = -EFAULT;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
-	count = flush_write(dentry, buffer, offs, count);
+	count = flush_write(dentry, bb->buffer, offs, count);
 	if (count > 0)
 		*off = offs + count;
+
+ out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&bb->mutex);
 	return count;
 }
 
 static int mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
+	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	struct kobject *kobj = to_kobj(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
+	int rc;
 
 	if (!attr->mmap)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return attr->mmap(kobj, attr, vma);
+	mutex_lock(&bb->mutex);
+	rc = attr->mmap(kobj, attr, vma);
+	mutex_unlock(&bb->mutex);
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
@@ -118,6 +142,7 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	struct kobject *kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
+	struct bin_buffer *bb = NULL;
 	int error = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!kobj || !attr)
@@ -135,14 +160,22 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 		goto Error;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
-	file->private_data = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!file->private_data)
+	bb = kzalloc(sizeof(*bb), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!bb)
 		goto Error;
 
+	bb->buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!bb->buffer)
+		goto Error;
+
+	mutex_init(&bb->mutex);
+	file->private_data = bb;
+
 	error = 0;
-    goto Done;
+	goto Done;
 
  Error:
+	kfree(bb);
 	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
  Done:
 	if (error)
@@ -155,11 +188,12 @@ static int release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
-	u8 * buffer = file->private_data;
+	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 
 	kobject_put(kobj);
 	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
-	kfree(buffer);
+	kfree(bb->buffer);
+	kfree(bb);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 06/14] sysfs: add sysfs_dirent->s_parent

[Tejun Heo]

Add sysfs_dirent->s_parent.  With this patch, each sd points to and
holds a reference to its parent.  This allows walking sysfs tree
without referencing sd->s_dentry which can go away anytime if the user
doesn't control when it's deleted.

sd->s_parent is initialized and parent is referenced in
sysfs_attach_dirent().  Reference to parent is released when the sd is
released, so as long as reference to a sd is held, s_parent can be
followed.

dentry walk in sysfs_readdir() is convereted to s_parent walk.

This will be used to reimplement symlink such that it uses only
sysfs_dirent tree.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c   |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
 fs/sysfs/mount.c |    1 +
 fs/sysfs/sysfs.h |    1 +
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 3e460f7..8c35a60 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ DECLARE_RWSEM(sysfs_rename_sem);
 
 void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd;
+
+ repeat:
+	parent_sd = sd->s_parent;
+
 	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK) {
 		struct sysfs_symlink * sl = sd->s_element;
 		kfree(sl->link_name);
@@ -24,6 +29,10 @@ void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 	}
 	kfree(sd->s_iattr);
 	kmem_cache_free(sysfs_dir_cachep, sd);
+
+	sd = parent_sd;
+	if (sd && atomic_dec_and_test(&sd->s_count))
+		goto repeat;
 }
 
 static void sysfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry, struct inode * inode)
@@ -71,8 +80,10 @@ void sysfs_attach_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 		dentry->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
 	}
 
-	if (parent_sd)
+	if (parent_sd) {
+		sd->s_parent = sysfs_get(parent_sd);
 		list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &parent_sd->s_children);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -508,7 +519,7 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			i++;
 			/* fallthrough */
 		case 1:
-			ino = (unsigned long)dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
+			ino = (unsigned long)parent_sd->s_parent;
 			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
 				break;
 			filp->f_pos++;
@@ -625,13 +636,13 @@ int sysfs_make_shadowed_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
 
 struct dentry *sysfs_create_shadow_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
+	struct dentry *dir = kobj->dentry;
+	struct inode *inode = dir->d_inode;
+	struct dentry *parent = dir->d_parent;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = parent->d_fsdata;
+	struct dentry *shadow;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
-	struct dentry *parent, *dir, *shadow;
-	struct inode *inode;
 
-	dir = kobj->dentry;
-	inode = dir->d_inode;
-	parent = dir->d_parent;
 	shadow = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	if (!sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(inode))
 		goto out;
@@ -643,6 +654,8 @@ struct dentry *sysfs_create_shadow_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(kobj, inode->i_mode, SYSFS_DIR);
 	if (!sd)
 		goto nomem;
+	/* point to parent_sd but don't attach to it */
+	sd->s_parent = sysfs_get(parent_sd);
 	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, NULL, shadow);
 
 	d_instantiate(shadow, igrab(inode));
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 23a48a3..141f7b1 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static const struct super_operations sysfs_ops = {
 };
 
 static struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root = {
+	.s_count	= ATOMIC_INIT(1),
 	.s_sibling	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysfs_root.s_sibling),
 	.s_children	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysfs_root.s_children),
 	.s_element	= NULL,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 0be1d94..f95ab31 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 struct sysfs_dirent {
 	atomic_t		s_count;
+	struct sysfs_dirent	* s_parent;
 	struct list_head	s_sibling;
 	struct list_head	s_children;
 	void 			* s_element;
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 09/14] sysfs: implement kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock

[Tejun Heo]

kobj->dentry can go away anytime unless the user controls when the
associated sysfs node is deleted.  This patch implements
kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock which protects kobj->dentry.  This will be used
to maintain kobj based API when converting sysfs to use sysfs_dirent
tree instead of dentry/kobject.

Note that this lock belongs to kobject/driver-model not sysfs.  Once
sysfs is converted to not use kobject in its interface, this can be
removed from sysfs.

This is in preparation of object reference simplification.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c   |    8 +++++++-
 fs/sysfs/sysfs.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 4070dc4..707eba9 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 DECLARE_RWSEM(sysfs_rename_sem);
+spinlock_t kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 
 void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
@@ -371,8 +372,13 @@ static void __sysfs_remove_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 {
-	__sysfs_remove_dir(kobj->dentry);
+	struct dentry *d = kobj->dentry;
+
+	spin_lock(&kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock);
 	kobj->dentry = NULL;
+	spin_unlock(&kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock);
+
+	__sysfs_remove_dir(d);
 }
 
 int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *new_parent,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index b1a8a7e..5c41fc5 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ extern void sysfs_remove_subdir(struct dentry *);
 extern void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct dentry *parent);
 extern int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
 
+extern spinlock_t kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock;
 extern struct rw_semaphore sysfs_rename_sem;
 extern struct super_block * sysfs_sb;
 extern const struct file_operations sysfs_dir_operations;
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 10/14] sysfs: reimplement symlink using sysfs_dirent tree

[Tejun Heo]

sysfs symlink is implemented by referencing dentry and kobject from
sysfs_dirent - symlink entry references kobject, dentry is used to
walk the tree.  This complicates object lifetimes rules and is
dangerous - for example, there is no way to tell to which module the
target of a symlink belongs and referencing that kobject can make it
linger after the module is gone.

This patch reimplements symlink using only sysfs_dirent tree.  sd for
a symlink points and holds reference to the target sysfs_dirent and
all walking is done using sysfs_dirent tree.  Simpler and safer.

Please read the following message for more info.

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c     |    2 +-
 fs/sysfs/symlink.c |   88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 fs/sysfs/sysfs.h   |    9 +++--
 3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 707eba9..5b337c7 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 	parent_sd = sd->s_parent;
 
 	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
-		kobject_put(sd->s_elem.symlink.target_kobj);
+		sysfs_put(sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd);
 	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_COPY_NAME)
 		kfree(sd->s_name);
 	kfree(sd->s_iattr);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 27df635..ff605d3 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -11,50 +11,49 @@
 
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
-static int object_depth(struct kobject * kobj)
+static int object_depth(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
-	struct kobject * p = kobj;
 	int depth = 0;
-	do { depth++; } while ((p = p->parent));
+
+	for (; sd->s_parent; sd = sd->s_parent)
+		depth++;
+
 	return depth;
 }
 
-static int object_path_length(struct kobject * kobj)
+static int object_path_length(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
-	struct kobject * p = kobj;
 	int length = 1;
-	do {
-		length += strlen(kobject_name(p)) + 1;
-		p = p->parent;
-	} while (p);
+
+	for (; sd->s_parent; sd = sd->s_parent)
+		length += strlen(sd->s_name) + 1;
+
 	return length;
 }
 
-static void fill_object_path(struct kobject * kobj, char * buffer, int length)
+static void fill_object_path(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, char *buffer, int length)
 {
-	struct kobject * p;
-
 	--length;
-	for (p = kobj; p; p = p->parent) {
-		int cur = strlen(kobject_name(p));
+	for (; sd->s_parent; sd = sd->s_parent) {
+		int cur = strlen(sd->s_name);
 
 		/* back up enough to print this bus id with '/' */
 		length -= cur;
-		strncpy(buffer + length,kobject_name(p),cur);
+		strncpy(buffer + length, sd->s_name, cur);
 		*(buffer + --length) = '/';
 	}
 }
 
-static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobject * target)
+static int sysfs_add_link(struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd, const char * name,
+			  struct sysfs_dirent * target_sd)
 {
-	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = parent->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
 	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
 	if (!sd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sd->s_elem.symlink.target_kobj = kobject_get(target);
+	sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd = target_sd;
 	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -68,6 +67,8 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobj
 int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char * name)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = NULL;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *target_sd = NULL;
 	int error = -EEXIST;
 
 	BUG_ON(!name);
@@ -80,11 +81,27 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char
 
 	if (!dentry)
 		return -EFAULT;
+	parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	/* target->dentry can go away beneath us but is protected with
+	 * kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock.  Fetch target_sd from it.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock);
+	if (target->dentry)
+		target_sd = sysfs_get(target->dentry->d_fsdata);
+	spin_unlock(&kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock);
+
+	if (!target_sd)
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(dentry->d_fsdata, name))
-		error = sysfs_add_link(dentry, name, target);
+		error = sysfs_add_link(parent_sd, name, target_sd);
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	if (error)
+		sysfs_put(target_sd);
+
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -100,14 +117,14 @@ void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject * kobj, const char * name)
 	sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->dentry,name);
 }
 
-static int sysfs_get_target_path(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target,
-				 char *path)
+static int sysfs_get_target_path(struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd,
+				 struct sysfs_dirent * target_sd, char *path)
 {
 	char * s;
 	int depth, size;
 
-	depth = object_depth(kobj);
-	size = object_path_length(target) + depth * 3 - 1;
+	depth = object_depth(parent_sd);
+	size = object_path_length(target_sd) + depth * 3 - 1;
 	if (size > PATH_MAX)
 		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 
@@ -116,7 +133,7 @@ static int sysfs_get_target_path(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target,
 	for (s = path; depth--; s += 3)
 		strcpy(s,"../");
 
-	fill_object_path(target, path, size);
+	fill_object_path(target_sd, path, size);
 	pr_debug("%s: path = '%s'\n", __FUNCTION__, path);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -124,27 +141,16 @@ static int sysfs_get_target_path(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target,
 
 static int sysfs_getlink(struct dentry *dentry, char * path)
 {
-	struct kobject *kobj, *target_kobj;
-	int error = 0;
-
-	kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(dentry->d_parent);
-	if (!kobj)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	target_kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(dentry);
-	if (!target_kobj) {
-		kobject_put(kobj);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = sd->s_parent;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *target_sd = sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd;
+	int error;
 
 	down_read(&sysfs_rename_sem);
-	error = sysfs_get_target_path(kobj, target_kobj, path);
+	error = sysfs_get_target_path(parent_sd, target_sd, path);
 	up_read(&sysfs_rename_sem);
-	
-	kobject_put(kobj);
-	kobject_put(target_kobj);
-	return error;
 
+	return error;
 }
 
 static void *sysfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 5c41fc5..0a740f6 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ struct sysfs_elem_dir {
 };
 
 struct sysfs_elem_symlink {
-	struct kobject		* target_kobj;
+	struct sysfs_dirent	* target_sd;
 };
 
 struct sysfs_elem_attr {
@@ -98,10 +98,11 @@ static inline struct kobject *sysfs_get_kobject(struct dentry *dentry)
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
 		struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
 		if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
-			kobj = kobject_get(sd->s_elem.symlink.target_kobj);
-		else
-			kobj = kobject_get(sd->s_elem.dir.kobj);
+			sd = sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd;
+
+		kobj = kobject_get(sd->s_elem.dir.kobj);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 14/14] sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->owner

[Tejun Heo]

sysfs is now completely out of driver/module lifetime game.  After
deletion, a sysfs node doesn't access anything outside sysfs proper,
so there's no reason to hold onto the attribute owners.  Note that
often the wrong modules were accounted for as owners leading to
accessing removed modules.

This patch kills now unnecessary attribute->owner.  Note that with
this change, userland holding a sysfs node does not prevent the
backing module from being unloaded.

For more info regarding lifetime rule cleanup, please read the
following message.

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/base/class.c                        |    2 --
 drivers/base/core.c                         |    4 ----
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/block/pktcdvd.c                     |    3 +--
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c         |   10 ----------
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c             |    3 +--
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c         |    2 +-
 drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c                |    1 -
 drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h                   |    3 +--
 drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c                 |    6 +++---
 drivers/firmware/edd.c                      |    2 +-
 drivers/firmware/efivars.c                  |    6 +++---
 drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c                  |    1 -
 drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c                 |    1 -
 drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c             |    1 -
 drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h               |    1 -
 drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c |   13 -------------
 drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c                  |    3 +--
 drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c           |    1 -
 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c                     |    4 ----
 drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c                    |    1 -
 drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c                    |    1 -
 drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c           |    3 ---
 drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c               |    2 --
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c             |    6 ------
 drivers/spi/at25.c                          |    1 -
 drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c             |    2 --
 drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c         |    2 +-
 drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c               |    1 -
 drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c                |    1 -
 drivers/w1/w1.c                             |    2 --
 fs/ecryptfs/main.c                          |    2 --
 fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c                  |    1 -
 fs/partitions/check.c                       |    1 -
 fs/sysfs/bin.c                              |   19 +++++--------------
 fs/sysfs/file.c                             |   21 +++++----------------
 include/linux/sysdev.h                      |    3 +--
 include/linux/sysfs.h                       |    7 +++----
 kernel/module.c                             |    9 +++------
 kernel/params.c                             |    1 -
 net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c                    |    3 +--
 net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c                    |    3 +--
 44 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 130 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index d596812..064c1de 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -624,7 +624,6 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device *class_dev)
 		goto out3;
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
-	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = parent_class->owner;
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
 	error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
 	if (error)
@@ -639,7 +638,6 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device *class_dev)
 		}
 		attr->attr.name = "dev";
 		attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-		attr->attr.owner = parent_class->owner;
 		attr->show = show_dev;
 		error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, attr);
 		if (error) {
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index d7fcf82..37930d0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -563,8 +563,6 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 
 	dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
 	dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
-	if (dev->driver)
-		dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = dev->driver->owner;
 	dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
 	error = device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
 	if (error)
@@ -579,8 +577,6 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 		}
 		attr->attr.name = "dev";
 		attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-		if (dev->driver)
-			attr->attr.owner = dev->driver->owner;
 		attr->show = show_dev;
 		error = device_create_file(dev, attr);
 		if (error) {
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index c0a979a..8791d06 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static struct bin_attribute firmware_attr_data_tmpl = {
-	.attr = {.name = "data", .mode = 0644, .owner = THIS_MODULE},
+	.attr = {.name = "data", .mode = 0644},
 	.size = 0,
 	.read = firmware_data_read,
 	.write = firmware_data_write,
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index a4fb703..4c6b33d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ static void pkt_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
  **********************************************************/
 
 #define DEF_ATTR(_obj,_name,_mode) \
-	static struct attribute _obj = { \
-		.name = _name, .owner = THIS_MODULE, .mode = _mode }
+	static struct attribute _obj = { .name = _name, .mode = _mode }
 
 /**********************************************************
   /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 8e222f2..b5df7e6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2171,52 +2171,42 @@ static int create_files(struct bmc_device *bmc)
 	int err;
 
 	bmc->device_id_attr.attr.name = "device_id";
-	bmc->device_id_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->device_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->device_id_attr.show = device_id_show;
 
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.name = "provides_device_sdrs";
-	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.show = provides_dev_sdrs_show;
 
 	bmc->revision_attr.attr.name = "revision";
-	bmc->revision_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->revision_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->revision_attr.show = revision_show;
 
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.name = "firmware_revision";
-	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.show = firmware_rev_show;
 
 	bmc->version_attr.attr.name = "ipmi_version";
-	bmc->version_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->version_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->version_attr.show = ipmi_version_show;
 
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.name = "additional_device_support";
-	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.show = add_dev_support_show;
 
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.name = "manufacturer_id";
-	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.show = manufacturer_id_show;
 
 	bmc->product_id_attr.attr.name = "product_id";
-	bmc->product_id_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->product_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->product_id_attr.show = product_id_show;
 
 	bmc->guid_attr.attr.name = "guid";
-	bmc->guid_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->guid_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->guid_attr.show = guid_show;
 
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.name = "aux_firmware_revision";
-	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.show = aux_firmware_rev_show;
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
index d1c7cac..7c9589a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ static spinlock_t cpufreq_stats_lock;
 
 #define CPUFREQ_STATDEVICE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show) \
 static struct freq_attr _attr_##_name = {\
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .owner = THIS_MODULE, \
-		.mode = _mode, }, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, }, \
 	.show = _show,\
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
index 860345c..a648970 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ store_speed (struct cpufreq_policy *policy, const char *buf, size_t count)
 
 static struct freq_attr freq_attr_scaling_setspeed =
 {
-	.attr = { .name = "scaling_setspeed", .mode = 0644, .owner = THIS_MODULE },
+	.attr = { .name = "scaling_setspeed", .mode = 0644 },
 	.show = show_speed,
 	.store = store_speed,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
index e749092..5409f3a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ static ssize_t show_available_freqs (struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 struct freq_attr cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_available_freqs = {
 	.attr = { .name = "scaling_available_frequencies",
 		  .mode = 0444,
-		  .owner=THIS_MODULE
 		},
 	.show = show_available_freqs,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h b/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h
index 58a8518..dcdba0f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
 #define DCDBAS_BIN_ATTR_RW(_name) \
 struct bin_attribute bin_attr_##_name = { \
 	.attr =  { .name = __stringify(_name), \
-		   .mode = 0600, \
-		   .owner = THIS_MODULE }, \
+		   .mode = 0600 }, \
 	.read =  _name##_read, \
 	.write = _name##_write, \
 }
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c b/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
index fc702e4..f8afecb 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
@@ -687,18 +687,18 @@ static ssize_t write_rbu_packet_size(struct kobject *kobj, char *buffer,
 }
 
 static struct bin_attribute rbu_data_attr = {
-	.attr = {.name = "data",.owner = THIS_MODULE,.mode = 0444},
+	.attr = {.name = "data", .mode = 0444},
 	.read = read_rbu_data,
 };
 
 static struct bin_attribute rbu_image_type_attr = {
-	.attr = {.name = "image_type",.owner = THIS_MODULE,.mode = 0644},
+	.attr = {.name = "image_type", .mode = 0644},
 	.read = read_rbu_image_type,
 	.write = write_rbu_image_type,
 };
 
 static struct bin_attribute rbu_packet_size_attr = {
-	.attr = {.name = "packet_size",.owner = THIS_MODULE,.mode = 0644},
+	.attr = {.name = "packet_size", .mode = 0644},
 	.read = read_rbu_packet_size,
 	.write = write_rbu_packet_size,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/edd.c b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
index d8806e4..1523227 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static struct edd_device *edd_devices[EDD_MBR_SIG_MAX];
 
 #define EDD_DEVICE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_test) \
 struct edd_attribute edd_attr_##_name = { 	\
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },	\
 	.show	= _show,				\
 	.test	= _test,				\
 };
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index c6281cc..b84b2b4 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -131,21 +131,21 @@ struct efivar_attribute {
 
 #define EFI_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
 struct subsys_attribute efi_attr_##_name = { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE}, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode}, \
 	.show = _show, \
 	.store = _store, \
 };
 
 #define EFIVAR_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
 struct efivar_attribute efivar_attr_##_name = { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE}, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode}, \
 	.show = _show, \
 	.store = _store, \
 };
 
 #define VAR_SUBSYS_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
 struct subsys_attribute var_subsys_attr_##_name = { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE}, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode}, \
 	.show = _show, \
 	.store = _store, \
 };
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
index bfce13c..5990dd5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute eeprom_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "eeprom",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = EEPROM_SIZE,
 	.read = eeprom_read,
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
index 76645c1..1405ce5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute user_eeprom_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "eeprom",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = USER_EEPROM_SIZE,
 	.read = max6875_read,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
index 000c086..f4006e7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ alloc_group_attrs(ssize_t (*show)(struct ib_port *,
 
 		element->attr.attr.name  = element->name;
 		element->attr.attr.mode  = S_IRUGO;
-		element->attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 		element->attr.show       = show;
 		element->index		 = i;
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
index cf1de95..4a5bddf 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ static struct psmouse_attribute psmouse_attr_##_name = {			\
 		.attr	= {							\
 			.name	= __stringify(_name),				\
 			.mode	= _mode,					\
-			.owner	= THIS_MODULE,					\
 		},								\
 		.show	= psmouse_attr_show_helper,				\
 		.store	= psmouse_attr_set_helper,				\
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
index 91396fd..f0251a7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
@@ -516,40 +516,32 @@ static void pvr2_sysfs_add_control(struct pvr2_sysfs *sfp,int ctl_id)
 	}
 	sfp->item_last = cip;
 
-	cip->attr_name.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_name.attr.name = "name";
 	cip->attr_name.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_name.show = fp->show_name;
 
-	cip->attr_type.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_type.attr.name = "type";
 	cip->attr_type.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_type.show = fp->show_type;
 
-	cip->attr_min.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_min.attr.name = "min_val";
 	cip->attr_min.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_min.show = fp->show_min;
 
-	cip->attr_max.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_max.attr.name = "max_val";
 	cip->attr_max.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_max.show = fp->show_max;
 
-	cip->attr_val.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_val.attr.name = "cur_val";
 	cip->attr_val.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 
-	cip->attr_custom.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_custom.attr.name = "custom_val";
 	cip->attr_custom.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 
-	cip->attr_enum.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_enum.attr.name = "enum_val";
 	cip->attr_enum.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_enum.show = fp->show_enum;
 
-	cip->attr_bits.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_bits.attr.name = "bit_val";
 	cip->attr_bits.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_bits.show = fp->show_bits;
@@ -614,12 +606,10 @@ static void pvr2_sysfs_add_debugifc(struct pvr2_sysfs *sfp)
 
 	dip = kzalloc(sizeof(*dip),GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dip) return;
-	dip->attr_debugcmd.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.attr.name = "debugcmd";
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.attr.mode = S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR|S_IWGRP;
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.show = debugcmd_show;
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.store = debugcmd_store;
-	dip->attr_debuginfo.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	dip->attr_debuginfo.attr.name = "debuginfo";
 	dip->attr_debuginfo.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	dip->attr_debuginfo.show = debuginfo_show;
@@ -795,7 +785,6 @@ static void class_dev_create(struct pvr2_sysfs *sfp,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.attr.name = "v4l_minor_number";
 	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.show = v4l_minor_number_show;
@@ -809,7 +798,6 @@ static void class_dev_create(struct pvr2_sysfs *sfp,
 		sfp->v4l_minor_number_created_ok = !0;
 	}
 
-	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.attr.name = "v4l_radio_minor_number";
 	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.show = v4l_radio_minor_number_show;
@@ -823,7 +811,6 @@ static void class_dev_create(struct pvr2_sysfs *sfp,
 		sfp->v4l_radio_minor_number_created_ok = !0;
 	}
 
-	sfp->attr_unit_number.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	sfp->attr_unit_number.attr.name = "unit_number";
 	sfp->attr_unit_number.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	sfp->attr_unit_number.show = unit_number_show;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c b/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
index 4b23212..fe2f29c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
@@ -673,8 +673,7 @@ static void asus_hotk_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
 	struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_name = {			\
 		.attr = {						\
 			.name = __stringify(_name),			\
-			.mode = 0,					\
-			.owner = THIS_MODULE },				\
+			.mode = 0 },					\
 		.show   = NULL,						\
 		.store  = NULL,						\
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
index 7f03881..4d5998a 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ static struct notification ibm_note;
 static struct bin_attribute ibm_apci_table_attr = {
 	    .attr = {
 		    .name = "apci_table",
-		    .owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		    .mode = S_IRUGO,
 	    },
 	    .read = ibm_read_apci_table,
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index cd913a2..d803ddf 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ static int pci_create_resource_files(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 			sprintf(res_attr_name, "resource%d", i);
 			res_attr->attr.name = res_attr_name;
 			res_attr->attr.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
-			res_attr->attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 			res_attr->size = pci_resource_len(pdev, i);
 			res_attr->mmap = pci_mmap_resource;
 			res_attr->private = &pdev->resource[i];
@@ -582,7 +581,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute pci_config_attr = {
 	.attr =	{
 		.name = "config",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 256,
 	.read = pci_read_config,
@@ -593,7 +591,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute pcie_config_attr = {
 	.attr =	{
 		.name = "config",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 4096,
 	.read = pci_read_config,
@@ -627,7 +624,6 @@ int __must_check pci_create_sysfs_dev_files (struct pci_dev *pdev)
 			rom_attr->size = pci_resource_len(pdev, PCI_ROM_RESOURCE);
 			rom_attr->attr.name = "rom";
 			rom_attr->attr.mode = S_IRUSR;
-			rom_attr->attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 			rom_attr->read = pci_read_rom;
 			rom_attr->write = pci_write_rom;
 			retval = sysfs_create_bin_file(&pdev->dev.kobj, rom_attr);
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c b/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
index ea5765c..b7f321d 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static struct device_attribute *pccard_socket_attributes[] = {
 };
 
 static struct bin_attribute pccard_cis_attr = {
-	.attr = { .name = "cis", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, .owner = THIS_MODULE},
+	.attr = { .name = "cis", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
 	.size = 0x200,
 	.read = pccard_show_cis,
 	.write = pccard_store_cis,
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
index e27176c..b3f4c4e 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ds1553_nvram_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "nvram",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = RTC_OFFSET,
 	.read = ds1553_nvram_read,
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c
index d68288b..1638acd 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ds1742_nvram_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "nvram",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.read = ds1742_nvram_read,
 	.write = ds1742_nvram_write,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
index 12497da..b08cbac 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_read_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_read",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR ,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1032,
 	.read = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_read,
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_write_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_write",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1032,
 	.write = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_write,
@@ -209,7 +207,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_clear_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_clear",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1,
 	.write = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_clear,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
index f247e78..c8ce90b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_ctlreg_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "ctlreg",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 256,
 	.read = sysfs_ctlreg_read,
@@ -1356,7 +1355,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_mbox_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mbox",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = sizeof(MAILBOX_t),
 	.read = sysfs_mbox_read,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
index 8081b63..9658725 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_fw_dump_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "fw_dump",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 0,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_fw_dump,
@@ -149,7 +148,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_nvram_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "nvram",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 512,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_nvram,
@@ -198,7 +196,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_optrom_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "optrom",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = OPTROM_SIZE_24XX,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_optrom,
@@ -279,7 +276,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_optrom_ctl_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "optrom_ctl",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 0,
 	.write = qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl,
@@ -327,7 +323,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_vpd_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "vpd",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 0,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_vpd,
@@ -375,7 +370,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_sfp_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "sfp",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = SFP_DEV_SIZE * 2,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_sfp,
diff --git a/drivers/spi/at25.c b/drivers/spi/at25.c
index 8efa07e..fde1ded 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/at25.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/at25.c
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ static int at25_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	 */
 	at25->bin.attr.name = "eeprom";
 	at25->bin.attr.mode = S_IRUSR;
-	at25->bin.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	at25->bin.read = at25_bin_read;
 
 	at25->bin.size = at25->chip.byte_len;
diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c b/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
index 1bf6f42..fe4e2a4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
@@ -2123,7 +2123,6 @@ static ssize_t radeon_show_edid2(struct kobject *kobj, char *buf, loff_t off, si
 static struct bin_attribute edid1_attr = {
 	.attr   = {
 		.name	= "edid1",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.mode	= 0444,
 	},
 	.size	= EDID_LENGTH,
@@ -2133,7 +2132,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute edid1_attr = {
 static struct bin_attribute edid2_attr = {
 	.attr   = {
 		.name	= "edid2",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.mode	= 0444,
 	},
 	.size	= EDID_LENGTH,
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index c65e81f..7e06223 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static struct class backlight_class = {
 
 #define DECLARE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)			\
 {							 	\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode }, \
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
index 6ef8f0a..648b53c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static struct class lcd_class = {
 
 #define DECLARE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)			\
 {							 	\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode }, \
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
diff --git a/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c b/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c
index 8ea17a5..4e13aa7 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_f23_bin_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "eeprom",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = W1_EEPROM_SIZE,
 	.read = w1_f23_read_bin,
diff --git a/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c b/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c
index 732db47..721261b 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_therm_bin_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "w1_slave",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = W1_SLAVE_DATA_SIZE,
 	.read = w1_therm_read_bin,
diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1.c b/drivers/w1/w1.c
index 63c0724..c1ee648 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/w1.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/w1.c
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_slave_attr_bin_id = {
       .attr = {
               .name = "id",
               .mode = S_IRUGO,
-              .owner = THIS_MODULE,
       },
       .size = 8,
       .read = w1_slave_read_id,
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_default_attr = {
       .attr = {
               .name = "rw",
               .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-              .owner = THIS_MODULE,
       },
       .size = PAGE_SIZE,
       .read = w1_default_read,
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
index fc4a3a2..6669a25 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -842,8 +842,6 @@ static int __init ecryptfs_init(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	kset_set_kset_s(&ecryptfs_subsys, fs_subsys);
-	sysfs_attr_version.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
-	sysfs_attr_version_str.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	rc = do_sysfs_registration();
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "sysfs registration failed\n");
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
index 636593b..fd741ce 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ struct mlog_attribute {
 #define define_mask(_name) {			\
 	.attr = {				\
 		.name = #_name,			\
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,		\
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,	\
 	},					\
 	.mask = ML_##_name,			\
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 8a7d003..694b369 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len,
 		static struct attribute addpartattr = {
 			.name = "whole_disk",
 			.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH,
-			.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		};
 
 		sysfs_create_file(&p->kobj, &addpartattr);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index 69bb8da..bca0a3f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -175,25 +175,20 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	if (!sysfs_get_active(attr_sd))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute */
-	error = -ENODEV;
-	if (!try_module_get(attr->attr.owner))
-		goto err_sput;
-
 	error = -EACCES;
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !(attr->write || attr->mmap))
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) && !(attr->read || attr->mmap))
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	bb = kzalloc(sizeof(*bb), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bb)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	bb->buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bb->buffer)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	mutex_init(&bb->mutex);
 	file->private_data = bb;
@@ -203,9 +198,7 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
 	return 0;
 
- err_mput:
-	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
- err_sput:
+ err_out:
 	sysfs_put_active(attr_sd);
 	kfree(bb);
 	return error;
@@ -214,13 +207,11 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 static int release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 
 	if (bb->mmapped)
 		sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
-	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
 	kfree(bb->buffer);
 	kfree(bb);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 37b5ee5..db691a5 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ sysfs_write_file(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
 	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = NULL;
@@ -281,11 +280,6 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute */
-	error = -ENODEV;
-	if (!try_module_get(attr->owner))
-		goto err_sput;
-
 	/* if the kobject has no ktype, then we assume that it is a subsystem
 	 * itself, and use ops for it.
 	 */
@@ -302,7 +296,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 * or the subsystem have no operations.
 	 */
 	if (!ops)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	/* File needs write support.
 	 * The inode's perms must say it's ok, 
@@ -310,7 +304,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
 		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IWUGO) || !ops->store)
-			goto err_mput;
+			goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	/* File needs read support.
@@ -319,7 +313,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
 		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IRUGO) || !ops->show)
-			goto err_mput;
+			goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	/* No error? Great, allocate a buffer for the file, and store it
@@ -328,7 +322,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sysfs_buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buffer)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	init_MUTEX(&buffer->sem);
 	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
@@ -340,9 +334,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
 	return 0;
 
- err_mput:
-	module_put(attr->owner);
- err_sput:
+ err_out:
 	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -350,12 +342,9 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static int sysfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
 	struct sysfs_buffer *buffer = filp->private_data;
 
 	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
-	/* After this point, attr should not be accessed. */
-	module_put(attr->owner);
 
 	if (buffer) {
 		if (buffer->page)
diff --git a/include/linux/sysdev.h b/include/linux/sysdev.h
index 389ccf8..6e7c398 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysdev.h
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ struct sysdev_attribute {
 
 #define _SYSDEV_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)			\
 {								\
-	.attr = { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode,	\
-		 .owner = THIS_MODULE },			\
+	.attr = { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },	\
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index c79944a..882f6f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ struct dentry;
 
 struct attribute {
 	const char		* name;
-	struct module 		* owner;
 	mode_t			mode;
 };
 
@@ -39,14 +38,14 @@ struct attribute_group {
  */
 
 #define __ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store) { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },	\
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_RO(_name) { \
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
-	.show	= _name##_show,	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444 },	\
+	.show	= _name##_show,					\
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_NULL { .attr = { .name = NULL } }
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index dcdb32b..13fa1df 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -485,8 +485,7 @@ static void free_modinfo_##field(struct module *mod)                  \
         mod->field = NULL;                                            \
 }                                                                     \
 static struct module_attribute modinfo_##field = {                    \
-	.attr = { .name = __stringify(field), .mode = 0444,           \
-		  .owner = THIS_MODULE },                             \
+	.attr = { .name = __stringify(field), .mode = 0444 },         \
 	.show = show_modinfo_##field,                                 \
 	.setup = setup_modinfo_##field,                               \
 	.test = modinfo_##field##_exists,                             \
@@ -790,7 +789,7 @@ static ssize_t show_refcnt(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 }
 
 static struct module_attribute refcnt = {
-	.attr = { .name = "refcnt", .mode = 0444, .owner = THIS_MODULE },
+	.attr = { .name = "refcnt", .mode = 0444 },
 	.show = show_refcnt,
 };
 
@@ -848,7 +847,7 @@ static ssize_t show_initstate(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 }
 
 static struct module_attribute initstate = {
-	.attr = { .name = "initstate", .mode = 0444, .owner = THIS_MODULE },
+	.attr = { .name = "initstate", .mode = 0444 },
 	.show = show_initstate,
 };
 
@@ -1029,7 +1028,6 @@ static void add_sect_attrs(struct module *mod, unsigned int nsect,
 		sattr->mattr.show = module_sect_show;
 		sattr->mattr.store = NULL;
 		sattr->mattr.attr.name = sattr->name;
-		sattr->mattr.attr.owner = mod;
 		sattr->mattr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 		*(gattr++) = &(sattr++)->mattr.attr;
 	}
@@ -1087,7 +1085,6 @@ int module_add_modinfo_attrs(struct module *mod)
 		if (!attr->test ||
 		    (attr->test && attr->test(mod))) {
 			memcpy(temp_attr, attr, sizeof(*temp_attr));
-			temp_attr->attr.owner = mod;
 			error = sysfs_create_file(&mod->mkobj.kobj,&temp_attr->attr);
 			++temp_attr;
 		}
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index e265b13..3a1d5bc 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ param_sysfs_setup(struct module_kobject *mk,
 			pattr->mattr.show = param_attr_show;
 			pattr->mattr.store = param_attr_store;
 			pattr->mattr.attr.name = (char *)&kp->name[name_skip];
-			pattr->mattr.attr.owner = mk->mod;
 			pattr->mattr.attr.mode = kp->perm;
 			*(gattr++) = &(pattr++)->mattr.attr;
 		}
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index 01a22ad..40b0972 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ static ssize_t brforward_read(struct kobject *kobj, char *buf,
 
 static struct bin_attribute bridge_forward = {
 	.attr = { .name = SYSFS_BRIDGE_FDB,
-		  .mode = S_IRUGO,
-		  .owner = THIS_MODULE, },
+		  .mode = S_IRUGO, },
 	.read = brforward_read,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
index 0bc2aef..8ea600c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ struct brport_attribute {
 #define BRPORT_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)		        \
 struct brport_attribute brport_attr_##_name = { 	        \
 	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), 			\
-		 .mode = _mode, 				\
-		 .owner = THIS_MODULE, },			\
+		 .mode = _mode },				\
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 };
-- 
1.5.0.3

Re: [PATCH 14/14] sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->owner

[Cornelia Huck]

On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:18:49 +0900,
Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> wrote:

> sysfs is now completely out of driver/module lifetime game.  After
> deletion, a sysfs node doesn't access anything outside sysfs proper,
> so there's no reason to hold onto the attribute owners.  Note that
> often the wrong modules were accounted for as owners leading to
> accessing removed modules.
> 
> This patch kills now unnecessary attribute->owner.  Note that with
> this change, userland holding a sysfs node does not prevent the
> backing module from being unloaded.
> 
> For more info regarding lifetime rule cleanup, please read the
> following message.
> 
>   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>

You missed some s390 attributes :)

---
 arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c      |    2 --
 drivers/s390/cio/chp.c      |    2 --
 drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ipl_paramete
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "binary_parameter",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = PAGE_SIZE,
 	.read = &ipl_parameter_read,
@@ -338,7 +337,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ipl_scp_data
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "scp_data",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = PAGE_SIZE,
 	.read = &ipl_scp_data_read,
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/s390/cio/chp.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/s390/cio/chp.c
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute chp_measurem
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "measurement_chars",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = sizeof(struct cmg_chars),
 	.read = chp_measurement_chars_read,
@@ -217,7 +216,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute chp_measurem
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "measurement",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = sizeof(struct cmg_entry),
 	.read = chp_measurement_read,
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ static struct attribute_group qeth_osn_d
 
 #define QETH_DEVICE_ATTR(_id,_name,_mode,_show,_store)			     \
 struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_id = {				     \
-	.attr = {.name=__stringify(_name), .mode=_mode, .owner=THIS_MODULE },\
+	.attr = {.name=__stringify(_name), .mode=_mode, },\
 	.show	= _show,						     \
 	.store	= _store,						     \
 };

Re: [PATCH 14/14] sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->owner

[Cornelia Huck]

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:17:06 +0200,
Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> wrote:

> You missed some s390 attributes :)

Oops, wrong tree, sorry.

---
 arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c      |    2 --
 drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c     |    2 --
 drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- linux.orig/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
+++ linux/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ipl_paramete
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "binary_parameter",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = PAGE_SIZE,
 	.read = &ipl_parameter_read,
@@ -279,7 +278,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ipl_scp_data
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "scp_data",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = PAGE_SIZE,
 	.read = &ipl_scp_data_read,
--- linux.orig/drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c
+++ linux/drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ static struct attribute_group qeth_osn_d
 
 #define QETH_DEVICE_ATTR(_id,_name,_mode,_show,_store)			     \
 struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_id = {				     \
-	.attr = {.name=__stringify(_name), .mode=_mode, .owner=THIS_MODULE },\
+	.attr = {.name=__stringify(_name), .mode=_mode, },\
 	.show	= _show,						     \
 	.store	= _store,						     \
 };
--- linux.orig/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
+++ linux/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
@@ -898,7 +898,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute chp_measurem
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "measurement_chars",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = sizeof(struct cmg_chars),
 	.read = chp_measurement_chars_read,
@@ -950,7 +949,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute chp_measurem
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "measurement",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = sizeof(struct cmg_entry),
 	.read = chp_measurement_read,

Re: [PATCH 14/14] sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->owner

[Tejun Heo]

Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:17:06 +0200,
> Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> You missed some s390 attributes :)

Yeap, I used allyesconfig on x86 to do the patch, so attrs on other
archs are not there.  I'll merge this patch and post the updated version.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

[PATCH 14/14 UPDATED] sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->owner

[Tejun Heo]

sysfs is now completely out of driver/module lifetime game.  After
deletion, a sysfs node doesn't access anything outside sysfs proper,
so there's no reason to hold onto the attribute owners.  Note that
often the wrong modules were accounted for as owners leading to
accessing removed modules.

This patch kills now unnecessary attribute->owner.  Note that with
this change, userland holding a sysfs node does not prevent the
backing module from being unloaded.

For more info regarding lifetime rule cleanup, please read the
following message.

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293

s390 attributes changes are from Cornelia Huck.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
---

Andrew, please use this patch instead of the original one.

Thanks.

 arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c                      |    2 --
 drivers/base/class.c                        |    2 --
 drivers/base/core.c                         |    4 ----
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/block/pktcdvd.c                     |    3 +--
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c         |   10 ----------
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c             |    3 +--
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c         |    2 +-
 drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c                |    1 -
 drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h                   |    3 +--
 drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c                 |    6 +++---
 drivers/firmware/edd.c                      |    2 +-
 drivers/firmware/efivars.c                  |    6 +++---
 drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c                  |    1 -
 drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c                 |    1 -
 drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c             |    1 -
 drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h               |    1 -
 drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c |   13 -------------
 drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c                  |    3 +--
 drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c           |    1 -
 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c                     |    4 ----
 drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c                    |    1 -
 drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c                    |    1 -
 drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c                     |    2 --
 drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c                 |    2 +-
 drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c           |    3 ---
 drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c               |    2 --
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c             |    6 ------
 drivers/spi/at25.c                          |    1 -
 drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c             |    2 --
 drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c         |    2 +-
 drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c               |    1 -
 drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c                |    1 -
 drivers/w1/w1.c                             |    2 --
 fs/ecryptfs/main.c                          |    2 --
 fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c                  |    1 -
 fs/partitions/check.c                       |    1 -
 fs/sysfs/bin.c                              |   19 +++++--------------
 fs/sysfs/file.c                             |   21 +++++----------------
 include/linux/sysdev.h                      |    3 +--
 include/linux/sysfs.h                       |    7 +++----
 kernel/module.c                             |    9 +++------
 kernel/params.c                             |    1 -
 net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c                    |    3 +--
 net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c                    |    3 +--
 47 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 135 deletions(-)

Index: work/fs/sysfs/bin.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ work/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -175,25 +175,20 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, st
 	if (!sysfs_get_active(attr_sd))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute */
-	error = -ENODEV;
-	if (!try_module_get(attr->attr.owner))
-		goto err_sput;
-
 	error = -EACCES;
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !(attr->write || attr->mmap))
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) && !(attr->read || attr->mmap))
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	bb = kzalloc(sizeof(*bb), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bb)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	bb->buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bb->buffer)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	mutex_init(&bb->mutex);
 	file->private_data = bb;
@@ -203,9 +198,7 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, st
 	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
 	return 0;
 
- err_mput:
-	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
- err_sput:
+ err_out:
 	sysfs_put_active(attr_sd);
 	kfree(bb);
 	return error;
@@ -214,13 +207,11 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, st
 static int release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 
 	if (bb->mmapped)
 		sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
-	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
 	kfree(bb->buffer);
 	kfree(bb);
 	return 0;
Index: work/fs/sysfs/file.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ work/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ sysfs_write_file(struct file *file, cons
 static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
 	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = NULL;
@@ -281,11 +280,6 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode 
 	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute */
-	error = -ENODEV;
-	if (!try_module_get(attr->owner))
-		goto err_sput;
-
 	/* if the kobject has no ktype, then we assume that it is a subsystem
 	 * itself, and use ops for it.
 	 */
@@ -302,7 +296,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode 
 	 * or the subsystem have no operations.
 	 */
 	if (!ops)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	/* File needs write support.
 	 * The inode's perms must say it's ok, 
@@ -310,7 +304,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode 
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
 		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IWUGO) || !ops->store)
-			goto err_mput;
+			goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	/* File needs read support.
@@ -319,7 +313,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode 
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
 		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IRUGO) || !ops->show)
-			goto err_mput;
+			goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	/* No error? Great, allocate a buffer for the file, and store it
@@ -328,7 +322,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sysfs_buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buffer)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	init_MUTEX(&buffer->sem);
 	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
@@ -340,9 +334,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode 
 	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
 	return 0;
 
- err_mput:
-	module_put(attr->owner);
- err_sput:
+ err_out:
 	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -350,12 +342,9 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode 
 static int sysfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
 	struct sysfs_buffer *buffer = filp->private_data;
 
 	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
-	/* After this point, attr should not be accessed. */
-	module_put(attr->owner);
 
 	if (buffer) {
 		if (buffer->page)
Index: work/include/linux/sysfs.h
===================================================================
--- work.orig/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ work/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ struct dentry;
 
 struct attribute {
 	const char		* name;
-	struct module 		* owner;
 	mode_t			mode;
 };
 
@@ -39,14 +38,14 @@ struct attribute_group {
  */
 
 #define __ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store) { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },	\
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_RO(_name) { \
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
-	.show	= _name##_show,	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444 },	\
+	.show	= _name##_show,					\
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_NULL { .attr = { .name = NULL } }
Index: work/include/linux/sysdev.h
===================================================================
--- work.orig/include/linux/sysdev.h
+++ work/include/linux/sysdev.h
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ struct sysdev_attribute { 
 
 #define _SYSDEV_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)			\
 {								\
-	.attr = { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode,	\
-		 .owner = THIS_MODULE },			\
+	.attr = { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },	\
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
Index: work/drivers/base/class.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/base/class.c
+++ work/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -624,7 +624,6 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device
 		goto out3;
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
-	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = parent_class->owner;
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
 	error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
 	if (error)
@@ -639,7 +638,6 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device
 		}
 		attr->attr.name = "dev";
 		attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-		attr->attr.owner = parent_class->owner;
 		attr->show = show_dev;
 		error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, attr);
 		if (error) {
Index: work/drivers/base/core.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/base/core.c
+++ work/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -563,8 +563,6 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 
 	dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
 	dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
-	if (dev->driver)
-		dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = dev->driver->owner;
 	dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
 	error = device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
 	if (error)
@@ -579,8 +577,6 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 		}
 		attr->attr.name = "dev";
 		attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-		if (dev->driver)
-			attr->attr.owner = dev->driver->owner;
 		attr->show = show_dev;
 		error = device_create_file(dev, attr);
 		if (error) {
Index: work/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ work/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static struct bin_attribute firmware_attr_data_tmpl = {
-	.attr = {.name = "data", .mode = 0644, .owner = THIS_MODULE},
+	.attr = {.name = "data", .mode = 0644},
 	.size = 0,
 	.read = firmware_data_read,
 	.write = firmware_data_write,
Index: work/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ work/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ static void pkt_kobj_release(struct kobj
  **********************************************************/
 
 #define DEF_ATTR(_obj,_name,_mode) \
-	static struct attribute _obj = { \
-		.name = _name, .owner = THIS_MODULE, .mode = _mode }
+	static struct attribute _obj = { .name = _name, .mode = _mode }
 
 /**********************************************************
   /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/
Index: work/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ work/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2171,52 +2171,42 @@ static int create_files(struct bmc_devic
 	int err;
 
 	bmc->device_id_attr.attr.name = "device_id";
-	bmc->device_id_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->device_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->device_id_attr.show = device_id_show;
 
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.name = "provides_device_sdrs";
-	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.show = provides_dev_sdrs_show;
 
 	bmc->revision_attr.attr.name = "revision";
-	bmc->revision_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->revision_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->revision_attr.show = revision_show;
 
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.name = "firmware_revision";
-	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.show = firmware_rev_show;
 
 	bmc->version_attr.attr.name = "ipmi_version";
-	bmc->version_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->version_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->version_attr.show = ipmi_version_show;
 
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.name = "additional_device_support";
-	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.show = add_dev_support_show;
 
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.name = "manufacturer_id";
-	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.show = manufacturer_id_show;
 
 	bmc->product_id_attr.attr.name = "product_id";
-	bmc->product_id_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->product_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->product_id_attr.show = product_id_show;
 
 	bmc->guid_attr.attr.name = "guid";
-	bmc->guid_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->guid_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->guid_attr.show = guid_show;
 
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.name = "aux_firmware_revision";
-	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.show = aux_firmware_rev_show;
 
Index: work/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
+++ work/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ static spinlock_t cpufreq_stats_lock;
 
 #define CPUFREQ_STATDEVICE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show) \
 static struct freq_attr _attr_##_name = {\
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .owner = THIS_MODULE, \
-		.mode = _mode, }, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, }, \
 	.show = _show,\
 };
 
Index: work/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
+++ work/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ store_speed (struct cpufreq_policy *poli
 
 static struct freq_attr freq_attr_scaling_setspeed =
 {
-	.attr = { .name = "scaling_setspeed", .mode = 0644, .owner = THIS_MODULE },
+	.attr = { .name = "scaling_setspeed", .mode = 0644 },
 	.show = show_speed,
 	.store = store_speed,
 };
Index: work/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
+++ work/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ static ssize_t show_available_freqs (str
 struct freq_attr cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_available_freqs = {
 	.attr = { .name = "scaling_available_frequencies",
 		  .mode = 0444,
-		  .owner=THIS_MODULE
 		},
 	.show = show_available_freqs,
 };
Index: work/drivers/firmware/edd.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ work/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static struct edd_device *edd_devices[ED
 
 #define EDD_DEVICE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_test) \
 struct edd_attribute edd_attr_##_name = { 	\
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },	\
 	.show	= _show,				\
 	.test	= _test,				\
 };
Index: work/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ work/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -842,8 +842,6 @@ static int __init ecryptfs_init(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	kset_set_kset_s(&ecryptfs_subsys, fs_subsys);
-	sysfs_attr_version.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
-	sysfs_attr_version_str.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	rc = do_sysfs_registration();
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "sysfs registration failed\n");
Index: work/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
+++ work/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ struct mlog_attribute {
 #define define_mask(_name) {			\
 	.attr = {				\
 		.name = #_name,			\
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,		\
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,	\
 	},					\
 	.mask = ML_##_name,			\
Index: work/fs/partitions/check.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ work/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk,
 		static struct attribute addpartattr = {
 			.name = "whole_disk",
 			.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH,
-			.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		};
 
 		sysfs_create_file(&p->kobj, &addpartattr);
Index: work/kernel/module.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/kernel/module.c
+++ work/kernel/module.c
@@ -485,8 +485,7 @@ static void free_modinfo_##field(struct 
         mod->field = NULL;                                            \
 }                                                                     \
 static struct module_attribute modinfo_##field = {                    \
-	.attr = { .name = __stringify(field), .mode = 0444,           \
-		  .owner = THIS_MODULE },                             \
+	.attr = { .name = __stringify(field), .mode = 0444 },         \
 	.show = show_modinfo_##field,                                 \
 	.setup = setup_modinfo_##field,                               \
 	.test = modinfo_##field##_exists,                             \
@@ -790,7 +789,7 @@ static ssize_t show_refcnt(struct module
 }
 
 static struct module_attribute refcnt = {
-	.attr = { .name = "refcnt", .mode = 0444, .owner = THIS_MODULE },
+	.attr = { .name = "refcnt", .mode = 0444 },
 	.show = show_refcnt,
 };
 
@@ -848,7 +847,7 @@ static ssize_t show_initstate(struct mod
 }
 
 static struct module_attribute initstate = {
-	.attr = { .name = "initstate", .mode = 0444, .owner = THIS_MODULE },
+	.attr = { .name = "initstate", .mode = 0444 },
 	.show = show_initstate,
 };
 
@@ -1029,7 +1028,6 @@ static void add_sect_attrs(struct module
 		sattr->mattr.show = module_sect_show;
 		sattr->mattr.store = NULL;
 		sattr->mattr.attr.name = sattr->name;
-		sattr->mattr.attr.owner = mod;
 		sattr->mattr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 		*(gattr++) = &(sattr++)->mattr.attr;
 	}
@@ -1087,7 +1085,6 @@ int module_add_modinfo_attrs(struct modu
 		if (!attr->test ||
 		    (attr->test && attr->test(mod))) {
 			memcpy(temp_attr, attr, sizeof(*temp_attr));
-			temp_attr->attr.owner = mod;
 			error = sysfs_create_file(&mod->mkobj.kobj,&temp_attr->attr);
 			++temp_attr;
 		}
Index: work/kernel/params.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/kernel/params.c
+++ work/kernel/params.c
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ param_sysfs_setup(struct module_kobject 
 			pattr->mattr.show = param_attr_show;
 			pattr->mattr.store = param_attr_store;
 			pattr->mattr.attr.name = (char *)&kp->name[name_skip];
-			pattr->mattr.attr.owner = mk->mod;
 			pattr->mattr.attr.mode = kp->perm;
 			*(gattr++) = &(pattr++)->mattr.attr;
 		}
Index: work/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ work/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ static ssize_t brforward_read(struct kob
 
 static struct bin_attribute bridge_forward = {
 	.attr = { .name = SYSFS_BRIDGE_FDB,
-		  .mode = S_IRUGO,
-		  .owner = THIS_MODULE, },
+		  .mode = S_IRUGO, },
 	.read = brforward_read,
 };
 
Index: work/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
+++ work/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ struct brport_attribute {
 #define BRPORT_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)		        \
 struct brport_attribute brport_attr_##_name = { 	        \
 	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), 			\
-		 .mode = _mode, 				\
-		 .owner = THIS_MODULE, },			\
+		 .mode = _mode },				\
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 };
Index: work/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h
+++ work/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
 #define DCDBAS_BIN_ATTR_RW(_name) \
 struct bin_attribute bin_attr_##_name = { \
 	.attr =  { .name = __stringify(_name), \
-		   .mode = 0600, \
-		   .owner = THIS_MODULE }, \
+		   .mode = 0600 }, \
 	.read =  _name##_read, \
 	.write = _name##_write, \
 }
Index: work/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
+++ work/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
@@ -687,18 +687,18 @@ static ssize_t write_rbu_packet_size(str
 }
 
 static struct bin_attribute rbu_data_attr = {
-	.attr = {.name = "data",.owner = THIS_MODULE,.mode = 0444},
+	.attr = {.name = "data", .mode = 0444},
 	.read = read_rbu_data,
 };
 
 static struct bin_attribute rbu_image_type_attr = {
-	.attr = {.name = "image_type",.owner = THIS_MODULE,.mode = 0644},
+	.attr = {.name = "image_type", .mode = 0644},
 	.read = read_rbu_image_type,
 	.write = write_rbu_image_type,
 };
 
 static struct bin_attribute rbu_packet_size_attr = {
-	.attr = {.name = "packet_size",.owner = THIS_MODULE,.mode = 0644},
+	.attr = {.name = "packet_size", .mode = 0644},
 	.read = read_rbu_packet_size,
 	.write = write_rbu_packet_size,
 };
Index: work/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ work/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -131,21 +131,21 @@ struct efivar_attribute {
 
 #define EFI_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
 struct subsys_attribute efi_attr_##_name = { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE}, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode}, \
 	.show = _show, \
 	.store = _store, \
 };
 
 #define EFIVAR_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
 struct efivar_attribute efivar_attr_##_name = { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE}, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode}, \
 	.show = _show, \
 	.store = _store, \
 };
 
 #define VAR_SUBSYS_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
 struct subsys_attribute var_subsys_attr_##_name = { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE}, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode}, \
 	.show = _show, \
 	.store = _store, \
 };
Index: work/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
+++ work/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute eeprom_attr 
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "eeprom",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = EEPROM_SIZE,
 	.read = eeprom_read,
Index: work/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
+++ work/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute user_eeprom_
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "eeprom",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = USER_EEPROM_SIZE,
 	.read = max6875_read,
Index: work/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ work/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ alloc_group_attrs(ssize_t (*show)(struct
 
 		element->attr.attr.name  = element->name;
 		element->attr.attr.mode  = S_IRUGO;
-		element->attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 		element->attr.show       = show;
 		element->index		 = i;
 
Index: work/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
+++ work/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ static struct psmouse_attribute psmouse_
 		.attr	= {							\
 			.name	= __stringify(_name),				\
 			.mode	= _mode,					\
-			.owner	= THIS_MODULE,					\
 		},								\
 		.show	= psmouse_attr_show_helper,				\
 		.store	= psmouse_attr_set_helper,				\
Index: work/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
+++ work/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
@@ -516,40 +516,32 @@ static void pvr2_sysfs_add_control(struc
 	}
 	sfp->item_last = cip;
 
-	cip->attr_name.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_name.attr.name = "name";
 	cip->attr_name.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_name.show = fp->show_name;
 
-	cip->attr_type.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_type.attr.name = "type";
 	cip->attr_type.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_type.show = fp->show_type;
 
-	cip->attr_min.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_min.attr.name = "min_val";
 	cip->attr_min.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_min.show = fp->show_min;
 
-	cip->attr_max.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_max.attr.name = "max_val";
 	cip->attr_max.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_max.show = fp->show_max;
 
-	cip->attr_val.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_val.attr.name = "cur_val";
 	cip->attr_val.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 
-	cip->attr_custom.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_custom.attr.name = "custom_val";
 	cip->attr_custom.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 
-	cip->attr_enum.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_enum.attr.name = "enum_val";
 	cip->attr_enum.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_enum.show = fp->show_enum;
 
-	cip->attr_bits.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_bits.attr.name = "bit_val";
 	cip->attr_bits.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_bits.show = fp->show_bits;
@@ -614,12 +606,10 @@ static void pvr2_sysfs_add_debugifc(stru
 
 	dip = kzalloc(sizeof(*dip),GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dip) return;
-	dip->attr_debugcmd.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.attr.name = "debugcmd";
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.attr.mode = S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR|S_IWGRP;
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.show = debugcmd_show;
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.store = debugcmd_store;
-	dip->attr_debuginfo.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	dip->attr_debuginfo.attr.name = "debuginfo";
 	dip->attr_debuginfo.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	dip->attr_debuginfo.show = debuginfo_show;
@@ -795,7 +785,6 @@ static void class_dev_create(struct pvr2
 		return;
 	}
 
-	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.attr.name = "v4l_minor_number";
 	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.show = v4l_minor_number_show;
@@ -809,7 +798,6 @@ static void class_dev_create(struct pvr2
 		sfp->v4l_minor_number_created_ok = !0;
 	}
 
-	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.attr.name = "v4l_radio_minor_number";
 	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.show = v4l_radio_minor_number_show;
@@ -823,7 +811,6 @@ static void class_dev_create(struct pvr2
 		sfp->v4l_radio_minor_number_created_ok = !0;
 	}
 
-	sfp->attr_unit_number.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	sfp->attr_unit_number.attr.name = "unit_number";
 	sfp->attr_unit_number.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	sfp->attr_unit_number.show = unit_number_show;
Index: work/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
+++ work/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
@@ -673,8 +673,7 @@ static void asus_hotk_notify(acpi_handle
 	struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_name = {			\
 		.attr = {						\
 			.name = __stringify(_name),			\
-			.mode = 0,					\
-			.owner = THIS_MODULE },				\
+			.mode = 0 },					\
 		.show   = NULL,						\
 		.store  = NULL,						\
 	}
Index: work/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
+++ work/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ static struct notification ibm_note;
 static struct bin_attribute ibm_apci_table_attr = {
 	    .attr = {
 		    .name = "apci_table",
-		    .owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		    .mode = S_IRUGO,
 	    },
 	    .read = ibm_read_apci_table,
Index: work/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ work/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ static int pci_create_resource_files(str
 			sprintf(res_attr_name, "resource%d", i);
 			res_attr->attr.name = res_attr_name;
 			res_attr->attr.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
-			res_attr->attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 			res_attr->size = pci_resource_len(pdev, i);
 			res_attr->mmap = pci_mmap_resource;
 			res_attr->private = &pdev->resource[i];
@@ -582,7 +581,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute pci_config_a
 	.attr =	{
 		.name = "config",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 256,
 	.read = pci_read_config,
@@ -593,7 +591,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute pcie_config_
 	.attr =	{
 		.name = "config",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 4096,
 	.read = pci_read_config,
@@ -627,7 +624,6 @@ int __must_check pci_create_sysfs_dev_fi
 			rom_attr->size = pci_resource_len(pdev, PCI_ROM_RESOURCE);
 			rom_attr->attr.name = "rom";
 			rom_attr->attr.mode = S_IRUSR;
-			rom_attr->attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 			rom_attr->read = pci_read_rom;
 			rom_attr->write = pci_write_rom;
 			retval = sysfs_create_bin_file(&pdev->dev.kobj, rom_attr);
Index: work/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
+++ work/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static struct device_attribute *pccard_s
 };
 
 static struct bin_attribute pccard_cis_attr = {
-	.attr = { .name = "cis", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, .owner = THIS_MODULE},
+	.attr = { .name = "cis", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
 	.size = 0x200,
 	.read = pccard_show_cis,
 	.write = pccard_store_cis,
Index: work/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
+++ work/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ds1553_nvram
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "nvram",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = RTC_OFFSET,
 	.read = ds1553_nvram_read,
Index: work/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c
+++ work/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ds1742_nvram
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "nvram",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.read = ds1742_nvram_read,
 	.write = ds1742_nvram_write,
Index: work/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
+++ work/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_read",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR ,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1032,
 	.read = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_read,
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_write",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1032,
 	.write = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_write,
@@ -209,7 +207,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_clear",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1,
 	.write = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_clear,
Index: work/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
+++ work/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_ctlreg
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "ctlreg",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 256,
 	.read = sysfs_ctlreg_read,
@@ -1356,7 +1355,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_mbox_a
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mbox",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = sizeof(MAILBOX_t),
 	.read = sysfs_mbox_read,
Index: work/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
+++ work/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_fw_dum
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "fw_dump",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 0,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_fw_dump,
@@ -149,7 +148,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_nvram_
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "nvram",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 512,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_nvram,
@@ -198,7 +196,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_optrom
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "optrom",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = OPTROM_SIZE_24XX,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_optrom,
@@ -279,7 +276,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_optrom
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "optrom_ctl",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 0,
 	.write = qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl,
@@ -327,7 +323,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_vpd_at
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "vpd",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 0,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_vpd,
@@ -375,7 +370,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_sfp_at
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "sfp",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = SFP_DEV_SIZE * 2,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_sfp,
Index: work/drivers/spi/at25.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/spi/at25.c
+++ work/drivers/spi/at25.c
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ static int at25_probe(struct spi_device 
 	 */
 	at25->bin.attr.name = "eeprom";
 	at25->bin.attr.mode = S_IRUSR;
-	at25->bin.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	at25->bin.read = at25_bin_read;
 
 	at25->bin.size = at25->chip.byte_len;
Index: work/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
+++ work/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
@@ -2123,7 +2123,6 @@ static ssize_t radeon_show_edid2(struct 
 static struct bin_attribute edid1_attr = {
 	.attr   = {
 		.name	= "edid1",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.mode	= 0444,
 	},
 	.size	= EDID_LENGTH,
@@ -2133,7 +2132,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute edid1_attr =
 static struct bin_attribute edid2_attr = {
 	.attr   = {
 		.name	= "edid2",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.mode	= 0444,
 	},
 	.size	= EDID_LENGTH,
Index: work/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ work/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static struct class backlight_class = {
 
 #define DECLARE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)			\
 {							 	\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode }, \
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
Index: work/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
+++ work/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static struct class lcd_class = {
 
 #define DECLARE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)			\
 {							 	\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode }, \
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
Index: work/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c
+++ work/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_f23_bin_a
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "eeprom",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = W1_EEPROM_SIZE,
 	.read = w1_f23_read_bin,
Index: work/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c
+++ work/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_therm_bin
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "w1_slave",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = W1_SLAVE_DATA_SIZE,
 	.read = w1_therm_read_bin,
Index: work/drivers/w1/w1.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/w1/w1.c
+++ work/drivers/w1/w1.c
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_slave_att
       .attr = {
               .name = "id",
               .mode = S_IRUGO,
-              .owner = THIS_MODULE,
       },
       .size = 8,
       .read = w1_slave_read_id,
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_default_a
       .attr = {
               .name = "rw",
               .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-              .owner = THIS_MODULE,
       },
       .size = PAGE_SIZE,
       .read = w1_default_read,
Index: work/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
+++ work/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ipl_paramete
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "binary_parameter",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = PAGE_SIZE,
 	.read = &ipl_parameter_read,
@@ -279,7 +278,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ipl_scp_data
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "scp_data",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = PAGE_SIZE,
 	.read = &ipl_scp_data_read,
Index: work/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
+++ work/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
@@ -898,7 +898,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute chp_measurem
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "measurement_chars",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = sizeof(struct cmg_chars),
 	.read = chp_measurement_chars_read,
@@ -950,7 +949,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute chp_measurem
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "measurement",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = sizeof(struct cmg_entry),
 	.read = chp_measurement_read,
Index: work/drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c
+++ work/drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ static struct attribute_group qeth_osn_d
 
 #define QETH_DEVICE_ATTR(_id,_name,_mode,_show,_store)			     \
 struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_id = {				     \
-	.attr = {.name=__stringify(_name), .mode=_mode, .owner=THIS_MODULE },\
+	.attr = {.name=__stringify(_name), .mode=_mode, },\
 	.show	= _show,						     \
 	.store	= _store,						     \
 };

[PATCH 13/14] sysfs: kill attribute file orphaning

[Tejun Heo]

Now that sysfs_dirent can be disconnected from kobject on deletion,
there is no need to orphan each attribute files.  All [bin_]attribute
nodes are automatically orphaned when the parent node is deleted.
Kill attribute file orphaning.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/file.c  |   65 ++++++++++-------------------------------------------
 fs/sysfs/inode.c |   25 --------------------
 fs/sysfs/mount.c |    8 ------
 fs/sysfs/sysfs.h |   16 -------------
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 6dd11ca..37b5ee5 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -51,29 +51,15 @@ static struct sysfs_ops subsys_sysfs_ops = {
 	.store	= subsys_attr_store,
 };
 
-/**
- *	add_to_collection - add buffer to a collection
- *	@buffer:	buffer to be added
- *	@node:		inode of set to add to
- */
-
-static inline void
-add_to_collection(struct sysfs_buffer *buffer, struct inode *node)
-{
-	struct sysfs_buffer_collection *set = node->i_private;
-
-	mutex_lock(&node->i_mutex);
-	list_add(&buffer->associates, &set->associates);
-	mutex_unlock(&node->i_mutex);
-}
-
-static inline void
-remove_from_collection(struct sysfs_buffer *buffer, struct inode *node)
-{
-	mutex_lock(&node->i_mutex);
-	list_del(&buffer->associates);
-	mutex_unlock(&node->i_mutex);
-}
+struct sysfs_buffer {
+	size_t			count;
+	loff_t			pos;
+	char			* page;
+	struct sysfs_ops	* ops;
+	struct semaphore	sem;
+	int			needs_read_fill;
+	int			event;
+};
 
 /**
  *	fill_read_buffer - allocate and fill buffer from object.
@@ -175,10 +161,7 @@ sysfs_read_file(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 
 	down(&buffer->sem);
 	if (buffer->needs_read_fill) {
-		if (buffer->orphaned)
-			retval = -ENODEV;
-		else
-			retval = fill_read_buffer(file->f_path.dentry,buffer);
+		retval = fill_read_buffer(file->f_path.dentry,buffer);
 		if (retval)
 			goto out;
 	}
@@ -276,16 +259,11 @@ sysfs_write_file(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 	ssize_t len;
 
 	down(&buffer->sem);
-	if (buffer->orphaned) {
-		len = -ENODEV;
-		goto out;
-	}
 	len = fill_write_buffer(buffer, buf, count);
 	if (len > 0)
 		len = flush_write_buffer(file->f_path.dentry, buffer, len);
 	if (len > 0)
 		*ppos += len;
-out:
 	up(&buffer->sem);
 	return len;
 }
@@ -295,7 +273,6 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
 	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
-	struct sysfs_buffer_collection *set;
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = NULL;
 	int error;
@@ -319,26 +296,14 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	else
 		ops = &subsys_sysfs_ops;
 
+	error = -EACCES;
+
 	/* No sysfs operations, either from having no subsystem,
 	 * or the subsystem have no operations.
 	 */
-	error = -EACCES;
 	if (!ops)
 		goto err_mput;
 
-	/* make sure we have a collection to add our buffers to */
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	if (!(set = inode->i_private)) {
-		error = -ENOMEM;
-		if (!(set = inode->i_private = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sysfs_buffer_collection), GFP_KERNEL)))
-			goto err_mput;
-		else
-			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&set->associates);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
-	error = -EACCES;
-
 	/* File needs write support.
 	 * The inode's perms must say it's ok, 
 	 * and we must have a store method.
@@ -365,11 +330,9 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (!buffer)
 		goto err_mput;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buffer->associates);
 	init_MUTEX(&buffer->sem);
 	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
 	buffer->ops = ops;
-	add_to_collection(buffer, inode);
 	file->private_data = buffer;
 
 	/* open succeeded, put active references and pin attr_sd */
@@ -388,10 +351,8 @@ static int sysfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
-	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = filp->private_data;
+	struct sysfs_buffer *buffer = filp->private_data;
 
-	if (buffer)
-		remove_from_collection(buffer, inode);
 	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
 	/* After this point, attr should not be accessed. */
 	module_put(attr->owner);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index cc7e9cb..57c9083 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -190,24 +190,6 @@ int sysfs_create(struct dentry * dentry, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *))
 	return error;
 }
 
-static inline void orphan_all_buffers(struct inode *node)
-{
-	struct sysfs_buffer_collection *set;
-	struct sysfs_buffer *buf;
-
-	mutex_lock_nested(&node->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
-	set = node->i_private;
-	if (set) {
-		list_for_each_entry(buf, &set->associates, associates) {
-			down(&buf->sem);
-			buf->orphaned = 1;
-			up(&buf->sem);
-		}
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&node->i_mutex);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * Unhashes the dentry corresponding to given sysfs_dirent
  * Called with parent inode's i_mutex held.
@@ -215,23 +197,16 @@ static inline void orphan_all_buffers(struct inode *node)
 void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * parent)
 {
 	struct dentry * dentry = sd->s_dentry;
-	struct inode *inode;
 
 	if (dentry) {
 		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		if (!(d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode)) {
-			inode = dentry->d_inode;
-			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-			__iget(inode);
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			dget_locked(dentry);
 			__d_drop(dentry);
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 			simple_unlink(parent->d_inode, dentry);
-			orphan_all_buffers(inode);
-			iput(inode);
 		} else {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 0defb3a..09edcad 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ struct vfsmount *sysfs_mount;
 struct super_block * sysfs_sb = NULL;
 struct kmem_cache *sysfs_dir_cachep;
 
-static void sysfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode);
-
 static const struct super_operations sysfs_ops = {
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
 	.drop_inode	= sysfs_delete_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= sysfs_clear_inode,
 };
 
 static struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root = {
@@ -35,11 +32,6 @@ static struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root = {
 	.s_iattr	= NULL,
 };
 
-static void sysfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	kfree(inode->i_private);
-}
-
 static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index ce52c1f..9f365f5 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -75,22 +75,6 @@ extern const struct file_operations bin_fops;
 extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 
-struct sysfs_buffer {
-	struct list_head		associates;
-	size_t				count;
-	loff_t				pos;
-	char				* page;
-	struct sysfs_ops		* ops;
-	struct semaphore		sem;
-	int				orphaned;
-	int				needs_read_fill;
-	int				event;
-};
-
-struct sysfs_buffer_collection {
-	struct list_head	associates;
-};
-
 static inline struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
 	if (sd) {
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 12/14] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect

[Tejun Heo]

Opening a sysfs node references its associated kobject, so userland
can arbitrarily prolong lifetime of a kobject which complicates
lifetime rules in drivers.  This patch implements active reference and
makes the association between kobject and sysfs immediately breakable.

Now each sysfs_dirent has two reference counts - s_count and s_active.
s_count is a regular reference count which guarantees that the
containing sysfs_dirent is accessible.  As long as s_count reference
is held, all sysfs internal fields in sysfs_dirent are accessible
including s_parent and s_name.

The newly added s_active is active reference count.  This is acquired
by invoking sysfs_get_active() and it's the caller's responsibility to
ensure sysfs_dirent itself is accessible (should be holding s_count
one way or the other).  Dereferencing sysfs_dirent to access objects
out of sysfs proper requires active reference.  This includes access
to the associated kobjects, attributes and ops.

The active references can be drained and denied by calling
sysfs_deactivate().  All sysfs_dirents must be deactivated after
deletion but before the default reference is dropped.  This enables
immediate disconnect of sysfs nodes.  Once a sysfs_dirent is deleted,
it won't access any entity external to sysfs proper.

Because attr/bin_attr ops access both the node itself and its parent
for kobject, they need to hold active references to both.
sysfs_get/put_active_two() helpers are provided to help grabbing both
references.  Parent's is acquired first and released last.

Unlike other operations, mmapped area lingers on after mmap() is
finished and the module implement implementing it and kobj need to
stay referenced till all the mapped pages are gone.  This is
accomplished by holding one set of active references to the bin_attr
and its parent if there have been any mmap during lifetime of an
openfile.  The references are dropped when the openfile is released.

This change makes sysfs lifetime rules independent from both kobject's
and module's.  It not only fixes several race conditions caused by
sysfs not holding onto the proper module when referencing kobject, but
also helps fixing and simplifying lifetime management in driver model
and drivers by taking sysfs out of the equation.

Please read the following message for more info.

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/bin.c   |   95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 fs/sysfs/dir.c   |   18 ++++++-
 fs/sysfs/file.c  |  130 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 fs/sysfs/inode.c |    8 +++-
 fs/sysfs/sysfs.h |  107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 5 files changed, 245 insertions(+), 113 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index 1dd1bf1..69bb8da 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 struct bin_buffer {
 	struct mutex	mutex;
 	void		*buffer;
+	int		mmapped;
 };
 
 static int
@@ -30,12 +31,20 @@ fill_read(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, loff_t off, size_t count)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	int rc;
+
+	/* need attr_sd for attr, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (!attr->read)
-		return -EIO;
+	rc = -EIO;
+	if (attr->read)
+		rc = attr->read(kobj, buffer, off, count);
 
-	return attr->read(kobj, buffer, off, count);
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -79,12 +88,20 @@ flush_write(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
-	struct kobject *kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	int rc;
+
+	/* need attr_sd for attr, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (!attr->write)
-		return -EIO;
+	rc = -EIO;
+	if (attr->write)
+		rc = attr->write(kobj, buffer, offset, count);
 
-	return attr->write(kobj, buffer, offset, count);
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf,
@@ -124,14 +141,24 @@ static int mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
-	struct kobject *kobj = to_kobj(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!attr->mmap)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	mutex_lock(&bb->mutex);
-	rc = attr->mmap(kobj, attr, vma);
+
+	/* need attr_sd for attr, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rc = -EINVAL;
+	if (attr->mmap)
+		rc = attr->mmap(kobj, attr, vma);
+
+	if (rc == 0 && !bb->mmapped)
+		bb->mmapped = 1;
+	else
+		sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&bb->mutex);
 
 	return rc;
@@ -139,58 +166,60 @@ static int mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
-	struct kobject *kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = NULL;
-	int error = -EINVAL;
+	int error;
 
-	if (!kobj || !attr)
-		goto Done;
+	/* need attr_sd for attr */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute if we have one */
+	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute */
 	error = -ENODEV;
-	if (!try_module_get(attr->attr.owner)) 
-		goto Done;
+	if (!try_module_get(attr->attr.owner))
+		goto err_sput;
 
 	error = -EACCES;
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !(attr->write || attr->mmap))
-		goto Error;
+		goto err_mput;
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) && !(attr->read || attr->mmap))
-		goto Error;
+		goto err_mput;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	bb = kzalloc(sizeof(*bb), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bb)
-		goto Error;
+		goto err_mput;
 
 	bb->buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bb->buffer)
-		goto Error;
+		goto err_mput;
 
 	mutex_init(&bb->mutex);
 	file->private_data = bb;
 
-	error = 0;
-	goto Done;
+	/* open succeeded, put active reference and pin attr_sd */
+	sysfs_put_active(attr_sd);
+	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
+	return 0;
 
- Error:
-	kfree(bb);
+ err_mput:
 	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
- Done:
-	if (error)
-		kobject_put(kobj);
+ err_sput:
+	sysfs_put_active(attr_sd);
+	kfree(bb);
 	return error;
 }
 
 static int release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 
-	kobject_put(kobj);
+	if (bb->mmapped)
+		sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
 	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
 	kfree(bb->buffer);
 	kfree(bb);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 5b337c7..f16c632 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
  repeat:
 	parent_sd = sd->s_parent;
 
+	/* s_active must have been write locked by sysfs_deactivate(), unlock */
+	up_write(&sd->s_active);
+
 	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
 		sysfs_put(sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd);
 	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_COPY_NAME)
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode, int type)
 
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_event, 1);
+	init_rwsem(&sd->s_active);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_children);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_sibling);
 
@@ -316,7 +320,6 @@ static void remove_dir(struct dentry * d)
 	d_delete(d);
 	sd = d->d_fsdata;
  	list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
-	sysfs_put(sd);
 	if (d->d_inode)
 		simple_rmdir(parent->d_inode,d);
 
@@ -325,6 +328,9 @@ static void remove_dir(struct dentry * d)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	dput(parent);
+
+	sysfs_deactivate(sd);
+	sysfs_put(sd);
 }
 
 void sysfs_remove_subdir(struct dentry * d)
@@ -335,6 +341,7 @@ void sysfs_remove_subdir(struct dentry * d)
 
 static void __sysfs_remove_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	LIST_HEAD(removed);
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd, * tmp;
 
@@ -348,12 +355,17 @@ static void __sysfs_remove_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
 		if (!sd->s_type || !(sd->s_type & SYSFS_NOT_PINNED))
 			continue;
-		list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+		list_move(&sd->s_sibling, &removed);
 		sysfs_drop_dentry(sd, dentry);
-		sysfs_put(sd);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &removed, s_sibling) {
+		list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+		sysfs_deactivate(sd);
+		sysfs_put(sd);
+	}
+
 	remove_dir(dentry);
 	/**
 	 * Drop reference from dget() on entrance.
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index a6c72c6..6dd11ca 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ remove_from_collection(struct sysfs_buffer *buffer, struct inode *node)
  */
 static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer)
 {
-	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = buffer->ops;
 	int ret = 0;
 	ssize_t count;
@@ -99,8 +99,15 @@ static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer
 	if (!buffer->page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	buffer->event = atomic_read(&sd->s_event);
-	count = ops->show(kobj, sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page);
+	/* need attr_sd for attr and ops, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	buffer->event = atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_event);
+	count = ops->show(kobj, attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page);
+
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+
 	BUG_ON(count > (ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (count >= 0) {
 		buffer->needs_read_fill = 0;
@@ -225,14 +232,23 @@ fill_write_buffer(struct sysfs_buffer * buffer, const char __user * buf, size_t
  *	passing the buffer that we acquired in fill_write_buffer().
  */
 
-static int 
+static int
 flush_write_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer, size_t count)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = buffer->ops;
+	int rc;
 
-	return ops->store(kobj, attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page, count);
+	/* need attr_sd for attr and ops, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rc = ops->store(kobj, attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page, count);
+
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 
@@ -276,22 +292,22 @@ out:
 
 static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct kobject *kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
 	struct sysfs_buffer_collection *set;
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = NULL;
-	int error = 0;
+	int error;
 
-	if (!kobj || !attr)
-		goto Einval;
+	/* need attr_sd for attr and ops, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute if we have one */
-	if (!try_module_get(attr->owner)) {
-		error = -ENODEV;
-		goto Done;
-	}
+	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute */
+	error = -ENODEV;
+	if (!try_module_get(attr->owner))
+		goto err_sput;
 
 	/* if the kobject has no ktype, then we assume that it is a subsystem
 	 * itself, and use ops for it.
@@ -306,30 +322,30 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	/* No sysfs operations, either from having no subsystem,
 	 * or the subsystem have no operations.
 	 */
+	error = -EACCES;
 	if (!ops)
-		goto Eaccess;
+		goto err_mput;
 
 	/* make sure we have a collection to add our buffers to */
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!(set = inode->i_private)) {
-		if (!(set = inode->i_private = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sysfs_buffer_collection), GFP_KERNEL))) {
-			error = -ENOMEM;
-			goto Done;
-		} else {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		if (!(set = inode->i_private = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sysfs_buffer_collection), GFP_KERNEL)))
+			goto err_mput;
+		else
 			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&set->associates);
-		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
+	error = -EACCES;
+
 	/* File needs write support.
 	 * The inode's perms must say it's ok, 
 	 * and we must have a store method.
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
-
 		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IWUGO) || !ops->store)
-			goto Eaccess;
-
+			goto err_mput;
 	}
 
 	/* File needs read support.
@@ -338,46 +354,45 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
 		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IRUGO) || !ops->show)
-			goto Eaccess;
+			goto err_mput;
 	}
 
 	/* No error? Great, allocate a buffer for the file, and store it
 	 * it in file->private_data for easy access.
 	 */
+	error = -ENOMEM;
 	buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sysfs_buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (buffer) {
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buffer->associates);
-		init_MUTEX(&buffer->sem);
-		buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
-		buffer->ops = ops;
-		add_to_collection(buffer, inode);
-		file->private_data = buffer;
-	} else
-		error = -ENOMEM;
-	goto Done;
+	if (!buffer)
+		goto err_mput;
 
- Einval:
-	error = -EINVAL;
-	goto Done;
- Eaccess:
-	error = -EACCES;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buffer->associates);
+	init_MUTEX(&buffer->sem);
+	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
+	buffer->ops = ops;
+	add_to_collection(buffer, inode);
+	file->private_data = buffer;
+
+	/* open succeeded, put active references and pin attr_sd */
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
+	return 0;
+
+ err_mput:
 	module_put(attr->owner);
- Done:
-	if (error)
-		kobject_put(kobj);
+ err_sput:
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 	return error;
 }
 
 static int sysfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(filp->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = filp->private_data;
 
 	if (buffer)
 		remove_from_collection(buffer, inode);
-	kobject_put(kobj);
+	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
 	/* After this point, attr should not be accessed. */
 	module_put(attr->owner);
 
@@ -406,18 +421,25 @@ static int sysfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 static unsigned int sysfs_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = filp->private_data;
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(filp->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
-	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	int res = 0;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+
+	/* need parent for the kobj, grab both */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		goto trigger;
 
 	poll_wait(filp, &kobj->poll, wait);
 
-	if (buffer->event != atomic_read(&sd->s_event)) {
-		res = POLLERR|POLLPRI;
-		buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
-	}
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 
-	return res;
+	if (buffer->event != atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_event))
+		goto trigger;
+
+	return 0;
+
+ trigger:
+	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
+	return POLLERR|POLLPRI;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 2581bfa..cc7e9cb 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -260,12 +260,16 @@ int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name)
 		if (!strcmp(sd->s_name, name)) {
 			list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
 			sysfs_drop_dentry(sd, dir);
-			sysfs_put(sd);
 			found = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	return found ? 0 : -ENOENT;
+	if (!found)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	sysfs_deactivate(sd);
+	sysfs_put(sd);
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 0a740f6..ce52c1f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ struct sysfs_elem_bin_attr {
 	struct bin_attribute	* bin_attr;
 };
 
+/*
+ * As long as s_count reference is held, the sysfs_dirent itself is
+ * accessible.  Dereferencing s_elem or any other outer entity
+ * requires s_active reference.
+ */
 struct sysfs_dirent {
 	atomic_t		s_count;
+	struct rw_semaphore	s_active;
 	struct sysfs_dirent	* s_parent;
 	struct list_head	s_sibling;
 	struct list_head	s_children;
@@ -85,43 +91,102 @@ struct sysfs_buffer_collection {
 	struct list_head	associates;
 };
 
-static inline struct kobject * to_kobj(struct dentry * dentry)
+static inline struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
-	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	return sd->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	if (sd) {
+		WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&sd->s_count));
+		atomic_inc(&sd->s_count);
+	}
+	return sd;
 }
 
-static inline struct kobject *sysfs_get_kobject(struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline void sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
-	struct kobject * kobj = NULL;
-
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
-		struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-
-		if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
-			sd = sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd;
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sd->s_count))
+		release_sysfs_dirent(sd);
+}
 
-		kobj = kobject_get(sd->s_elem.dir.kobj);
+/**
+ *	sysfs_get_active - get an active reference to sysfs_dirent
+ *	@sd: sysfs_dirent to get an active reference to
+ *
+ *	Get an active reference of @sd.  This function is noop if @sd
+ *	is NULL.
+ *
+ *	RETURNS:
+ *	Pointer to @sd on success, NULL on failure.
+ */
+static inline struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_active(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	if (sd) {
+		if (unlikely(!down_read_trylock(&sd->s_active)))
+			sd = NULL;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	return sd;
+}
 
-	return kobj;
+/**
+ *	sysfs_put_active - put an active reference to sysfs_dirent
+ *	@sd: sysfs_dirent to put an active reference to
+ *
+ *	Put an active reference to @sd.  This function is noop if @sd
+ *	is NULL.
+ */
+static inline void sysfs_put_active(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	if (sd)
+		up_read(&sd->s_active);
 }
 
-static inline struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
+/**
+ *	sysfs_get_active_two - get active references to sysfs_dirent and parent
+ *	@sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
+ *
+ *	Get active reference to @sd and its parent.  Parent's active
+ *	reference is grabbed first.  This function is noop if @sd is
+ *	NULL.
+ *
+ *	RETURNS:
+ *	Pointer to @sd on success, NULL on failure.
+ */
+static inline struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_active_two(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	if (sd) {
-		WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&sd->s_count));
-		atomic_inc(&sd->s_count);
+		if (sd->s_parent && unlikely(!sysfs_get_active(sd->s_parent)))
+			return NULL;
+		if (unlikely(!sysfs_get_active(sd))) {
+			sysfs_put_active(sd->s_parent);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 	}
 	return sd;
 }
 
-static inline void sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
+/**
+ *	sysfs_put_active_two - put active references to sysfs_dirent and parent
+ *	@sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
+ *
+ *	Put active references to @sd and its parent.  This function is
+ *	noop if @sd is NULL.
+ */
+static inline void sysfs_put_active_two(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sd->s_count))
-		release_sysfs_dirent(sd);
+	if (sd) {
+		sysfs_put_active(sd);
+		sysfs_put_active(sd->s_parent);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ *	sysfs_deactivate - deactivate sysfs_dirent
+ *	@sd: sysfs_dirent to deactivate
+ *
+ *	Deny new active references and drain existing ones.  s_active
+ *	will be unlocked when the sysfs_dirent is released.
+ */
+static inline void sysfs_deactivate(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	down_write(&sd->s_active);
 }
 
 static inline int sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(struct inode *inode)
-- 
1.5.0.3

[PATCH 12/14 UPDATED] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect

[Tejun Heo]

[PATCH] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect

Opening a sysfs node references its associated kobject, so userland
can arbitrarily prolong lifetime of a kobject which complicates
lifetime rules in drivers.  This patch implements active reference and
makes the association between kobject and sysfs immediately breakable.

Now each sysfs_dirent has two reference counts - s_count and s_active.
s_count is a regular reference count which guarantees that the
containing sysfs_dirent is accessible.  As long as s_count reference
is held, all sysfs internal fields in sysfs_dirent are accessible
including s_parent and s_name.

The newly added s_active is active reference count.  This is acquired
by invoking sysfs_get_active() and it's the caller's responsibility to
ensure sysfs_dirent itself is accessible (should be holding s_count
one way or the other).  Dereferencing sysfs_dirent to access objects
out of sysfs proper requires active reference.  This includes access
to the associated kobjects, attributes and ops.

The active references can be drained and denied by calling
sysfs_deactivate().  All active sysfs_dirents must be deactivated
after deletion but before the default reference is dropped.  This
enables immediate disconnect of sysfs nodes.  Once a sysfs_dirent is
deleted, it won't access any entity external to sysfs proper.

Because attr/bin_attr ops access both the node itself and its parent
for kobject, they need to hold active references to both.
sysfs_get/put_active_two() helpers are provided to help grabbing both
references.  Parent's is acquired first and released last.

Unlike other operations, mmapped area lingers on after mmap() is
finished and the module implement implementing it and kobj need to
stay referenced till all the mapped pages are gone.  This is
accomplished by holding one set of active references to the bin_attr
and its parent if there have been any mmap during lifetime of an
openfile.  The references are dropped when the openfile is released.

This change makes sysfs lifetime rules independent from both kobject's
and module's.  It not only fixes several race conditions caused by
sysfs not holding onto the proper module when referencing kobject, but
also helps fixing and simplifying lifetime management in driver model
and drivers by taking sysfs out of the equation.

Please read the following message for more info.

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
Cornelia, this should fix the problem you reported.  It's caused by
doing up_write() on sysfs_dirent which is used for readdir cursor
which is not deactivated before being released.
release_sysfs_dirent() is udpated such that it does
down_write_trylock() on s_active before doing up_write().  This also
covers error paths where allocated sysfs_dirent is put due to errors
during initialization.

Andrew, please use this patch instead of the original one.

Thanks.

 fs/sysfs/bin.c   |   95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 fs/sysfs/dir.c   |   22 +++++++--
 fs/sysfs/file.c  |  132 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 fs/sysfs/inode.c |    8 ++-
 fs/sysfs/sysfs.h |  107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 5 files changed, 250 insertions(+), 114 deletions(-)

Index: work/fs/sysfs/dir.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ work/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_d
  repeat:
 	parent_sd = sd->s_parent;
 
+	/* If @sd is being released after deletion, s_active is write
+	 * locked.  If @sd is cursor for directory walk or being
+	 * released prematurely, s_active has no reader or writer.
+	 */
+	down_write_trylock(&sd->s_active);
+	up_write(&sd->s_active);
+
 	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
 		sysfs_put(sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd);
 	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_COPY_NAME)
@@ -69,6 +76,7 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(co
 
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_event, 1);
+	init_rwsem(&sd->s_active);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_children);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_sibling);
 
@@ -316,7 +324,6 @@ static void remove_dir(struct dentry * d
 	d_delete(d);
 	sd = d->d_fsdata;
  	list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
-	sysfs_put(sd);
 	if (d->d_inode)
 		simple_rmdir(parent->d_inode,d);
 
@@ -325,6 +332,9 @@ static void remove_dir(struct dentry * d
 
 	mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	dput(parent);
+
+	sysfs_deactivate(sd);
+	sysfs_put(sd);
 }
 
 void sysfs_remove_subdir(struct dentry * d)
@@ -335,6 +345,7 @@ void sysfs_remove_subdir(struct dentry *
 
 static void __sysfs_remove_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	LIST_HEAD(removed);
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd, * tmp;
 
@@ -348,12 +359,17 @@ static void __sysfs_remove_dir(struct de
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
 		if (!sd->s_type || !(sd->s_type & SYSFS_NOT_PINNED))
 			continue;
-		list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+		list_move(&sd->s_sibling, &removed);
 		sysfs_drop_dentry(sd, dentry);
-		sysfs_put(sd);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(sd, tmp, &removed, s_sibling) {
+		list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+		sysfs_deactivate(sd);
+		sysfs_put(sd);
+	}
+
 	remove_dir(dentry);
 	/**
 	 * Drop reference from dget() on entrance.
Index: work/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ work/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ struct sysfs_elem_bin_attr {
 	struct bin_attribute	* bin_attr;
 };
 
+/*
+ * As long as s_count reference is held, the sysfs_dirent itself is
+ * accessible.  Dereferencing s_elem or any other outer entity
+ * requires s_active reference.
+ */
 struct sysfs_dirent {
 	atomic_t		s_count;
+	struct rw_semaphore	s_active;
 	struct sysfs_dirent	* s_parent;
 	struct list_head	s_sibling;
 	struct list_head	s_children;
@@ -85,43 +91,102 @@ struct sysfs_buffer_collection {
 	struct list_head	associates;
 };
 
-static inline struct kobject * to_kobj(struct dentry * dentry)
+static inline struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
-	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	return sd->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	if (sd) {
+		WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&sd->s_count));
+		atomic_inc(&sd->s_count);
+	}
+	return sd;
 }
 
-static inline struct kobject *sysfs_get_kobject(struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline void sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
-	struct kobject * kobj = NULL;
-
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
-		struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-
-		if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
-			sd = sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd;
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sd->s_count))
+		release_sysfs_dirent(sd);
+}
 
-		kobj = kobject_get(sd->s_elem.dir.kobj);
+/**
+ *	sysfs_get_active - get an active reference to sysfs_dirent
+ *	@sd: sysfs_dirent to get an active reference to
+ *
+ *	Get an active reference of @sd.  This function is noop if @sd
+ *	is NULL.
+ *
+ *	RETURNS:
+ *	Pointer to @sd on success, NULL on failure.
+ */
+static inline struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_active(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	if (sd) {
+		if (unlikely(!down_read_trylock(&sd->s_active)))
+			sd = NULL;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	return sd;
+}
 
-	return kobj;
+/**
+ *	sysfs_put_active - put an active reference to sysfs_dirent
+ *	@sd: sysfs_dirent to put an active reference to
+ *
+ *	Put an active reference to @sd.  This function is noop if @sd
+ *	is NULL.
+ */
+static inline void sysfs_put_active(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	if (sd)
+		up_read(&sd->s_active);
 }
 
-static inline struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
+/**
+ *	sysfs_get_active_two - get active references to sysfs_dirent and parent
+ *	@sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
+ *
+ *	Get active reference to @sd and its parent.  Parent's active
+ *	reference is grabbed first.  This function is noop if @sd is
+ *	NULL.
+ *
+ *	RETURNS:
+ *	Pointer to @sd on success, NULL on failure.
+ */
+static inline struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_active_two(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	if (sd) {
-		WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&sd->s_count));
-		atomic_inc(&sd->s_count);
+		if (sd->s_parent && unlikely(!sysfs_get_active(sd->s_parent)))
+			return NULL;
+		if (unlikely(!sysfs_get_active(sd))) {
+			sysfs_put_active(sd->s_parent);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 	}
 	return sd;
 }
 
-static inline void sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
+/**
+ *	sysfs_put_active_two - put active references to sysfs_dirent and parent
+ *	@sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
+ *
+ *	Put active references to @sd and its parent.  This function is
+ *	noop if @sd is NULL.
+ */
+static inline void sysfs_put_active_two(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sd->s_count))
-		release_sysfs_dirent(sd);
+	if (sd) {
+		sysfs_put_active(sd);
+		sysfs_put_active(sd->s_parent);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ *	sysfs_deactivate - deactivate sysfs_dirent
+ *	@sd: sysfs_dirent to deactivate
+ *
+ *	Deny new active references and drain existing ones.  s_active
+ *	will be unlocked when the sysfs_dirent is released.
+ */
+static inline void sysfs_deactivate(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	down_write(&sd->s_active);
 }
 
 static inline int sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(struct inode *inode)
Index: work/fs/sysfs/bin.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ work/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 struct bin_buffer {
 	struct mutex	mutex;
 	void		*buffer;
+	int		mmapped;
 };
 
 static int
@@ -30,12 +31,20 @@ fill_read(struct dentry *dentry, char *b
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	int rc;
+
+	/* need attr_sd for attr, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rc = -EIO;
+	if (attr->read)
+		rc = attr->read(kobj, buffer, off, count);
 
-	if (!attr->read)
-		return -EIO;
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 
-	return attr->read(kobj, buffer, off, count);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -79,12 +88,20 @@ flush_write(struct dentry *dentry, char 
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
-	struct kobject *kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	int rc;
+
+	/* need attr_sd for attr, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rc = -EIO;
+	if (attr->write)
+		rc = attr->write(kobj, buffer, offset, count);
 
-	if (!attr->write)
-		return -EIO;
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 
-	return attr->write(kobj, buffer, offset, count);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf,
@@ -124,14 +141,24 @@ static int mmap(struct file *file, struc
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
-	struct kobject *kobj = to_kobj(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!attr->mmap)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	mutex_lock(&bb->mutex);
-	rc = attr->mmap(kobj, attr, vma);
+
+	/* need attr_sd for attr, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rc = -EINVAL;
+	if (attr->mmap)
+		rc = attr->mmap(kobj, attr, vma);
+
+	if (rc == 0 && !bb->mmapped)
+		bb->mmapped = 1;
+	else
+		sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&bb->mutex);
 
 	return rc;
@@ -139,58 +166,60 @@ static int mmap(struct file *file, struc
 
 static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
-	struct kobject *kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = NULL;
-	int error = -EINVAL;
+	int error;
 
-	if (!kobj || !attr)
-		goto Done;
+	/* need attr_sd for attr */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute if we have one */
+	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute */
 	error = -ENODEV;
-	if (!try_module_get(attr->attr.owner)) 
-		goto Done;
+	if (!try_module_get(attr->attr.owner))
+		goto err_sput;
 
 	error = -EACCES;
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !(attr->write || attr->mmap))
-		goto Error;
+		goto err_mput;
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) && !(attr->read || attr->mmap))
-		goto Error;
+		goto err_mput;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	bb = kzalloc(sizeof(*bb), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bb)
-		goto Error;
+		goto err_mput;
 
 	bb->buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bb->buffer)
-		goto Error;
+		goto err_mput;
 
 	mutex_init(&bb->mutex);
 	file->private_data = bb;
 
-	error = 0;
-	goto Done;
+	/* open succeeded, put active reference and pin attr_sd */
+	sysfs_put_active(attr_sd);
+	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
+	return 0;
 
- Error:
-	kfree(bb);
+ err_mput:
 	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
- Done:
-	if (error)
-		kobject_put(kobj);
+ err_sput:
+	sysfs_put_active(attr_sd);
+	kfree(bb);
 	return error;
 }
 
 static int release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 
-	kobject_put(kobj);
+	if (bb->mmapped)
+		sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
 	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
 	kfree(bb->buffer);
 	kfree(bb);
Index: work/fs/sysfs/file.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ work/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ remove_from_collection(struct sysfs_buff
  */
 static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer)
 {
-	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = buffer->ops;
 	int ret = 0;
 	ssize_t count;
@@ -99,8 +99,15 @@ static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentr
 	if (!buffer->page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	buffer->event = atomic_read(&sd->s_event);
-	count = ops->show(kobj, sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page);
+	/* need attr_sd for attr and ops, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	buffer->event = atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_event);
+	count = ops->show(kobj, attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page);
+
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+
 	BUG_ON(count > (ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (count >= 0) {
 		buffer->needs_read_fill = 0;
@@ -225,14 +232,23 @@ fill_write_buffer(struct sysfs_buffer * 
  *	passing the buffer that we acquired in fill_write_buffer().
  */
 
-static int 
+static int
 flush_write_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer, size_t count)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = buffer->ops;
+	int rc;
 
-	return ops->store(kobj, attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page, count);
+	/* need attr_sd for attr and ops, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rc = ops->store(kobj, attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page, count);
+
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 
@@ -276,22 +292,22 @@ out:
 
 static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct kobject *kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
 	struct sysfs_buffer_collection *set;
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = NULL;
-	int error = 0;
-
-	if (!kobj || !attr)
-		goto Einval;
+	int error;
 
-	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute if we have one */
-	if (!try_module_get(attr->owner)) {
-		error = -ENODEV;
-		goto Done;
-	}
+	/* need attr_sd for attr and ops, its parent for kobj */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute */
+	error = -ENODEV;
+	if (!try_module_get(attr->owner))
+		goto err_sput;
 
 	/* if the kobject has no ktype, then we assume that it is a subsystem
 	 * itself, and use ops for it.
@@ -306,30 +322,30 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode 
 	/* No sysfs operations, either from having no subsystem,
 	 * or the subsystem have no operations.
 	 */
+	error = -EACCES;
 	if (!ops)
-		goto Eaccess;
+		goto err_mput;
 
 	/* make sure we have a collection to add our buffers to */
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!(set = inode->i_private)) {
-		if (!(set = inode->i_private = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sysfs_buffer_collection), GFP_KERNEL))) {
-			error = -ENOMEM;
-			goto Done;
-		} else {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		if (!(set = inode->i_private = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sysfs_buffer_collection), GFP_KERNEL)))
+			goto err_mput;
+		else
 			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&set->associates);
-		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
+	error = -EACCES;
+
 	/* File needs write support.
 	 * The inode's perms must say it's ok, 
 	 * and we must have a store method.
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
-
 		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IWUGO) || !ops->store)
-			goto Eaccess;
-
+			goto err_mput;
 	}
 
 	/* File needs read support.
@@ -338,46 +354,45 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode 
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
 		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IRUGO) || !ops->show)
-			goto Eaccess;
+			goto err_mput;
 	}
 
 	/* No error? Great, allocate a buffer for the file, and store it
 	 * it in file->private_data for easy access.
 	 */
+	error = -ENOMEM;
 	buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sysfs_buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (buffer) {
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buffer->associates);
-		init_MUTEX(&buffer->sem);
-		buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
-		buffer->ops = ops;
-		add_to_collection(buffer, inode);
-		file->private_data = buffer;
-	} else
-		error = -ENOMEM;
-	goto Done;
+	if (!buffer)
+		goto err_mput;
 
- Einval:
-	error = -EINVAL;
-	goto Done;
- Eaccess:
-	error = -EACCES;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buffer->associates);
+	init_MUTEX(&buffer->sem);
+	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
+	buffer->ops = ops;
+	add_to_collection(buffer, inode);
+	file->private_data = buffer;
+
+	/* open succeeded, put active references and pin attr_sd */
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
+	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
+	return 0;
+
+ err_mput:
 	module_put(attr->owner);
- Done:
-	if (error)
-		kobject_put(kobj);
+ err_sput:
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 	return error;
 }
 
 static int sysfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(filp->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = filp->private_data;
 
 	if (buffer)
 		remove_from_collection(buffer, inode);
-	kobject_put(kobj);
+	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
 	/* After this point, attr should not be accessed. */
 	module_put(attr->owner);
 
@@ -406,18 +421,25 @@ static int sysfs_release(struct inode * 
 static unsigned int sysfs_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = filp->private_data;
-	struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(filp->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
-	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	int res = 0;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+
+	/* need parent for the kobj, grab both */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
+		goto trigger;
 
 	poll_wait(filp, &kobj->poll, wait);
 
-	if (buffer->event != atomic_read(&sd->s_event)) {
-		res = POLLERR|POLLPRI;
-		buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
-	}
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 
-	return res;
+	if (buffer->event != atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_event))
+		goto trigger;
+
+	return 0;
+
+ trigger:
+	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
+	return POLLERR|POLLPRI;
 }
 
 
Index: work/fs/sysfs/inode.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ work/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -260,12 +260,16 @@ int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry 
 		if (!strcmp(sd->s_name, name)) {
 			list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
 			sysfs_drop_dentry(sd, dir);
-			sysfs_put(sd);
 			found = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	return found ? 0 : -ENOENT;
+	if (!found)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	sysfs_deactivate(sd);
+	sysfs_put(sd);
+	return 0;
 }

Re: [PATCH 12/14 UPDATED] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect

[Cornelia Huck]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:15:15 +0900,
Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> wrote:

> Cornelia, this should fix the problem you reported.  It's caused by
> doing up_write() on sysfs_dirent which is used for readdir cursor
> which is not deactivated before being released.
> release_sysfs_dirent() is udpated such that it does
> down_write_trylock() on s_active before doing up_write().  This also
> covers error paths where allocated sysfs_dirent is put due to errors
> during initialization.

I can confirm that this fixes the problem I saw earlier. However, I now
have a new one:

1. Define virtunal ctcs 7000 and 7001: This
creates /sys/bus/ccw/devices/{0.0.7000,0.0.7001}.

2. Do echo 0.0.7000,0.0.7001 > /sys/bus/ccwgroup/drivers/ctc/group.
This creates /sys/bus/ccwgroup/devices/0.0.7000, which has the two ccw
devices from above as slave devices.

3. Detach virtual ctcs 7000 and 7001. This causes the subchannel
beneath 0.0.7000 resp. 0.0.7001 to be unregistered (from a workqueue)
which will in turn trigger an unregistration of ccw device 0.0.7000,
ccw group device 0.0.7000 and ccw device 0.0.7001. Now lockdep is
unhappy:

crw_info : CRW reports slct=0, oflw=0, chn=0, rsc=3, anc=1, erc=4, rsid=F
crw_info : CRW reports slct=0, oflw=0, chn=0, rsc=3, anc=1, erc=4, rsid=10
DEV: Unregistering device. ID = '0.0.000f'
bus css: remove device 0.0.000f
DEV: Unregistering device. ID = '0.0.7000'
bus ccw: remove device 0.0.7000
DEV: Unregistering device. ID = '0.0.7000'
bus ccwgroup: remove device 0.0.7000

=======================================================
[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
2.6.21-rc6-ge666c753-dirty #54
-------------------------------------------------------
kslowcrw/64 is trying to acquire lock:
 (&sch->reg_mutex){--..}, at: [<00000000004233b2>] mutex_lock+0x3e/0x4c

but task is already holding lock:
 (&sd->s_active){----}, at: [<0000000000209578>] remove_dir+0xec/0x144

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&sd->s_active){----}:
       [<0000000000156998>] __lock_acquire+0x1008/0x1124
       [<0000000000156e9c>] lock_acquire+0x78/0xa8
       [<000000000014fc96>] down_write+0x5a/0xa0
       [<0000000000206f0a>] sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x112/0x15c
       [<00000000002071a6>] sysfs_remove_file+0x32/0x40
       [<00000000002a76bc>] device_remove_file+0x44/0x5c
       [<00000000002a813a>] device_del+0x1ae/0x26c
       [<00000000002a8236>] device_unregister+0x3e/0x58
       [<00000000002f0bc0>] css_sch_device_unregister+0x3c/0x54
       [<00000000002f174a>] css_evaluate_subchannel+0x266/0x3b8
       [<00000000002f1976>] css_trigger_slow_path+0xda/0x154
       [<0000000000144a6c>] run_workqueue+0x174/0x220
       [<0000000000144d26>] worker_thread+0x116/0x164
       [<000000000014ab9c>] kthread+0x158/0x160
       [<0000000000107c3a>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc
       [<0000000000107c34>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc

-> #0 (&sch->reg_mutex){--..}:
       [<000000000015671c>] __lock_acquire+0xd8c/0x1124
       [<0000000000156e9c>] lock_acquire+0x78/0xa8
       [<0000000000423070>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xbc/0x3c0
       [<00000000004233b2>] mutex_lock+0x3e/0x4c
       [<00000000002f0bb6>] css_sch_device_unregister+0x32/0x54
       [<00000000002f174a>] css_evaluate_subchannel+0x266/0x3b8
       [<00000000002f1976>] css_trigger_slow_path+0xda/0x154
       [<0000000000144a6c>] run_workqueue+0x174/0x220
       [<0000000000144d26>] worker_thread+0x116/0x164
       [<000000000014ab9c>] kthread+0x158/0x160
       [<0000000000107c3a>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc
       [<0000000000107c34>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc

other info that might help us debug this:

1 lock held by kslowcrw/64:
 #0:  (&sd->s_active){----}, at: [<0000000000209578>] remove_dir+0xec/0x144

stack backtrace:
0000000000000002 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 000000001fd1ba50 
       000000001fd1b9c8 00000000004bebf6 00000000004bebf6 0000000000103854 
       0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 0000000000602cb0 
       0000000000000000 000000001fd1ba10 000000001fd1b9b0 000000000000000e 
       000000000042a780 000000000010389e 000000001fd1b9b0 000000001fd1ba00 
Call Trace:
([<00000000001037f4>] show_trace+0xf8/0xfc)
 [<00000000001038ce>] show_stack+0xd6/0x100
 [<0000000000103926>] dump_stack+0x2e/0x3c
 [<0000000000154c6e>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x9e/0xb0
 [<000000000015671c>] __lock_acquire+0xd8c/0x1124
 [<0000000000156e9c>] lock_acquire+0x78/0xa8
 [<0000000000423070>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xbc/0x3c0
 [<00000000004233b2>] mutex_lock+0x3e/0x4c
 [<00000000002f0bb6>] css_sch_device_unregister+0x32/0x54
 [<00000000002f174a>] css_evaluate_subchannel+0x266/0x3b8
 [<00000000002f1976>] css_trigger_slow_path+0xda/0x154
 [<0000000000144a6c>] run_workqueue+0x174/0x220
 [<0000000000144d26>] worker_thread+0x116/0x164
 [<000000000014ab9c>] kthread+0x158/0x160
 [<0000000000107c3a>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc
 [<0000000000107c34>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc

INFO: lockdep is turned off.
DEV: Unregistering device. ID = '0.0.0010'
bus css: remove device 0.0.0010
DEV: Unregistering device. ID = '0.0.7001'
bus ccw: remove device 0.0.7001

(We use sch->reg_mutex to protect against concurrent
register/unregister of subchannels.)

I'll see whether I can figure out this one.

Re: [PATCH 12/14 UPDATED] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

Cornelia Huck wrote:
> =======================================================
> [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> 2.6.21-rc6-ge666c753-dirty #54
> -------------------------------------------------------
> kslowcrw/64 is trying to acquire lock:
>  (&sch->reg_mutex){--..}, at: [<00000000004233b2>] mutex_lock+0x3e/0x4c
> 
> but task is already holding lock:
>  (&sd->s_active){----}, at: [<0000000000209578>] remove_dir+0xec/0x144
> 
> which lock already depends on the new lock.

This is probably because s_active has different write locked and
unlocked by different threads but it doesn't tell lockdep about it.
I'll read lockdep docs and update it.

Thanks for testing.

-- 
tejun

Re: [PATCH 12/14 UPDATED] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect

[Tejun Heo]

Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Cornelia Huck wrote:
>> =======================================================
>> [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
>> 2.6.21-rc6-ge666c753-dirty #54
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> kslowcrw/64 is trying to acquire lock:
>>  (&sch->reg_mutex){--..}, at: [<00000000004233b2>] mutex_lock+0x3e/0x4c
>>
>> but task is already holding lock:
>>  (&sd->s_active){----}, at: [<0000000000209578>] remove_dir+0xec/0x144
>>
>> which lock already depends on the new lock.
> 
> This is probably because s_active has different write locked and
> unlocked by different threads but it doesn't tell lockdep about it.

s/has different/is/

Sorry.

-- 
tejun

Re: [PATCH 12/14 UPDATED] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect

[Tejun Heo]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 06:26:42PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > =======================================================
> > [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> > 2.6.21-rc6-ge666c753-dirty #54
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > kslowcrw/64 is trying to acquire lock:
> >  (&sch->reg_mutex){--..}, at: [<00000000004233b2>] mutex_lock+0x3e/0x4c
> > 
> > but task is already holding lock:
> >  (&sd->s_active){----}, at: [<0000000000209578>] remove_dir+0xec/0x144
> > 
> > which lock already depends on the new lock.
> 
> This is probably because s_active has different write locked and
> unlocked by different threads but it doesn't tell lockdep about it.
> I'll read lockdep docs and update it.

Does this patch fix the problem?

Index: work/fs/sysfs/dir.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/sysfs/dir.c	2007-04-11 19:12:02.000000000 +0900
+++ work/fs/sysfs/dir.c	2007-04-11 19:12:12.000000000 +0900
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_d
 	 * locked.  If @sd is cursor for directory walk or being
 	 * released prematurely, s_active has no reader or writer.
 	 */
-	down_write_trylock(&sd->s_active);
+	if (!down_write_trylock(&sd->s_active))
+		rwsem_acquire(&sd->s_active.dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_);
 	up_write(&sd->s_active);
 
 	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
Index: work/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
===================================================================
--- work.orig/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h	2007-04-11 19:12:02.000000000 +0900
+++ work/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h	2007-04-11 19:12:03.000000000 +0900
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static inline void sysfs_put_active_two(
 static inline void sysfs_deactivate(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	down_write(&sd->s_active);
+	rwsem_release(&sd->s_active.dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
 }
 
 static inline int sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(struct inode *inode)

Re: [PATCH 12/14 UPDATED] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect

[Cornelia Huck]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:13:59 +0900,
Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> wrote:

> Does this patch fix the problem?
> 
> Index: work/fs/sysfs/dir.c
> ===================================================================
> --- work.orig/fs/sysfs/dir.c	2007-04-11 19:12:02.000000000 +0900
> +++ work/fs/sysfs/dir.c	2007-04-11 19:12:12.000000000 +0900
> @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_d
>  	 * locked.  If @sd is cursor for directory walk or being
>  	 * released prematurely, s_active has no reader or writer.
>  	 */
> -	down_write_trylock(&sd->s_active);
> +	if (!down_write_trylock(&sd->s_active))
> +		rwsem_acquire(&sd->s_active.dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_);
>  	up_write(&sd->s_active);
> 
>  	if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
> Index: work/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
> ===================================================================
> --- work.orig/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h	2007-04-11 19:12:02.000000000 +0900
> +++ work/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h	2007-04-11 19:12:03.000000000 +0900
> @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static inline void sysfs_put_active_two(
>  static inline void sysfs_deactivate(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
>  {
>  	down_write(&sd->s_active);
> +	rwsem_release(&sd->s_active.dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
>  }
> 
>  static inline int sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(struct inode *inode)

This seems to work fine now, thanks.

Re: [PATCH 12/14 UPDATED] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 01:15:15PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> [PATCH] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect

For some reason, this doesn't apply on top of your patches:

Applying patch sysfs-implement-sysfs_dirent-active-reference-and-immediate-disconnect.patch
patching file fs/sysfs/dir.c
patching file fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
patching file fs/sysfs/bin.c
patching file fs/sysfs/file.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 96 (offset 8 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 107 (offset 8 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 240 (offset 8 lines).
Hunk #4 FAILED at 300.
Hunk #5 succeeded at 336 (offset 14 lines).
Hunk #6 succeeded at 368 (offset 14 lines).
Hunk #7 succeeded at 435 (offset 14 lines).
1 out of 7 hunks FAILED -- rejects in file fs/sysfs/file.c
patching file fs/sysfs/inode.c

So I'll only apply the first 11 for now.  Can you respin the last 3 and
send them to me again?

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH 12/14 UPDATED] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:18:15AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 01:15:15PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > [PATCH] sysfs: implement sysfs_dirent active reference and immediate disconnect
> 
> For some reason, this doesn't apply on top of your patches:
> 
> Applying patch sysfs-implement-sysfs_dirent-active-reference-and-immediate-disconnect.patch
> patching file fs/sysfs/dir.c
> patching file fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
> patching file fs/sysfs/bin.c
> patching file fs/sysfs/file.c
> Hunk #1 succeeded at 96 (offset 8 lines).
> Hunk #2 succeeded at 107 (offset 8 lines).
> Hunk #3 succeeded at 240 (offset 8 lines).
> Hunk #4 FAILED at 300.
> Hunk #5 succeeded at 336 (offset 14 lines).
> Hunk #6 succeeded at 368 (offset 14 lines).
> Hunk #7 succeeded at 435 (offset 14 lines).
> 1 out of 7 hunks FAILED -- rejects in file fs/sysfs/file.c
> patching file fs/sysfs/inode.c
> 
> So I'll only apply the first 11 for now.  Can you respin the last 3 and
> send them to me again?

Oh nevermind, this was my fault, it was due to something else of mine
that isn't in mainline, sorry for the noise...

greg k-h

Re: [PATCHSET #master] sysfs: make sysfs disconnect immediately on deletion, take 2

[Cornelia Huck]

On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:18:46 +0900,
Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> wrote:

> With all the patches applied, the same test used in the last take ran
> 9+hrs without any problem.

I get the following on startup:

=====================================
[ BUG: bad unlock balance detected! ]
-------------------------------------
start_udev/197 is trying to release lock (&sd->s_active) at:
[<0000000000209024>] release_sysfs_dirent+0x8c/0x118
but there are no more locks to release!

other info that might help us debug this:
no locks held by start_udev/197.

stack backtrace:
000000001ea4fad8 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 000000001ea4fbe8 
       000000001ea4fb60 00000000004bebf6 00000000004bebf6 0000000000103854
       0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000602cb0
       0000000000000000 000000001ea4fba8 000000001ea4fb48 000000000000000e
       000000000042a810 000000000010389e 000000001ea4fb48 000000001ea4fb98
Call Trace:
([<00000000001037f4>] show_trace+0xf8/0xfc)
 [<00000000001038ce>] show_stack+0xd6/0x100
 [<0000000000103926>] dump_stack+0x2e/0x3c
 [<0000000000153c98>] print_unlock_inbalance_bug+0x114/0x138
 [<0000000000156dce>] lock_release+0x166/0x1bc
 [<000000000014f8c2>] up_write+0x3e/0x98
 [<0000000000209024>] release_sysfs_dirent+0x8c/0x118
 [<000000000020912e>] sysfs_dir_close+0x7e/0x90
 [<00000000001a7088>] __fput+0xe4/0x20c
 [<00000000001a71fc>] fput+0x4c/0x5c
 [<00000000001a3aa4>] filp_close+0x7c/0xb4
 [<00000000001a3fcc>] sys_close+0xdc/0x128
 [<00000000001107c8>] sysc_noemu+0x10/0x16
 [<0000020000107dd0>] 0x20000107dd0

Re: [PATCHSET #master] sysfs: make sysfs disconnect immediately on deletion, take 2

[Tejun Heo]

Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:18:46 +0900,
> Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> With all the patches applied, the same test used in the last take ran
>> 9+hrs without any problem.
> 
> I get the following on startup:
> 
> =====================================
> [ BUG: bad unlock balance detected! ]
> -------------------------------------
> start_udev/197 is trying to release lock (&sd->s_active) at:
> [<0000000000209024>] release_sysfs_dirent+0x8c/0x118
> but there are no more locks to release!

Thanks a lot for spotting this.  I thought I enabled lock debugging but
apparently, didn't.  Anyways, the bug doesn't affect actual behavior.
It's just doing up_write() on an unlocked rwsem which is about to be
freed.  I've just posted the updated version of patch 12 to fix this.

-- 
tejun

Re: [PATCHSET #master] sysfs: make sysfs disconnect immediately on deletion, take 2

[Maneesh Soni]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 01:18:46PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello, all.
> 
> This is the second take of sysfs-immediate-disconnct patchset.
> 
> In the last take, rwsem was added to s_elem.dir to protect kobj only.
> This wasn't enough because attr and bin_attr need to hold onto not
> only the kobject of their parents but also the module backing
> themselves and ops too, so the first set still needed separate and
> duplicate attribute file orphaning mechanism.
> 
> In this take, the rwsem is generalized to become active reference
> count.  Now each sysfs_dirent has two reference counts - s_count and
> s_active.  s_count is a regular reference count which guarantees that
> the containing sysfs_dirent is accessible.  As long as s_count
> reference is held, all sysfs internal fields in sysfs_dirent are
> accessible including s_parent and s_name.
> 
> The newly added s_active is active reference count.  This is acquired
> by invoking sysfs_get_active() and it's the caller's responsibility to
> ensure sysfs_dirent itself is accessible (should be holding s_count
> one way or the other).  Dereferencing sysfs_dirent to access objects
> out of sysfs proper requires active reference.  This includes access
> to the associated kobjects, attributes and ops.
> 
> Because attr/bin_attr ops access both the node itself and its parent
> for kobject, they need to hold active references to both.
> sysfs_get/put_active_two() helpers are provided to help grabbing both
> references.  Parent's is acquired first and released last.
> 
> Basically, s_count provides the reference counted objects to the upper
> layer while s_active guards low level access such that low level
> objects can just go away when they want to, and the same mechanism is
> applied to all types of sysfs nodes.  I think it's conceptually
> cleaner and thus easier to understand this way.
> 
> With all the patches applied, the same test used in the last take ran
> 9+hrs without any problem.
> 
> Change from the last take are...
> 
> * Patch 3 now doesn't move sysfs_get_kobject() as the it's replaced by
>   active references later.
> 
> * Patch 12 updated such that sdir->rwsem is generalized into active
>   reference count.
> 
> Please read the original lifetime rules discussion[1] and description
> of the last take[2] for more info.
> 
> Thanks.

Hi Tejun,

I started looking at these patches and parallely also did some testing on a 
8 CPU system. I am using the patches from Greg's tree at
http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git/

I ran following loops parallelly

# while true; do insmod drivers/net/dummy.ko; sleep 1;rmmod dummy; done
# while true; do find /sys/class/net/dummy0 | xargs cat; sleep 1; done
# while true; do umount /sys; sleep 1; mount -t sysfs none /sys; done
# while true; do find /sys | xargs cat > /dev/null; sleep 1; done

and got the following oops

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000004c RIP:
 [<ffffffff802935b4>] simple_unlink+0x14/0x5c
PGD 21955c067 PUD 215b52067 PMD 0
Oops: 0002 [1] SMP
CPU 6
Modules linked in: dummy i2c_dev i2c_core
Pid: 21161, comm: rmmod Not tainted 2.6.21-rc6 #3
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff802935b4>]  [<ffffffff802935b4>] simple_unlink+0x14/0x5c
RSP: 0000:ffff81021b38be28  EFLAGS: 00010292
RAX: 0000000046232944 RBX: ffff8102173528b0 RCX: 0000000046232944
RDX: 00000000256a534c RSI: 00000000256a534c RDI: ffff8102173528b0
RBP: ffff81021be04a38 R08: ffff81021b38a000 R09: ffff81021b38bdc8
R10: ffffffff8085d1a0 R11: ffff8102150c5480 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff81021487f8a0 R14: ffff81021be043f8 R15: ffffffff80632f68
FS:  00002b3f92906240(0000) GS:ffff8102284b14c0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 000000000000004c CR3: 0000000218573000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Process rmmod (pid: 21161, threadinfo ffff81021b38a000, task ffff81022730d8b0)
Stack:  ffff81021be04a10 ffff81021be04f60 ffff81021d361150 ffffffff802b31ee
 0000000000200200 ffff81022505c000 ffff81022505c3e0 ffff81022505c4d0
 0000000000000000 00007fff181c4160 0000000000000880 ffffffff803a0c1a
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff802b31ee>] sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x7c/0xef
 [<ffffffff803a0c1a>] device_del+0x66/0x20a
 [<ffffffff804d2d7e>] netdev_run_todo+0xc6/0x225
 [<ffffffff8800d025>] :dummy:dummy_free_one+0x1c/0x2d
 [<ffffffff8800d0a2>] :dummy:dummy_cleanup_module+0xe/0x23
 [<ffffffff8024ceed>] sys_delete_module+0x1b1/0x1e0
 [<ffffffff803437e7>] __up_write+0x21/0x10e
 [<ffffffff80209bbe>] system_call+0x7e/0x83


Code: 41 ff 4c 24 4c 48 89 83 90 00 00 00 4c 89 ef 48 89 93 98 00
RIP  [<ffffffff802935b4>] simple_unlink+0x14/0x5c
 RSP <ffff81021b38be28>
CR2: 000000000000004c

Thanks
Maneesh

-- 
Maneesh Soni
Linux Technology Center,
IBM India Systems and Technology Lab, 
Bangalore, India

Re: [PATCHSET #master] sysfs: make sysfs disconnect immediately on deletion, take 2

[Tejun Heo]

Hello, Maneesh.

Maneesh Soni wrote:
> I started looking at these patches and parallely also did some testing on a 
> 8 CPU system. I am using the patches from Greg's tree at
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git/
> 
> I ran following loops parallelly
> 
> # while true; do insmod drivers/net/dummy.ko; sleep 1;rmmod dummy; done
> # while true; do find /sys/class/net/dummy0 | xargs cat; sleep 1; done
> # while true; do umount /sys; sleep 1; mount -t sysfs none /sys; done
> # while true; do find /sys | xargs cat > /dev/null; sleep 1; done
> 
> and got the following oops
> 
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000004c RIP:
>  [<ffffffff802935b4>] simple_unlink+0x14/0x5c

Eeek... I'll try to replicate and track down the bug here.  FWIW, SCSI
also oopses if udev is running due to a bug in SCSI open/close handling.

Thanks for testing.

-- 
tejun

Re: [PATCHSET #master] sysfs: make sysfs disconnect immediately on deletion, take 2

[Tejun Heo]

Maneesh Soni wrote:
> I started looking at these patches and parallely also did some testing on a 
> 8 CPU system. I am using the patches from Greg's tree at
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git/
> 
> I ran following loops parallelly
> 
> # while true; do insmod drivers/net/dummy.ko; sleep 1;rmmod dummy; done
> # while true; do find /sys/class/net/dummy0 | xargs cat; sleep 1; done
> # while true; do umount /sys; sleep 1; mount -t sysfs none /sys; done
> # while true; do find /sys | xargs cat > /dev/null; sleep 1; done
> 
> and got the following oops
> 
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000004c RIP:
>  [<ffffffff802935b4>] simple_unlink+0x14/0x5c
> PGD 21955c067 PUD 215b52067 PMD 0
> Oops: 0002 [1] SMP
> CPU 6
> Modules linked in: dummy i2c_dev i2c_core
> Pid: 21161, comm: rmmod Not tainted 2.6.21-rc6 #3
> RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff802935b4>]  [<ffffffff802935b4>] simple_unlink+0x14/0x5c
> RSP: 0000:ffff81021b38be28  EFLAGS: 00010292

Okay, got it.  The problem here is the race between dcache shrinking
triggered by umount and sysfs deletion.  It seems to be introduced
when dentries for attr and symlink nodes are made unpinned.
sd->s_entry clearing is done without synchronization and
sysfs_drop_entry() ends up deleting already deleted dentry
(dentry->inode is NULL).

sd->s_entry is broken in other ways too.  Consider the following
scenario.

   thread shrinking dcache		thread looking up sysfs entry
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
1. sysfs dentry for A is chosen as
   victim.
2. prune_one_dentry() drops the dentry
   and calls dentry_iput().
3. dentry_iput() unlinks d_alias and
   releases spin locks.
					4. looks up dentry for A which
					   is not in dcache.
					5. new dentry is created and
					   sysfs_lookup() is invoked,
					   which instantiates the dentry
					   and set sd->s_dentry to it.
6. sysfs_d_iput() is called.
   BUG_ON(sd->s_dentry != dentry)
   triggers and sd->s_dentry is
   cleared.  You're screwed.

I think it can be fixed by making deletion more like conventional
filesystem.  Brewing a patch...

-- 
tejun

[PATCHSET #master] sysfs: make sysfs disconnect immediately from kobject on deletion

[Tejun Heo]

Hello, all.

This patchset is result of the following thread.

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293

This patchset takes sysfs out of device driver lifetime equation which
not not only fixes several race conditions caused by sysfs not holding
onto the proper module when referencing kobject, but also helps fixing
and simplifying lifetime management in driver model.

sysfs is peculiar in how it's intertwined with driver model via
kobject and fs layer by using dentry to record some of its hierarchy.
This not only complicates lifetime management outside of sysfs but
also inside sysfs proper.  We end up with several different yet
inter-dependent lifetime rules.

For example, dentry depends on sysfs_dirent for file accesses as any
dentry would depend on inode and its backing fs private data to do so,
while sysfs_dirent depends on dentry to walk sysfs_dirent tree for
internal purpose (symlink walk) and the initial access to the dentry
happens by going through kobject pointer.  This interdependcy is okay
while all the objects are on memory but hell breaks loose when it's
time to kill those objects.  dentry and sysfs_dirent depend on each
other.  Unless they go away at the same time or use some way to safely
break the loop, one side ends up with dangled pointer to the other.

This patchset solves this by making sysfs_dirent behave more like fs
internal inodes in other filesystems which don't depend on dentry or
other external entity to manage itself.  Most information is already
there.  Only sd->s_parent and s_name are added.  These do increase the
size of sysfs_dirent a bit but makes the logic look designed more in
Earth instead of Mars and with further changes, dentry and inode for
kobject can be made reclaimable which can probably compensate the
added space overhead.

Sysfs lifetime rules are much simpler now.  sd denotes sysfs_dirent.

* sd has default reference of 1 on creation which is dropped on
  deletion.

* dentry holds reference to sd.  dentry->d_fsdata can be safely
  dereferenced while referecne to dentry is held.

* sd->s_parent points to the parent sd and each child holds a
  reference to its parent which is released when the child is released
  (reference reaches zero), so sd->s_parent can be dereferenced
  recursively if reference to the sd is held.

* sd->s_name can always be read while sd is valid.

* sd->s_elem.dir.kobj should only be accessed while
  sd->s_elem.dir.rwsem is read locked, which can be done by calling
  sysfs_get_dir_kobj() on the sd.

* sd->s_elem.[bin_]attr.[bin_attr] should only be accessed while its
  parent's sd->s_elem.dir.rwsem is read locked.  If
  sysfs_get_dir_kobj() returns NULL, attr pointer might point to
  released area.

* sysfs doesn't reference foreign objects for internal purpose.
  Foreign objets are accessed from the callbacks or interface
  functions where the caller is responsible for guaranteeing
  accessbility - symlink interface function is currently an exception.
  sysfs should export sysfs_dirent based interface and kobject code
  should do the locking.

* Directory dentries are still pinned as they are used in interface
  function - this should change in the future.

This patchset is consisted of the following 14 patches.

#01	: fix i_no handling bug and reduce dependency to inode
#02	: fix error handling in binattr write
#03-05	: prep for symlink reimplementation
#06-07	: add s_parent and s_name
#08	: make s_elem a union so that chaning what it points to doesn't
	  cause chaos and s_elem can contain more than one pointer
#09	: implement kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock to protect kobj->s_dentry
	  which will be used to keep symlink interface compatible
#10	: reimplement symlink using only sysfs_dirent tree
#11	: implement bin_buffer for immediate-kobject-disconnect
#12	: implement immediate-kobject-disconnect
#13-14	: kill now obsolete stuff

The first 11 are some fixes and preparation for
immediate-kobject-disconnect.  Depencies to external objects are
gradually removed such that only accesses during file ops remain which
are converted by patch #12.  The last two patches remove now
unnecessary attribute orphaning and attribute->owner.

I've run the following test on a UP machine for several hours without
any oops or memory leak and the test is currently running on a dual
processor (hyperthreading) machine for about half an hour.  I'll keep
it running for at least 5 hours.

 # (cd kernel-build-dir; while true; do echo [Loading...]; insmod drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko; insmod drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko; insmod drivers/ata/libata.ko; insmod drivers/ata/ahci.ko; sleep 1; echo [Unloading...]; while lsmod | grep -q sd_mod; do rmmod ahci; rmmod libata; rmmod sd_mod; rmmod scsi_mod; sleep .1; done; done) &
 # (cd /sys; while true; do ls -liR > /dev/null; done) &
 # (cd /sys; while true; do find . | xargs cat > /dev/null 2>&1; done) &
 # (cd /sys; while true; do find . | sort | xargs cat > /dev/null 2>&1; done) &

Three harddisks and a dvd writer are attached to on-board ahci
controller, so there are plenty of sysfs activities going on involving
symlinks and all.

Thanks.

--
tejun

 drivers/base/class.c                        |    2 -
 drivers/base/core.c                         |    4 -
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/block/pktcdvd.c                     |    3 +-
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c         |   10 -
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c             |    3 +-
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c         |    2 +-
 drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c                |    1 -
 drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h                   |    3 +-
 drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c                 |    6 +-
 drivers/firmware/edd.c                      |    2 +-
 drivers/firmware/efivars.c                  |    6 +-
 drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c                  |    1 -
 drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c                 |    1 -
 drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c             |    1 -
 drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h               |    1 -
 drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c |   13 --
 drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c                  |    3 +-
 drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c           |    1 -
 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c                     |    4 -
 drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c                    |    1 -
 drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c                    |    1 -
 drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c           |    3 -
 drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c               |    2 -
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c             |    6 -
 drivers/spi/at25.c                          |    1 -
 drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c             |    2 -
 drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c         |    2 +-
 drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c               |    1 -
 drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c                |    1 -
 drivers/w1/w1.c                             |    2 -
 fs/ecryptfs/main.c                          |    2 -
 fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c                  |    1 -
 fs/partitions/check.c                       |    1 -
 fs/sysfs/bin.c                              |  189 ++++++++++++-------
 fs/sysfs/dir.c                              |  270 ++++++++++++++++-----------
 fs/sysfs/file.c                             |  206 ++++++++++-----------
 fs/sysfs/inode.c                            |   61 +------
 fs/sysfs/mount.c                            |   10 +-
 fs/sysfs/symlink.c                          |  121 ++++++-------
 fs/sysfs/sysfs.h                            |  109 ++++-------
 include/linux/sysdev.h                      |    3 +-
 include/linux/sysfs.h                       |    8 +-
 kernel/module.c                             |    9 +-
 kernel/params.c                             |    1 -
 net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c                    |    3 +-
 net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c                    |    3 +-
 49 files changed, 496 insertions(+), 596 deletions(-)

[PATCH 14/14] sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->owner

[Tejun Heo]

sysfs is now completely out of driver/module lifetime game.  After
deletion, a sysfs node doesn't access anything outside sysfs proper,
so there's no reason to hold onto the attribute owners.  Note that
often the wrong modules were accounted for as owners leading to
accessing removed modules.

This patch kills now unnecessary attribute->owner.  Note that with
this change, userland holding a sysfs node does not prevent the
backing module from being unloaded.

For more info regarding lifetime rule cleanup, please read the
following message.

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/base/class.c                        |    2 --
 drivers/base/core.c                         |    4 ----
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/block/pktcdvd.c                     |    3 +--
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c         |   10 ----------
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c             |    3 +--
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c         |    2 +-
 drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c                |    1 -
 drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h                   |    3 +--
 drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c                 |    6 +++---
 drivers/firmware/edd.c                      |    2 +-
 drivers/firmware/efivars.c                  |    6 +++---
 drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c                  |    1 -
 drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c                 |    1 -
 drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c             |    1 -
 drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h               |    1 -
 drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c |   13 -------------
 drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c                  |    3 +--
 drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c           |    1 -
 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c                     |    4 ----
 drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c                    |    1 -
 drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c                    |    1 -
 drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c           |    3 ---
 drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c               |    2 --
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c             |    6 ------
 drivers/spi/at25.c                          |    1 -
 drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c             |    2 --
 drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c         |    2 +-
 drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c               |    1 -
 drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c                |    1 -
 drivers/w1/w1.c                             |    2 --
 fs/ecryptfs/main.c                          |    2 --
 fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c                  |    1 -
 fs/partitions/check.c                       |    1 -
 fs/sysfs/bin.c                              |   19 +++++--------------
 fs/sysfs/file.c                             |   24 +++++-------------------
 include/linux/sysdev.h                      |    3 +--
 include/linux/sysfs.h                       |    7 +++----
 kernel/module.c                             |    9 +++------
 kernel/params.c                             |    1 -
 net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c                    |    3 +--
 net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c                    |    3 +--
 44 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 133 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index d596812..064c1de 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -624,7 +624,6 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device *class_dev)
 		goto out3;
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
-	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = parent_class->owner;
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
 	error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
 	if (error)
@@ -639,7 +638,6 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device *class_dev)
 		}
 		attr->attr.name = "dev";
 		attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-		attr->attr.owner = parent_class->owner;
 		attr->show = show_dev;
 		error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, attr);
 		if (error) {
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index d7fcf82..37930d0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -563,8 +563,6 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 
 	dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
 	dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
-	if (dev->driver)
-		dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = dev->driver->owner;
 	dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
 	error = device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
 	if (error)
@@ -579,8 +577,6 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 		}
 		attr->attr.name = "dev";
 		attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-		if (dev->driver)
-			attr->attr.owner = dev->driver->owner;
 		attr->show = show_dev;
 		error = device_create_file(dev, attr);
 		if (error) {
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index c0a979a..8791d06 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static struct bin_attribute firmware_attr_data_tmpl = {
-	.attr = {.name = "data", .mode = 0644, .owner = THIS_MODULE},
+	.attr = {.name = "data", .mode = 0644},
 	.size = 0,
 	.read = firmware_data_read,
 	.write = firmware_data_write,
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index a4fb703..4c6b33d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ static void pkt_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
  **********************************************************/
 
 #define DEF_ATTR(_obj,_name,_mode) \
-	static struct attribute _obj = { \
-		.name = _name, .owner = THIS_MODULE, .mode = _mode }
+	static struct attribute _obj = { .name = _name, .mode = _mode }
 
 /**********************************************************
   /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 8e222f2..b5df7e6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2171,52 +2171,42 @@ static int create_files(struct bmc_device *bmc)
 	int err;
 
 	bmc->device_id_attr.attr.name = "device_id";
-	bmc->device_id_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->device_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->device_id_attr.show = device_id_show;
 
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.name = "provides_device_sdrs";
-	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.show = provides_dev_sdrs_show;
 
 	bmc->revision_attr.attr.name = "revision";
-	bmc->revision_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->revision_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->revision_attr.show = revision_show;
 
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.name = "firmware_revision";
-	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->firmware_rev_attr.show = firmware_rev_show;
 
 	bmc->version_attr.attr.name = "ipmi_version";
-	bmc->version_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->version_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->version_attr.show = ipmi_version_show;
 
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.name = "additional_device_support";
-	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->add_dev_support_attr.show = add_dev_support_show;
 
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.name = "manufacturer_id";
-	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.show = manufacturer_id_show;
 
 	bmc->product_id_attr.attr.name = "product_id";
-	bmc->product_id_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->product_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->product_id_attr.show = product_id_show;
 
 	bmc->guid_attr.attr.name = "guid";
-	bmc->guid_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->guid_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->guid_attr.show = guid_show;
 
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.name = "aux_firmware_revision";
-	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.show = aux_firmware_rev_show;
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
index d1c7cac..7c9589a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ static spinlock_t cpufreq_stats_lock;
 
 #define CPUFREQ_STATDEVICE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show) \
 static struct freq_attr _attr_##_name = {\
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .owner = THIS_MODULE, \
-		.mode = _mode, }, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, }, \
 	.show = _show,\
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
index 860345c..a648970 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ store_speed (struct cpufreq_policy *policy, const char *buf, size_t count)
 
 static struct freq_attr freq_attr_scaling_setspeed =
 {
-	.attr = { .name = "scaling_setspeed", .mode = 0644, .owner = THIS_MODULE },
+	.attr = { .name = "scaling_setspeed", .mode = 0644 },
 	.show = show_speed,
 	.store = store_speed,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
index e749092..5409f3a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ static ssize_t show_available_freqs (struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 struct freq_attr cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_available_freqs = {
 	.attr = { .name = "scaling_available_frequencies",
 		  .mode = 0444,
-		  .owner=THIS_MODULE
 		},
 	.show = show_available_freqs,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h b/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h
index 58a8518..dcdba0f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.h
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
 #define DCDBAS_BIN_ATTR_RW(_name) \
 struct bin_attribute bin_attr_##_name = { \
 	.attr =  { .name = __stringify(_name), \
-		   .mode = 0600, \
-		   .owner = THIS_MODULE }, \
+		   .mode = 0600 }, \
 	.read =  _name##_read, \
 	.write = _name##_write, \
 }
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c b/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
index fc702e4..f8afecb 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
@@ -687,18 +687,18 @@ static ssize_t write_rbu_packet_size(struct kobject *kobj, char *buffer,
 }
 
 static struct bin_attribute rbu_data_attr = {
-	.attr = {.name = "data",.owner = THIS_MODULE,.mode = 0444},
+	.attr = {.name = "data", .mode = 0444},
 	.read = read_rbu_data,
 };
 
 static struct bin_attribute rbu_image_type_attr = {
-	.attr = {.name = "image_type",.owner = THIS_MODULE,.mode = 0644},
+	.attr = {.name = "image_type", .mode = 0644},
 	.read = read_rbu_image_type,
 	.write = write_rbu_image_type,
 };
 
 static struct bin_attribute rbu_packet_size_attr = {
-	.attr = {.name = "packet_size",.owner = THIS_MODULE,.mode = 0644},
+	.attr = {.name = "packet_size", .mode = 0644},
 	.read = read_rbu_packet_size,
 	.write = write_rbu_packet_size,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/edd.c b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
index d8806e4..1523227 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static struct edd_device *edd_devices[EDD_MBR_SIG_MAX];
 
 #define EDD_DEVICE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_test) \
 struct edd_attribute edd_attr_##_name = { 	\
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },	\
 	.show	= _show,				\
 	.test	= _test,				\
 };
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index c6281cc..b84b2b4 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -131,21 +131,21 @@ struct efivar_attribute {
 
 #define EFI_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
 struct subsys_attribute efi_attr_##_name = { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE}, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode}, \
 	.show = _show, \
 	.store = _store, \
 };
 
 #define EFIVAR_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
 struct efivar_attribute efivar_attr_##_name = { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE}, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode}, \
 	.show = _show, \
 	.store = _store, \
 };
 
 #define VAR_SUBSYS_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
 struct subsys_attribute var_subsys_attr_##_name = { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE}, \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode}, \
 	.show = _show, \
 	.store = _store, \
 };
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
index bfce13c..5990dd5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute eeprom_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "eeprom",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = EEPROM_SIZE,
 	.read = eeprom_read,
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
index 76645c1..1405ce5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute user_eeprom_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "eeprom",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = USER_EEPROM_SIZE,
 	.read = max6875_read,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
index 000c086..f4006e7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ alloc_group_attrs(ssize_t (*show)(struct ib_port *,
 
 		element->attr.attr.name  = element->name;
 		element->attr.attr.mode  = S_IRUGO;
-		element->attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 		element->attr.show       = show;
 		element->index		 = i;
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
index cf1de95..4a5bddf 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ static struct psmouse_attribute psmouse_attr_##_name = {			\
 		.attr	= {							\
 			.name	= __stringify(_name),				\
 			.mode	= _mode,					\
-			.owner	= THIS_MODULE,					\
 		},								\
 		.show	= psmouse_attr_show_helper,				\
 		.store	= psmouse_attr_set_helper,				\
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
index 91396fd..f0251a7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
@@ -516,40 +516,32 @@ static void pvr2_sysfs_add_control(struct pvr2_sysfs *sfp,int ctl_id)
 	}
 	sfp->item_last = cip;
 
-	cip->attr_name.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_name.attr.name = "name";
 	cip->attr_name.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_name.show = fp->show_name;
 
-	cip->attr_type.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_type.attr.name = "type";
 	cip->attr_type.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_type.show = fp->show_type;
 
-	cip->attr_min.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_min.attr.name = "min_val";
 	cip->attr_min.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_min.show = fp->show_min;
 
-	cip->attr_max.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_max.attr.name = "max_val";
 	cip->attr_max.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_max.show = fp->show_max;
 
-	cip->attr_val.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_val.attr.name = "cur_val";
 	cip->attr_val.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 
-	cip->attr_custom.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_custom.attr.name = "custom_val";
 	cip->attr_custom.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 
-	cip->attr_enum.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_enum.attr.name = "enum_val";
 	cip->attr_enum.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_enum.show = fp->show_enum;
 
-	cip->attr_bits.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cip->attr_bits.attr.name = "bit_val";
 	cip->attr_bits.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	cip->attr_bits.show = fp->show_bits;
@@ -614,12 +606,10 @@ static void pvr2_sysfs_add_debugifc(struct pvr2_sysfs *sfp)
 
 	dip = kzalloc(sizeof(*dip),GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dip) return;
-	dip->attr_debugcmd.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.attr.name = "debugcmd";
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.attr.mode = S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR|S_IWGRP;
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.show = debugcmd_show;
 	dip->attr_debugcmd.store = debugcmd_store;
-	dip->attr_debuginfo.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	dip->attr_debuginfo.attr.name = "debuginfo";
 	dip->attr_debuginfo.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	dip->attr_debuginfo.show = debuginfo_show;
@@ -795,7 +785,6 @@ static void class_dev_create(struct pvr2_sysfs *sfp,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.attr.name = "v4l_minor_number";
 	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_minor_number.show = v4l_minor_number_show;
@@ -809,7 +798,6 @@ static void class_dev_create(struct pvr2_sysfs *sfp,
 		sfp->v4l_minor_number_created_ok = !0;
 	}
 
-	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.attr.name = "v4l_radio_minor_number";
 	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	sfp->attr_v4l_radio_minor_number.show = v4l_radio_minor_number_show;
@@ -823,7 +811,6 @@ static void class_dev_create(struct pvr2_sysfs *sfp,
 		sfp->v4l_radio_minor_number_created_ok = !0;
 	}
 
-	sfp->attr_unit_number.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	sfp->attr_unit_number.attr.name = "unit_number";
 	sfp->attr_unit_number.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 	sfp->attr_unit_number.show = unit_number_show;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c b/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
index 4b23212..fe2f29c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/asus-laptop.c
@@ -673,8 +673,7 @@ static void asus_hotk_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
 	struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_name = {			\
 		.attr = {						\
 			.name = __stringify(_name),			\
-			.mode = 0,					\
-			.owner = THIS_MODULE },				\
+			.mode = 0 },					\
 		.show   = NULL,						\
 		.store  = NULL,						\
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
index 7f03881..4d5998a 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ static struct notification ibm_note;
 static struct bin_attribute ibm_apci_table_attr = {
 	    .attr = {
 		    .name = "apci_table",
-		    .owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		    .mode = S_IRUGO,
 	    },
 	    .read = ibm_read_apci_table,
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index cd913a2..d803ddf 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ static int pci_create_resource_files(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 			sprintf(res_attr_name, "resource%d", i);
 			res_attr->attr.name = res_attr_name;
 			res_attr->attr.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
-			res_attr->attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 			res_attr->size = pci_resource_len(pdev, i);
 			res_attr->mmap = pci_mmap_resource;
 			res_attr->private = &pdev->resource[i];
@@ -582,7 +581,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute pci_config_attr = {
 	.attr =	{
 		.name = "config",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 256,
 	.read = pci_read_config,
@@ -593,7 +591,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute pcie_config_attr = {
 	.attr =	{
 		.name = "config",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 4096,
 	.read = pci_read_config,
@@ -627,7 +624,6 @@ int __must_check pci_create_sysfs_dev_files (struct pci_dev *pdev)
 			rom_attr->size = pci_resource_len(pdev, PCI_ROM_RESOURCE);
 			rom_attr->attr.name = "rom";
 			rom_attr->attr.mode = S_IRUSR;
-			rom_attr->attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 			rom_attr->read = pci_read_rom;
 			rom_attr->write = pci_write_rom;
 			retval = sysfs_create_bin_file(&pdev->dev.kobj, rom_attr);
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c b/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
index ea5765c..b7f321d 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static struct device_attribute *pccard_socket_attributes[] = {
 };
 
 static struct bin_attribute pccard_cis_attr = {
-	.attr = { .name = "cis", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, .owner = THIS_MODULE},
+	.attr = { .name = "cis", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
 	.size = 0x200,
 	.read = pccard_show_cis,
 	.write = pccard_store_cis,
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
index e27176c..b3f4c4e 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ds1553_nvram_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "nvram",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = RTC_OFFSET,
 	.read = ds1553_nvram_read,
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c
index d68288b..1638acd 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1742.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute ds1742_nvram_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "nvram",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.read = ds1742_nvram_read,
 	.write = ds1742_nvram_write,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
index 12497da..b08cbac 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_read_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_read",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR ,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1032,
 	.read = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_read,
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_write_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_write",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1032,
 	.write = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_write,
@@ -209,7 +207,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_clear_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_clear",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1,
 	.write = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_clear,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
index f247e78..c8ce90b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_ctlreg_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "ctlreg",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 256,
 	.read = sysfs_ctlreg_read,
@@ -1356,7 +1355,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_mbox_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mbox",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = sizeof(MAILBOX_t),
 	.read = sysfs_mbox_read,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
index 8081b63..9658725 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_fw_dump_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "fw_dump",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 0,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_fw_dump,
@@ -149,7 +148,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_nvram_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "nvram",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 512,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_nvram,
@@ -198,7 +196,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_optrom_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "optrom",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = OPTROM_SIZE_24XX,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_optrom,
@@ -279,7 +276,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_optrom_ctl_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "optrom_ctl",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 0,
 	.write = qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl,
@@ -327,7 +323,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_vpd_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "vpd",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 0,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_vpd,
@@ -375,7 +370,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_sfp_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "sfp",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = SFP_DEV_SIZE * 2,
 	.read = qla2x00_sysfs_read_sfp,
diff --git a/drivers/spi/at25.c b/drivers/spi/at25.c
index 8efa07e..fde1ded 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/at25.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/at25.c
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ static int at25_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	 */
 	at25->bin.attr.name = "eeprom";
 	at25->bin.attr.mode = S_IRUSR;
-	at25->bin.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	at25->bin.read = at25_bin_read;
 
 	at25->bin.size = at25->chip.byte_len;
diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c b/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
index 1bf6f42..fe4e2a4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
@@ -2123,7 +2123,6 @@ static ssize_t radeon_show_edid2(struct kobject *kobj, char *buf, loff_t off, si
 static struct bin_attribute edid1_attr = {
 	.attr   = {
 		.name	= "edid1",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.mode	= 0444,
 	},
 	.size	= EDID_LENGTH,
@@ -2133,7 +2132,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute edid1_attr = {
 static struct bin_attribute edid2_attr = {
 	.attr   = {
 		.name	= "edid2",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.mode	= 0444,
 	},
 	.size	= EDID_LENGTH,
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index c65e81f..7e06223 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static struct class backlight_class = {
 
 #define DECLARE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)			\
 {							 	\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode }, \
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
index 6ef8f0a..648b53c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static struct class lcd_class = {
 
 #define DECLARE_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)			\
 {							 	\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode }, \
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
diff --git a/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c b/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c
index 8ea17a5..4e13aa7 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_ds2433.c
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_f23_bin_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "eeprom",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = W1_EEPROM_SIZE,
 	.read = w1_f23_read_bin,
diff --git a/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c b/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c
index 732db47..721261b 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_therm_bin_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "w1_slave",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = W1_SLAVE_DATA_SIZE,
 	.read = w1_therm_read_bin,
diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1.c b/drivers/w1/w1.c
index 63c0724..c1ee648 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/w1.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/w1.c
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_slave_attr_bin_id = {
       .attr = {
               .name = "id",
               .mode = S_IRUGO,
-              .owner = THIS_MODULE,
       },
       .size = 8,
       .read = w1_slave_read_id,
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute w1_default_attr = {
       .attr = {
               .name = "rw",
               .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-              .owner = THIS_MODULE,
       },
       .size = PAGE_SIZE,
       .read = w1_default_read,
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
index fc4a3a2..6669a25 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -842,8 +842,6 @@ static int __init ecryptfs_init(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	kset_set_kset_s(&ecryptfs_subsys, fs_subsys);
-	sysfs_attr_version.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
-	sysfs_attr_version_str.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	rc = do_sysfs_registration();
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "sysfs registration failed\n");
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
index 636593b..fd741ce 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ struct mlog_attribute {
 #define define_mask(_name) {			\
 	.attr = {				\
 		.name = #_name,			\
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,		\
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,	\
 	},					\
 	.mask = ML_##_name,			\
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 8a7d003..694b369 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len,
 		static struct attribute addpartattr = {
 			.name = "whole_disk",
 			.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH,
-			.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		};
 
 		sysfs_create_file(&p->kobj, &addpartattr);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index a2180c5..0d61234 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -177,25 +177,20 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	if (!sysfs_get_dir_kobj(attr_sd->s_parent))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute */
-	error = -ENODEV;
-	if (!try_module_get(attr->attr.owner))
-		goto err_sput;
-
 	error = -EACCES;
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !(attr->write || attr->mmap))
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) && !(attr->read || attr->mmap))
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	bb = kzalloc(sizeof(*bb), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bb)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	bb->buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bb->buffer)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	mutex_init(&bb->mutex);
 	file->private_data = bb;
@@ -205,9 +200,7 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
 	return 0;
 
- err_mput:
-	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
- err_sput:
+ err_out:
 	sysfs_put_dir_kobj(attr_sd->s_parent);
 	kfree(bb);
 	return error;
@@ -216,13 +209,11 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 static int release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 
 	if (bb->mmapped)
 		sysfs_put_dir_kobj(attr_sd->s_parent);
 	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
-	module_put(attr->attr.owner);
 	kfree(bb->buffer);
 	kfree(bb);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index cd80b20..245ffbc 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -271,24 +271,15 @@ sysfs_write_file(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = NULL;
 	struct kobject *kobj;
 	int error;
 
-	/* Grab kobject first.  attr might go away underneath us if
-	 * we're not holding kobject.
-	 */
 	kobj = sysfs_get_dir_kobj(attr_sd->s_parent);
 	if (!kobj)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute */
-	error = -ENODEV;
-	if (!try_module_get(attr->owner))
-		goto err_sput;
-
 	/* if the kobject has no ktype, then we assume that it is a subsystem
 	 * itself, and use ops for it.
 	 */
@@ -305,7 +296,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 * or the subsystem have no operations.
 	 */
 	if (!ops)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	/* File needs write support.
 	 * The inode's perms must say it's ok, 
@@ -313,7 +304,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
 		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IWUGO) || !ops->store)
-			goto err_mput;
+			goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	/* File needs read support.
@@ -322,7 +313,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
 		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IRUGO) || !ops->show)
-			goto err_mput;
+			goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	/* No error? Great, allocate a buffer for the file, and store it
@@ -331,7 +322,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sysfs_buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buffer)
-		goto err_mput;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	init_MUTEX(&buffer->sem);
 	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
@@ -343,9 +334,7 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
 	return 0;
 
- err_mput:
-	module_put(attr->owner);
- err_sput:
+ err_out:
 	sysfs_put_dir_kobj(attr_sd->s_parent);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -353,12 +342,9 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static int sysfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr;
 	struct sysfs_buffer *buffer = filp->private_data;
 
 	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
-	/* After this point, attr should not be accessed. */
-	module_put(attr->owner);
 
 	if (buffer) {
 		if (buffer->page)
diff --git a/include/linux/sysdev.h b/include/linux/sysdev.h
index 389ccf8..6e7c398 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysdev.h
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ struct sysdev_attribute {
 
 #define _SYSDEV_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)			\
 {								\
-	.attr = { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode,	\
-		 .owner = THIS_MODULE },			\
+	.attr = { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },	\
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index c79944a..882f6f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ struct dentry;
 
 struct attribute {
 	const char		* name;
-	struct module 		* owner;
 	mode_t			mode;
 };
 
@@ -39,14 +38,14 @@ struct attribute_group {
  */
 
 #define __ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store) { \
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },	\
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_RO(_name) { \
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444, .owner = THIS_MODULE },	\
-	.show	= _name##_show,	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444 },	\
+	.show	= _name##_show,					\
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_NULL { .attr = { .name = NULL } }
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index dcdb32b..13fa1df 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -485,8 +485,7 @@ static void free_modinfo_##field(struct module *mod)                  \
         mod->field = NULL;                                            \
 }                                                                     \
 static struct module_attribute modinfo_##field = {                    \
-	.attr = { .name = __stringify(field), .mode = 0444,           \
-		  .owner = THIS_MODULE },                             \
+	.attr = { .name = __stringify(field), .mode = 0444 },         \
 	.show = show_modinfo_##field,                                 \
 	.setup = setup_modinfo_##field,                               \
 	.test = modinfo_##field##_exists,                             \
@@ -790,7 +789,7 @@ static ssize_t show_refcnt(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 }
 
 static struct module_attribute refcnt = {
-	.attr = { .name = "refcnt", .mode = 0444, .owner = THIS_MODULE },
+	.attr = { .name = "refcnt", .mode = 0444 },
 	.show = show_refcnt,
 };
 
@@ -848,7 +847,7 @@ static ssize_t show_initstate(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 }
 
 static struct module_attribute initstate = {
-	.attr = { .name = "initstate", .mode = 0444, .owner = THIS_MODULE },
+	.attr = { .name = "initstate", .mode = 0444 },
 	.show = show_initstate,
 };
 
@@ -1029,7 +1028,6 @@ static void add_sect_attrs(struct module *mod, unsigned int nsect,
 		sattr->mattr.show = module_sect_show;
 		sattr->mattr.store = NULL;
 		sattr->mattr.attr.name = sattr->name;
-		sattr->mattr.attr.owner = mod;
 		sattr->mattr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
 		*(gattr++) = &(sattr++)->mattr.attr;
 	}
@@ -1087,7 +1085,6 @@ int module_add_modinfo_attrs(struct module *mod)
 		if (!attr->test ||
 		    (attr->test && attr->test(mod))) {
 			memcpy(temp_attr, attr, sizeof(*temp_attr));
-			temp_attr->attr.owner = mod;
 			error = sysfs_create_file(&mod->mkobj.kobj,&temp_attr->attr);
 			++temp_attr;
 		}
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index e265b13..3a1d5bc 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ param_sysfs_setup(struct module_kobject *mk,
 			pattr->mattr.show = param_attr_show;
 			pattr->mattr.store = param_attr_store;
 			pattr->mattr.attr.name = (char *)&kp->name[name_skip];
-			pattr->mattr.attr.owner = mk->mod;
 			pattr->mattr.attr.mode = kp->perm;
 			*(gattr++) = &(pattr++)->mattr.attr;
 		}
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index 01a22ad..40b0972 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ static ssize_t brforward_read(struct kobject *kobj, char *buf,
 
 static struct bin_attribute bridge_forward = {
 	.attr = { .name = SYSFS_BRIDGE_FDB,
-		  .mode = S_IRUGO,
-		  .owner = THIS_MODULE, },
+		  .mode = S_IRUGO, },
 	.read = brforward_read,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
index 0bc2aef..8ea600c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ struct brport_attribute {
 #define BRPORT_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)		        \
 struct brport_attribute brport_attr_##_name = { 	        \
 	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), 			\
-		 .mode = _mode, 				\
-		 .owner = THIS_MODULE, },			\
+		 .mode = _mode },				\
 	.show	= _show,					\
 	.store	= _store,					\
 };
-- 
1.5.0.3