tree 28baf98d636e4a111790e5a0f52b1f49709d86b3
parent 93b2b8e4aa4317e3fe6414d117deb5f3c362e8bb
author Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> 1385668456 -0500
committer Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 1385775226 -0800

sysfs, kernfs: prepare read path for kernfs

We're in the process of separating out core sysfs functionality into
kernfs which will deal with sysfs_dirents directly.  This patch
rearranges read path so that the kernfs and sysfs parts are separate.

* Regular file read path is refactored such that
  kernfs_seq_start/next/stop/show() handle all the boilerplate work
  including locking and updating event count for poll, while
  sysfs_kf_seq_show() deals with interaction with kobj show method.

* Bin file read path is refactored such that kernfs_file_direct_read()
  handles all the boilerplate work including buffer management and
  locking, while sysfs_kf_bin_read() deals with interaction with
  bin_attribute read method.

kernfs_file_read() is added.  It invokes either the seq_file or direct
read path depending on the file type.  This will eventually allow
using the same file_operations for both file types, which is necessary
to separate out kernfs.

While this patch changes the order of some operations, it shouldn't
change any visible behavior.

v2: Dropped unnecessary zeroing of @count from sysfs_kf_seq_show().
    Add comments explaining single_open() behavior.  Both suggested by
    Pavel.

v3: seq_stop() is called even after seq_start() failed.
    kernfs_seq_start() updated so that it doesn't unlock
    sysfs_open_file->mutex on failure so that kernfs_seq_stop()
    doesn't try to unlock an already unlocked mutex.  Reported by
    Fengguang.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>