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Rusty Russell d6d1b650ae param: simple locking for sysfs-writable charp parameters 
Since the writing to sysfs can free the old one, we need to block that
when we access the charp variables.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Tested-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Cc: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Jing Huang <huangj@brocade.com>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
2010-08-11 23:04:31 +09:30
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acpi Merge branch 'acpica' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2010-08-07 17:08:30 -07:00
amba
ata docbook: fix fatal error from libata 2010-08-10 15:33:09 -07:00
atm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-08-09 21:05:52 -07:00
auxdisplay
base drivers/base/node.c: reduce stack usage of node_read_meminfo() 2010-08-09 20:45:02 -07:00
block Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
bluetooth Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6 2010-08-06 12:25:06 -07:00
cdrom block: push down BKL into .open and .release 2010-08-07 18:25:34 +02:00
char Add param ops struct for hvc_iucv driver. 2010-08-11 23:04:16 +09:30
clocksource
connector
cpufreq [CPUFREQ] fix brace coding style issue. 2010-08-03 13:47:05 -04:00
cpuidle cpuidle: extend cpuidle and menu governor to handle dynamic states 2010-08-09 20:45:04 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 2010-08-05 15:57:35 -07:00
dca
dio
dma Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx 2010-08-09 21:00:07 -07:00
edac amd64_edac: Minor formatting fix 2010-08-04 11:16:01 +02:00
eisa
firewire
firmware edd: fix possible memory leak in edd_init() error path 2010-08-09 20:45:09 -07:00
gpio Merge branch 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 2010-08-05 15:57:35 -07:00
gpu vt/console: try harder to print output when panicing 2010-08-10 13:47:40 -07:00
hid Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2010-08-10 15:08:02 -07:00
hwmon hwmon: f71882fg: add support for the Fintek F71808E 2010-08-09 20:45:10 -07:00
i2c Merge branch 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 2010-08-05 15:57:35 -07:00
ide Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
idle Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq 2010-08-04 11:13:36 -07:00
ieee1394
ieee802154
infiniband RDMA/cxgb4: Obtain RDMA QID ranges from LLD/FW 2010-08-07 23:08:47 -07:00
input param: use ops in struct kernel_param, rather than get and set fns directly 2010-08-11 23:04:13 +09:30
isdn Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-08-09 21:05:52 -07:00
leds leds: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in bd2802 driver 2010-08-05 13:53:35 -07:00
lguest
macintosh Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 13:25:43 -07:00
mca
md Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md 2010-08-10 15:38:19 -07:00
media Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6 2010-08-10 15:09:54 -07:00
memstick block: push down BKL into .open and .release 2010-08-07 18:25:34 +02:00
message Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
mfd
misc param: remove unnecessary writable charp 2010-08-11 23:04:27 +09:30
mmc Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
mtd Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
net param: simple locking for sysfs-writable charp parameters 2010-08-11 23:04:31 +09:30
nubus
of
oprofile
parisc Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-08-04 15:31:02 -07:00
parport Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6 2010-08-06 12:25:06 -07:00
pci Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx 2010-08-09 21:00:07 -07:00
pcmcia Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6 2010-08-06 12:25:06 -07:00
platform ips driver: make it less chatty 2010-08-03 11:55:15 -04:00
pnp
power power: Remove owner field from attribute initialization code in OLPC driver 2010-08-10 15:33:09 -07:00
pps
ps3
rapidio
regulator regulator: Remove owner field from attribute initialization in regulator core driver 2010-08-05 13:53:35 -07:00
rtc Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/upstream-linus 2010-08-05 08:53:20 -07:00
s390 Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
sbus Merge branch 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 2010-08-05 15:57:35 -07:00
scsi param: simple locking for sysfs-writable charp parameters 2010-08-11 23:04:31 +09:30
serial U6715 16550A serial driver support 2010-08-10 13:47:46 -07:00
sfi
sh
sn
spi
ssb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6 2010-08-06 12:25:06 -07:00
staging param: remove unnecessary writable charp 2010-08-11 23:04:27 +09:30
tc
telephony
thermal
uio uio: Remove IRQF_DISABLED flag from uio_cif.c 2010-08-05 13:53:33 -07:00
usb param: simple locking for sysfs-writable charp parameters 2010-08-11 23:04:31 +09:30
uwb
vhost Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-08-04 11:47:58 -07:00
video param: simple locking for sysfs-writable charp parameters 2010-08-11 23:04:31 +09:30
virtio
vlynq
w1
watchdog watchdog: hpwdt: formatting of pointers in printk() 2010-08-08 18:22:44 +00:00
xen Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
zorro zorro: Fix reading of proc/bus/zorro/* in small chunks 2010-08-09 21:14:08 +02:00
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