Merge tag 'driver-core-3.3-rc1-bugfixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Here are some patches for the 3.3-rc1 tree.

It contains the removal of the sysdev code, now that all users of it are
gone, as well as some sysfs bugfixes that have been reported by users.
There are also some documentation updates here as well.

* tag 'driver-core-3.3-rc1-bugfixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core:
  sysfs: Complain bitterly about attempts to remove files from nonexistent directories.
  stable: update documentation to ask for kernel version
  base/core.c:fix typo in comment in function device_add
  Documentation: devres: add allocation functions to list of supported calls
  Documentation update for the driver model core
  kernel-doc: fix new warnings in driver-core
  kernel-doc: fix new warnings in debugfs
  kernel-doc: fix new warnings in device.h
  driver core: remove drivers/base/sys.c and include/linux/sysdev.h

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 4a67cc0c8b3..74dda4f697f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -632,6 +632,11 @@ static void klist_children_put(struct klist_node *n)
  * may be used for reference counting of @dev after calling this
  * function.
  *
+ * All fields in @dev must be initialized by the caller to 0, except
+ * for those explicitly set to some other value.  The simplest
+ * approach is to use kzalloc() to allocate the structure containing
+ * @dev.
+ *
  * NOTE: Use put_device() to give up your reference instead of freeing
  * @dev directly once you have called this function.
  */
@@ -930,6 +935,13 @@ int device_private_init(struct device *dev)
  * to the global and sibling lists for the device, then
  * adds it to the other relevant subsystems of the driver model.
  *
+ * Do not call this routine or device_register() more than once for
+ * any device structure.  The driver model core is not designed to work
+ * with devices that get unregistered and then spring back to life.
+ * (Among other things, it's very hard to guarantee that all references
+ * to the previous incarnation of @dev have been dropped.)  Allocate
+ * and register a fresh new struct device instead.
+ *
  * NOTE: _Never_ directly free @dev after calling this function, even
  * if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up your
  * reference instead.
@@ -1022,7 +1034,7 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 	device_pm_add(dev);
 
 	/* Notify clients of device addition.  This call must come
-	 * after dpm_sysf_add() and before kobject_uevent().
+	 * after dpm_sysfs_add() and before kobject_uevent().
 	 */
 	if (dev->bus)
 		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->p->bus_notifier,
@@ -1090,6 +1102,9 @@ name_error:
  * have a clearly defined need to use and refcount the device
  * before it is added to the hierarchy.
  *
+ * For more information, see the kerneldoc for device_initialize()
+ * and device_add().
+ *
  * NOTE: _Never_ directly free @dev after calling this function, even
  * if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the
  * reference initialized in this function instead.