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yaml
---
r: 31352
b: refs/heads/master
c: 22dd0e8
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 74e651f0aa100f3e5d3432a8dd8869c089e8d72f
+refs/heads/master: 22dd0e88b70f5faa3a0101081e290431c3439189

trunk/Documentation/Changes

@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ Intel IA32 microcode
 --------------------
 
 A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode,
-accessible as a normal (misc) character device.  If you are not using
-udev you may need to:
+accessible as both a devfs regular file and as a normal (misc)
+character device.  If you are not using devfs you may need to:
 
 mkdir /dev/cpu
 mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
@@ -201,9 +201,7 @@ with programs using shared memory.
 udev
 ----
 udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with
-only entries for devices actually present.  udev replaces the basic
-functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for
-devices.
+only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces devfs.
 
 FUSE
 ----
@@ -233,13 +231,18 @@ The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to
 enable it to operate over diverse media layers.  If you use PPP,
 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.
 
-If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
+If you are not using devfs, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
 which can be made by:
 
 mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
 
 as root.
 
+If you use devfsd and build ppp support as modules, you will need
+the following in your /etc/devfsd.conf file:
+
+LOOKUP	PPP	MODLOAD
+
 Isdn4k-utils
 ------------
 

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl

@@ -348,6 +348,11 @@ X!Earch/i386/kernel/mca.c
      </sect1>
   </chapter>
 
+  <chapter id="devfs">
+     <title>The Device File System</title>
+!Efs/devfs/base.c
+  </chapter>
+
   <chapter id="sysfs">
      <title>The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</title>
 !Efs/sysfs/file.c

trunk/Documentation/README.DAC960

@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ also known as "System Drives", and Drive Groups are also called "Packs".  Both
 terms are in use in the Mylex documentation; I have chosen to standardize on
 the more generic "Logical Drive" and "Drive Group".
 
-DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the obsolete Device File
-System (DEVFS).  The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C
-is referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1
+DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the Device File System
+(DEVFS).  The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C is
+referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1
 through /dev/rd/cCdDp7.  For example, partition 3 of Logical Drive 5 on
 Controller 2 is referred to as /dev/rd/c2d5p3.  Note that unlike with SCSI
 disks the device names will not change in the event of a disk drive failure.

trunk/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ be removed from this file.
 
 ---------------------------
 
+What:	devfs
+When:	July 2005
+Files:	fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs
+	function calls throughout the kernel tree
+Why:	It has been unmaintained for a number of years, has unfixable
+	races, contains a naming policy within the kernel that is
+	against the LSB, and can be replaced by using udev.
+Who:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER)
 When:	December 2005
 Why:	declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3

trunk/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c

@@ -264,6 +264,15 @@ static struct config_item_type simple_child_type = {
 };
 
 
+struct simple_children {
+	struct config_group group;
+};
+
+static inline struct simple_children *to_simple_children(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	return item ? container_of(to_config_group(item), struct simple_children, group) : NULL;
+}
+
 static struct config_item *simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, const char *name)
 {
 	struct simple_child *simple_child;
@@ -304,7 +313,13 @@ static ssize_t simple_children_attr_show(struct config_item *item,
 "items have only one attribute that is readable and writeable.\n");
 }
 
+static void simple_children_release(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	kfree(to_simple_children(item));
+}
+
 static struct configfs_item_operations simple_children_item_ops = {
+	.release 	= simple_children_release,
 	.show_attribute	= simple_children_attr_show,
 };
 
@@ -345,10 +360,6 @@ static struct configfs_subsystem simple_children_subsys = {
  * children of its own.
  */
 
-struct simple_children {
-	struct config_group group;
-};
-
 static struct config_group *group_children_make_group(struct config_group *group, const char *name)
 {
 	struct simple_children *simple_children;