tree b3c270a7125a20112a365cf5124fd1a23d91916b
parent bcafe4eea3e58a60e9c2c63781700a9ab1d70f93
author Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> 1380663721 -0400
committer Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 1381018863 -0700

sysfs: use transient write buffer

There isn't much to be gained by keeping around kernel buffer while a
file is open especially as the read path planned to be converted to
use seq_file and won't use the buffer.  This patch makes
sysfs_write_file() use per-write transient buffer instead of
sysfs_open_file->page.

This simplifies the write path, enables removing sysfs_open_file->page
once read path is updated and will help merging bin file write path
which already requires the use of a transient buffer due to a locking
order issue.

As the function comments of flush_write_buffer() and
sysfs_write_buffer() are being updated anyway, reformat them so that
they're more conventional.

v2: Use min_t() instead of min() in sysfs_write_file() to avoid build
    warning on arm.  Reported by build test robot.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>