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Dan Williams c23106d427 drivers/base: Introduce kill_device()
commit 00289cd876 upstream.

The libnvdimm subsystem arranges for devices to be destroyed as a result
of a sysfs operation. Since device_unregister() cannot be called from
an actively running sysfs attribute of the same device libnvdimm
arranges for device_unregister() to be performed in an out-of-line async
context.

The driver core maintains a 'dead' state for coordinating its own racing
async registration / de-registration requests. Rather than add local
'dead' state tracking infrastructure to libnvdimm device objects, export
the existing state tracking via a new kill_device() helper.

The kill_device() helper simply marks the device as dead, i.e. that it
is on its way to device_del(), or returns that the device was already
dead. This can be used in advance of calling device_unregister() for
subsystems like libnvdimm that might need to handle multiple user
threads racing to delete a device.

This refactoring does not change any behavior, but it is a pre-requisite
for follow-on fixes and therefore marked for -stable.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Fixes: 4d88a97aa9 ("libnvdimm, nvdimm: dimm driver and base libnvdimm device-driver...")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Tested-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/156341207332.292348.14959761496009347574.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2019-08-09 17:52:28 +02:00
arch x86/speculation/swapgs: Exclude ATOMs from speculation through SWAPGS 2019-08-06 19:06:58 +02:00
block block, scsi: Change the preempt-only flag into a counter 2019-08-04 09:30:57 +02:00
certs export.h: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR() 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
crypto crypto: chacha20poly1305 - fix atomic sleep when using async algorithm 2019-07-26 09:14:19 +02:00
Documentation Documentation: Add swapgs description to the Spectre v1 documentation 2019-08-06 19:06:58 +02:00
drivers drivers/base: Introduce kill_device() 2019-08-09 17:52:28 +02:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs Btrfs: fix race leading to fs corruption after transaction abort 2019-08-06 19:06:53 +02:00
include drivers/base: Introduce kill_device() 2019-08-09 17:52:28 +02:00
init initramfs: free initrd memory if opening /initrd.image fails 2019-06-15 11:54:01 +02:00
ipc ipc/mqueue.c: only perform resource calculation if user valid 2019-08-06 19:06:52 +02:00
kernel kernel/module.c: Only return -EEXIST for modules that have finished loading 2019-08-06 19:06:47 +02:00
lib lib/test_string.c: avoid masking memset16/32/64 failures 2019-08-06 19:06:51 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Remove CC-BY-SA-4.0 license text 2018-10-18 11:28:50 +02:00
mm mm: vmscan: check if mem cgroup is disabled or not before calling memcg slab shrinker 2019-08-06 19:06:54 +02:00
net ip_tunnel: allow not to count pkts on tstats by setting skb's dev to NULL 2019-08-04 09:30:57 +02:00
samples samples, bpf: suppress compiler warning 2019-07-14 08:11:04 +02:00
scripts kconfig: Clear "written" flag to avoid data loss 2019-08-06 19:06:53 +02:00
security selinux: fix memory leak in policydb_init() 2019-08-06 19:06:54 +02:00
sound ALSA: hda: Fix 1-minute detection delay when i915 module is not available 2019-08-06 19:06:54 +02:00
tools objtool: Support GCC 9 cold subfunction naming scheme 2019-08-06 19:06:57 +02:00
usr initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/ 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
virt KVM: arm/arm64: vgic: Fix kvm_device leak in vgic_its_destroy 2019-07-14 08:11:10 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Set IndentWrappedFunctionNames false 2018-08-01 18:38:51 +02:00
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.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap libnvdimm-for-4.19_misc 2018-08-25 18:13:10 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS 9p: remove Ron Minnich from MAINTAINERS 2018-08-17 16:20:26 -07:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS platform/x86: Add Intel AtomISP2 dummy / power-management driver 2019-04-20 09:16:02 +02:00
Makefile Linux 4.19.65 2019-08-06 19:06:58 +02:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.