---

yaml
---
r: 162596
b: refs/heads/master
c: 2b2af54
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ea5ffff57dce2f4c85ab056f4b0a202f71db2bdf
+refs/heads/master: 2b2af54a5bb6f7e80ccf78f20084b93c398c3a8b

trunk/drivers/base/Kconfig

@@ -8,6 +8,31 @@ config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
 	  Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for
 	  every uevent.
 
+config DEVTMPFS
+	bool "Create a kernel maintained /dev tmpfs (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on HOTPLUG && SHMEM && TMPFS
+	help
+	  This creates a tmpfs filesystem, and mounts it at bootup
+	  and mounts it at /dev. The kernel driver core creates device
+	  nodes for all registered devices in that filesystem. All device
+	  nodes are owned by root and have the default mode of 0600.
+	  Userspace can add and delete the nodes as needed. This is
+	  intended to simplify bootup, and make it possible to delay
+	  the initial coldplug at bootup done by udev in userspace.
+	  It should also provide a simpler way for rescue systems
+	  to bring up a kernel with dynamic major/minor numbers.
+	  Meaningful symlinks, permissions and device ownership must
+	  still be handled by userspace.
+	  If unsure, say N here.
+
+config DEVTMPFS_MOUNT
+	bool "Automount devtmpfs at /dev"
+	depends on DEVTMPFS
+	help
+	  This will mount devtmpfs at /dev if the kernel mounts the root
+	  filesystem. It will not affect initramfs based mounting.
+	  If unsure, say N here.
+
 config STANDALONE
 	bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware" if EXPERIMENTAL
 	default y

trunk/drivers/base/Makefile

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ obj-y			:= core.o sys.o bus.o dd.o \
 			   driver.o class.o platform.o \
 			   cpu.o firmware.o init.o map.o devres.o \
 			   attribute_container.o transport_class.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEVTMPFS)	+= devtmpfs.o
 obj-y			+= power/
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_DMA)	+= dma-mapping.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT) += dma-coherent.o

trunk/drivers/base/base.h

@@ -139,3 +139,9 @@ static inline void module_add_driver(struct module *mod,
 				     struct device_driver *drv) { }
 static inline void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv) { }
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEVTMPFS
+extern int devtmpfs_init(void);
+#else
+static inline int devtmpfs_init(void) { return 0; }
+#endif

trunk/drivers/base/core.c

@@ -929,6 +929,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 		error = device_create_sys_dev_entry(dev);
 		if (error)
 			goto devtattrError;
+
+		devtmpfs_create_node(dev);
 	}
 
 	error = device_add_class_symlinks(dev);
@@ -1075,6 +1077,7 @@ void device_del(struct device *dev)
 	if (parent)
 		klist_del(&dev->p->knode_parent);
 	if (MAJOR(dev->devt)) {
+		devtmpfs_delete_node(dev);
 		device_remove_sys_dev_entry(dev);
 		device_remove_file(dev, &devt_attr);
 	}