Re: [PATCH 2/2] of: remove /proc/device-tree

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Wed Mar 20 2013 - 12:14:58 EST


On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 14:51 +0000, Grant Likely wrote:
> The same data is now available in sysfs, so we can remove the code
> that exports it in /proc and replace it with a symlink to the sysfs
> version.
>
> Tested on versatile qemu model and mpc5200 eval board. More testing
> would be appreciated.

NAK. It should at the very least be a CONFIG option for a while before
completely switching over.

Cheers,
Ben.

> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/of/Kconfig | 8 --
> drivers/of/base.c | 59 +-----------
> fs/proc/Makefile | 1 -
> fs/proc/proc_devtree.c | 243 -----------------------------------------------
> fs/proc/root.c | 3 -
> include/linux/of.h | 1 -
> include/linux/proc_fs.h | 16 ----
> 7 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 329 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/Kconfig b/drivers/of/Kconfig
> index d2d7be9..edb97e2 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/of/Kconfig
> @@ -7,14 +7,6 @@ config OF
> menu "Device Tree and Open Firmware support"
> depends on OF
>
> -config PROC_DEVICETREE
> - bool "Support for device tree in /proc"
> - depends on PROC_FS && !SPARC
> - help
> - This option adds a device-tree directory under /proc which contains
> - an image of the device tree that the kernel copies from Open
> - Firmware or other boot firmware. If unsure, say Y here.
> -
> config OF_SELFTEST
> bool "Device Tree Runtime self tests"
> help
> diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
> index 363e98b..6714114 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/base.c
> @@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ static int __of_node_add(struct device_node *np)
> np->kobj.kset = of_kset;
> if (!np->parent) {
> /* Nodes without parents are new top level trees */
> + if (extra == 0)
> + proc_symlink("device-tree", NULL, "/sys/firmware/ofw/device-tree-0");
> rc = kobject_add(&np->kobj, NULL, "device-tree-%i", extra++);
> } else {
> name = kbasename(np->full_name);
> @@ -1375,12 +1377,6 @@ int of_add_property(struct device_node *np, struct property *prop)
> *next = prop;
> raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devtree_lock, flags);
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE
> - /* try to add to proc as well if it was initialized */
> - if (np->pde)
> - proc_device_tree_add_prop(np->pde, prop);
> -#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE */
> -
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -1421,12 +1417,6 @@ int of_remove_property(struct device_node *np, struct property *prop)
> if (!found)
> return -ENODEV;
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE
> - /* try to remove the proc node as well */
> - if (np->pde)
> - proc_device_tree_remove_prop(np->pde, prop);
> -#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE */
> -
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -1475,12 +1465,6 @@ int of_update_property(struct device_node *np, struct property *newprop)
> if (!found)
> return -ENODEV;
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE
> - /* try to add to proc as well if it was initialized */
> - if (np->pde)
> - proc_device_tree_update_prop(np->pde, newprop, oldprop);
> -#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE */
> -
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -1515,22 +1499,6 @@ int of_reconfig_notify(unsigned long action, void *p)
> return notifier_to_errno(rc);
> }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE
> -static void of_add_proc_dt_entry(struct device_node *dn)
> -{
> - struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
> -
> - ent = proc_mkdir(strrchr(dn->full_name, '/') + 1, dn->parent->pde);
> - if (ent)
> - proc_device_tree_add_node(dn, ent);
> -}
> -#else
> -static void of_add_proc_dt_entry(struct device_node *dn)
> -{
> - return;
> -}
> -#endif
> -
> /**
> * of_attach_node - Plug a device node into the tree and global list.
> */
> @@ -1551,31 +1519,9 @@ int of_attach_node(struct device_node *np)
> raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devtree_lock, flags);
>
> of_node_add(np);
> - of_add_proc_dt_entry(np);
> return 0;
> }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE
> -static void of_remove_proc_dt_entry(struct device_node *dn)
> -{
> - struct device_node *parent = dn->parent;
> - struct property *prop = dn->properties;
> -
> - while (prop) {
> - remove_proc_entry(prop->name, dn->pde);
> - prop = prop->next;
> - }
> -
> - if (dn->pde)
> - remove_proc_entry(dn->pde->name, parent->pde);
> -}
> -#else
> -static void of_remove_proc_dt_entry(struct device_node *dn)
> -{
> - return;
> -}
> -#endif
> -
> /**
> * of_detach_node - "Unplug" a node from the device tree.
> *
> @@ -1631,7 +1577,6 @@ int of_detach_node(struct device_node *np)
> of_node_set_flag(np, OF_DETACHED);
> raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devtree_lock, flags);
>
> - of_remove_proc_dt_entry(np);
> of_node_remove(np);
> return rc;
> }
> diff --git a/fs/proc/Makefile b/fs/proc/Makefile
> index 712f24d..81d413b 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/Makefile
> +++ b/fs/proc/Makefile
> @@ -27,6 +27,5 @@ proc-$(CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL) += proc_sysctl.o
> proc-$(CONFIG_NET) += proc_net.o
> proc-$(CONFIG_PROC_KCORE) += kcore.o
> proc-$(CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE) += vmcore.o
> -proc-$(CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE) += proc_devtree.o
> proc-$(CONFIG_PRINTK) += kmsg.o
> proc-$(CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR) += page.o
> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c b/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 30b590f..0000000
> --- a/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,243 +0,0 @@
> -/*
> - * proc_devtree.c - handles /proc/device-tree
> - *
> - * Copyright 1997 Paul Mackerras
> - */
> -#include <linux/errno.h>
> -#include <linux/init.h>
> -#include <linux/time.h>
> -#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> -#include <linux/seq_file.h>
> -#include <linux/printk.h>
> -#include <linux/stat.h>
> -#include <linux/string.h>
> -#include <linux/of.h>
> -#include <linux/module.h>
> -#include <linux/slab.h>
> -#include <asm/prom.h>
> -#include <asm/uaccess.h>
> -#include "internal.h"
> -
> -static inline void set_node_proc_entry(struct device_node *np,
> - struct proc_dir_entry *de)
> -{
> -#ifdef HAVE_ARCH_DEVTREE_FIXUPS
> - np->pde = de;
> -#endif
> -}
> -
> -static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_device_tree;
> -
> -/*
> - * Supply data on a read from /proc/device-tree/node/property.
> - */
> -static int property_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> -{
> - struct property *pp = m->private;
> -
> - seq_write(m, pp->value, pp->length);
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> -static int property_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> -{
> - return single_open(file, property_proc_show, PDE(inode)->data);
> -}
> -
> -static const struct file_operations property_proc_fops = {
> - .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> - .open = property_proc_open,
> - .read = seq_read,
> - .llseek = seq_lseek,
> - .release = single_release,
> -};
> -
> -/*
> - * For a node with a name like "gc@10", we make symlinks called "gc"
> - * and "@10" to it.
> - */
> -
> -/*
> - * Add a property to a node
> - */
> -static struct proc_dir_entry *
> -__proc_device_tree_add_prop(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct property *pp,
> - const char *name)
> -{
> - struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
> -
> - /*
> - * Unfortunately proc_register puts each new entry
> - * at the beginning of the list. So we rearrange them.
> - */
> - ent = proc_create_data(name,
> - strncmp(name, "security-", 9) ? S_IRUGO : S_IRUSR,
> - de, &property_proc_fops, pp);
> - if (ent == NULL)
> - return NULL;
> -
> - if (!strncmp(name, "security-", 9))
> - ent->size = 0; /* don't leak number of password chars */
> - else
> - ent->size = pp->length;
> -
> - return ent;
> -}
> -
> -
> -void proc_device_tree_add_prop(struct proc_dir_entry *pde, struct property *prop)
> -{
> - __proc_device_tree_add_prop(pde, prop, prop->name);
> -}
> -
> -void proc_device_tree_remove_prop(struct proc_dir_entry *pde,
> - struct property *prop)
> -{
> - remove_proc_entry(prop->name, pde);
> -}
> -
> -void proc_device_tree_update_prop(struct proc_dir_entry *pde,
> - struct property *newprop,
> - struct property *oldprop)
> -{
> - struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
> -
> - if (!oldprop) {
> - proc_device_tree_add_prop(pde, newprop);
> - return;
> - }
> -
> - for (ent = pde->subdir; ent != NULL; ent = ent->next)
> - if (ent->data == oldprop)
> - break;
> - if (ent == NULL) {
> - pr_warn("device-tree: property \"%s\" does not exist\n",
> - oldprop->name);
> - } else {
> - ent->data = newprop;
> - ent->size = newprop->length;
> - }
> -}
> -
> -/*
> - * Various dodgy firmware might give us nodes and/or properties with
> - * conflicting names. That's generally ok, except for exporting via /proc,
> - * so munge names here to ensure they're unique.
> - */
> -
> -static int duplicate_name(struct proc_dir_entry *de, const char *name)
> -{
> - struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
> - int found = 0;
> -
> - spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
> -
> - for (ent = de->subdir; ent != NULL; ent = ent->next) {
> - if (strcmp(ent->name, name) == 0) {
> - found = 1;
> - break;
> - }
> - }
> -
> - spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
> -
> - return found;
> -}
> -
> -static const char *fixup_name(struct device_node *np, struct proc_dir_entry *de,
> - const char *name)
> -{
> - char *fixed_name;
> - int fixup_len = strlen(name) + 2 + 1; /* name + #x + \0 */
> - int i = 1, size;
> -
> -realloc:
> - fixed_name = kmalloc(fixup_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (fixed_name == NULL) {
> - pr_err("device-tree: Out of memory trying to fixup "
> - "name \"%s\"\n", name);
> - return name;
> - }
> -
> -retry:
> - size = snprintf(fixed_name, fixup_len, "%s#%d", name, i);
> - size++; /* account for NULL */
> -
> - if (size > fixup_len) {
> - /* We ran out of space, free and reallocate. */
> - kfree(fixed_name);
> - fixup_len = size;
> - goto realloc;
> - }
> -
> - if (duplicate_name(de, fixed_name)) {
> - /* Multiple duplicates. Retry with a different offset. */
> - i++;
> - goto retry;
> - }
> -
> - pr_warn("device-tree: Duplicate name in %s, renamed to \"%s\"\n",
> - np->full_name, fixed_name);
> -
> - return fixed_name;
> -}
> -
> -/*
> - * Process a node, adding entries for its children and its properties.
> - */
> -void proc_device_tree_add_node(struct device_node *np,
> - struct proc_dir_entry *de)
> -{
> - struct property *pp;
> - struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
> - struct device_node *child;
> - const char *p;
> -
> - set_node_proc_entry(np, de);
> - for (child = NULL; (child = of_get_next_child(np, child));) {
> - /* Use everything after the last slash, or the full name */
> - p = kbasename(child->full_name);
> -
> - if (duplicate_name(de, p))
> - p = fixup_name(np, de, p);
> -
> - ent = proc_mkdir(p, de);
> - if (ent == NULL)
> - break;
> - proc_device_tree_add_node(child, ent);
> - }
> - of_node_put(child);
> -
> - for (pp = np->properties; pp != NULL; pp = pp->next) {
> - p = pp->name;
> -
> - if (strchr(p, '/'))
> - continue;
> -
> - if (duplicate_name(de, p))
> - p = fixup_name(np, de, p);
> -
> - ent = __proc_device_tree_add_prop(de, pp, p);
> - if (ent == NULL)
> - break;
> - }
> -}
> -
> -/*
> - * Called on initialization to set up the /proc/device-tree subtree
> - */
> -void __init proc_device_tree_init(void)
> -{
> - struct device_node *root;
> -
> - proc_device_tree = proc_mkdir("device-tree", NULL);
> - if (proc_device_tree == NULL)
> - return;
> - root = of_find_node_by_path("/");
> - if (root == NULL) {
> - pr_debug("/proc/device-tree: can't find root\n");
> - return;
> - }
> - proc_device_tree_add_node(root, proc_device_tree);
> - of_node_put(root);
> -}
> diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
> index c6e9fac..04846a4 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/root.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/root.c
> @@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ void __init proc_root_init(void)
> proc_mkdir("openprom", NULL);
> #endif
> proc_tty_init();
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE
> - proc_device_tree_init();
> -#endif
> proc_mkdir("bus", NULL);
> proc_sys_init();
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
> index 2399c8f..f48302c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/of.h
> +++ b/include/linux/of.h
> @@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ struct device_node {
> struct device_node *sibling;
> struct device_node *next; /* next device of same type */
> struct device_node *allnext; /* next in list of all nodes */
> - struct proc_dir_entry *pde; /* this node's proc directory */
> struct kobject kobj;
> unsigned long _flags;
> void *data;
> diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> index 8307f2f..90496b5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> @@ -136,22 +136,6 @@ static inline void proc_tty_init(void)
> extern void proc_tty_register_driver(struct tty_driver *driver);
> extern void proc_tty_unregister_driver(struct tty_driver *driver);
>
> -/*
> - * proc_devtree.c
> - */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE
> -struct device_node;
> -struct property;
> -extern void proc_device_tree_init(void);
> -extern void proc_device_tree_add_node(struct device_node *, struct proc_dir_entry *);
> -extern void proc_device_tree_add_prop(struct proc_dir_entry *pde, struct property *prop);
> -extern void proc_device_tree_remove_prop(struct proc_dir_entry *pde,
> - struct property *prop);
> -extern void proc_device_tree_update_prop(struct proc_dir_entry *pde,
> - struct property *newprop,
> - struct property *oldprop);
> -#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE */
> -
> extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_symlink(const char *,
> struct proc_dir_entry *, const char *);
> extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir(const char *,struct proc_dir_entry *);


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