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>
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