26 files changed, 288 insertions, 290 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
index 1b2dd4fc3db..ecd35e9d441 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ X!Edrivers/base/attribute_container.c
 <!--
 X!Edrivers/base/interface.c
 -->
+!Iinclude/linux/platform_device.h
 !Edrivers/base/platform.c
 !Edrivers/base/bus.c
      </sect1>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
index 931c806642c..5d1335faec2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ sysfs - _The_ filesystem for exporting kernel objects.
 Patrick Mochel	<mochel@osdl.org>
 Mike Murphy <mamurph@cs.clemson.edu>
 
-Revised:    22 February 2009
+Revised:    15 July 2010
 Original:   10 January 2003
 
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ show and store methods of the attribute owners.
 
 struct sysfs_ops {
         ssize_t (*show)(struct kobject *, struct attribute *, char *);
-        ssize_t (*store)(struct kobject *, struct attribute *, const char *);
+        ssize_t (*store)(struct kobject *, struct attribute *, const char *, size_t);
 };
 
 [ Subsystems should have already defined a struct kobj_type as a
@@ -139,18 +139,22 @@ calls the associated methods.
 
 To illustrate:
 
+#define to_dev(obj) container_of(obj, struct device, kobj)
 #define to_dev_attr(_attr) container_of(_attr, struct device_attribute, attr)
-#define to_dev(d) container_of(d, struct device, kobj)
 
-static ssize_t
-dev_attr_show(struct kobject * kobj, struct attribute * attr, char * buf)
+static ssize_t dev_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
+                             char *buf)
 {
-        struct device_attribute * dev_attr = to_dev_attr(attr);
-        struct device * dev = to_dev(kobj);
-        ssize_t ret = 0;
+        struct device_attribute *dev_attr = to_dev_attr(attr);
+        struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
+        ssize_t ret = -EIO;
 
         if (dev_attr->show)
-                ret = dev_attr->show(dev, buf);
+                ret = dev_attr->show(dev, dev_attr, buf);
+        if (ret >= (ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE) {
+                print_symbol("dev_attr_show: %s returned bad count\n",
+                                (unsigned long)dev_attr->show);
+        }
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -163,10 +167,9 @@ To read or write attributes, show() or store() methods must be
 specified when declaring the attribute. The method types should be as
 simple as those defined for device attributes:
 
-ssize_t (*show)(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute * attr,
-                char * buf);
-ssize_t (*store)(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute * attr,
-                 const char * buf);
+ssize_t (*show)(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
+ssize_t (*store)(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+                 const char *buf, size_t count);
 
 IOW, they should take only an object, an attribute, and a buffer as parameters.
 
@@ -209,8 +212,8 @@ Other notes:
 
 - show() should always use snprintf(). 
 
-- store() should return the number of bytes used from the buffer. This
-  can be done using strlen().
+- store() should return the number of bytes used from the buffer. If the
+  entire buffer has been used, just return the count argument.
 
 - show() or store() can always return errors. If a bad value comes
   through, be sure to return an error.
@@ -223,15 +226,18 @@ Other notes:
 
 A very simple (and naive) implementation of a device attribute is:
 
-static ssize_t show_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+static ssize_t show_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+                         char *buf)
 {
 	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", dev->name);
 }
 
-static ssize_t store_name(struct device * dev, const char * buf)
+static ssize_t store_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+                          const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	sscanf(buf, "%20s", dev->name);
-	return strnlen(buf, PAGE_SIZE);
+        snprintf(dev->name, sizeof(dev->name), "%.*s",
+                 (int)min(count, sizeof(dev->name) - 1), buf);
+	return count;
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, show_name, store_name);
@@ -327,7 +333,7 @@ Structure:
 struct bus_attribute {
         struct attribute        attr;
         ssize_t (*show)(struct bus_type *, char * buf);
-        ssize_t (*store)(struct bus_type *, const char * buf);
+        ssize_t (*store)(struct bus_type *, const char * buf, size_t count);
 };
 
 Declaring:
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/hotplug-script b/Documentation/firmware_class/hotplug-script
index 1990130f2ab..8143a950b60 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware_class/hotplug-script
+++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/hotplug-script
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
 
 HOTPLUG_FW_DIR=/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
 
-echo 1 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
-cat $HOTPLUG_FW_DIR/$FIRMWARE > /sys/$DEVPATH/data
-echo 0 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
-
-# To cancel the load in case of error:
-#
-#	echo -1 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
-#
+if [ "$SUBSYSTEM" == "firmware" -a "$ACTION" == "add" ]; then
+  if [ -f $HOTPLUG_FW_DIR/$FIRMWARE ]; then
+    echo 1 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
+    cat $HOTPLUG_FW_DIR/$FIRMWARE > /sys/$DEVPATH/data
+    echo 0 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
+  else
+    echo -1 > /sys/$DEVPATH/loading
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_pci.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_pci.c
index 198f288570c..77bb3f4d530 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_pci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_pci.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute mv64x60_hs_reg_attr = { /* Hotswap register */
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "hs_reg",
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size  = MV64X60_VAL_LEN_MAX,
 	.read  = mv64x60_hs_reg_read,
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 12eec3f633b..eb1b7fa20dc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -945,8 +945,8 @@ bus_devices_fail:
 	bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent);
 bus_uevent_fail:
 	kset_unregister(&bus->p->subsys);
-	kfree(bus->p);
 out:
+	kfree(bus->p);
 	bus->p = NULL;
 	return retval;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index f8e72724dd4..d1b2c9adc27 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_destroy);
  * on the same device to ensure that new_name is valid and
  * won't conflict with other devices.
  */
-int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name)
+int device_rename(struct device *dev, const char *new_name)
 {
 	char *old_class_name = NULL;
 	char *new_class_name = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 503c2620bbc..da57ee9d63f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ static int driver_sysfs_add(struct device *dev)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (dev->bus)
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->p->bus_notifier,
+					     BUS_NOTIFY_BIND_DRIVER, dev);
+
 	ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->driver->p->kobj, &dev->kobj,
 			  kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
 	if (ret == 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-coherent.c b/drivers/base/dma-coherent.c
index d4d8ce53886..f369e279598 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dma-coherent.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dma-coherent.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 struct dma_coherent_mem {
 	void		*virt_base;
-	u32		device_base;
+	dma_addr_t	device_base;
 	int		size;
 	int		flags;
 	unsigned long	*bitmap;
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 3f093b0dd21..c8a44f5e058 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -87,29 +87,32 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(fw_lock);
 
 struct firmware_priv {
 	struct completion completion;
-	struct bin_attribute attr_data;
 	struct firmware *fw;
 	unsigned long status;
 	struct page **pages;
 	int nr_pages;
 	int page_array_size;
 	struct timer_list timeout;
+	struct device dev;
 	bool nowait;
 	char fw_id[];
 };
 
-static void
-fw_load_abort(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
+static struct firmware_priv *to_firmware_priv(struct device *dev)
+{
+	return container_of(dev, struct firmware_priv, dev);
+}
+
+static void fw_load_abort(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
 {
 	set_bit(FW_STATUS_ABORT, &fw_priv->status);
 	wmb();
 	complete(&fw_priv->completion);
 }
 
-static ssize_t
-firmware_timeout_show(struct class *class,
-		      struct class_attribute *attr,
-		      char *buf)
+static ssize_t firmware_timeout_show(struct class *class,
+				     struct class_attribute *attr,
+				     char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", loading_timeout);
 }
@@ -127,14 +130,14 @@ firmware_timeout_show(struct class *class,
  *
  *	Note: zero means 'wait forever'.
  **/
-static ssize_t
-firmware_timeout_store(struct class *class,
-			struct class_attribute *attr,
-			const char *buf, size_t count)
+static ssize_t firmware_timeout_store(struct class *class,
+				      struct class_attribute *attr,
+				      const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	loading_timeout = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
 	if (loading_timeout < 0)
 		loading_timeout = 0;
+
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -146,21 +149,20 @@ static struct class_attribute firmware_class_attrs[] = {
 
 static void fw_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < fw_priv->nr_pages; i++)
 		__free_page(fw_priv->pages[i]);
 	kfree(fw_priv->pages);
 	kfree(fw_priv);
-	kfree(dev);
 
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 }
 
 static int firmware_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
 
 	if (add_uevent_var(env, "FIRMWARE=%s", fw_priv->fw_id))
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -182,8 +184,9 @@ static struct class firmware_class = {
 static ssize_t firmware_loading_show(struct device *dev,
 				     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
 	int loading = test_bit(FW_STATUS_LOADING, &fw_priv->status);
+
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", loading);
 }
 
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev,
 				      struct device_attribute *attr,
 				      const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
 	int loading = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
 	int i;
 
@@ -277,13 +280,12 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev,
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(loading, 0644, firmware_loading_show, firmware_loading_store);
 
-static ssize_t
-firmware_data_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
-		   struct bin_attribute *bin_attr, char *buffer, loff_t offset,
-		   size_t count)
+static ssize_t firmware_data_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
+				  struct bin_attribute *bin_attr,
+				  char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count)
 {
 	struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
 	struct firmware *fw;
 	ssize_t ret_count;
 
@@ -322,8 +324,7 @@ out:
 	return ret_count;
 }
 
-static int
-fw_realloc_buffer(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, int min_size)
+static int fw_realloc_buffer(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, int min_size)
 {
 	int pages_needed = ALIGN(min_size, PAGE_SIZE) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
@@ -373,13 +374,12 @@ fw_realloc_buffer(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, int min_size)
  *	Data written to the 'data' attribute will be later handed to
  *	the driver as a firmware image.
  **/
-static ssize_t
-firmware_data_write(struct file* filp, struct kobject *kobj,
-		    struct bin_attribute *bin_attr, char *buffer,
-		    loff_t offset, size_t count)
+static ssize_t firmware_data_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
+				   struct bin_attribute *bin_attr,
+				   char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count)
 {
 	struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
 	struct firmware *fw;
 	ssize_t retval;
 
@@ -420,116 +420,103 @@ out:
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static struct bin_attribute firmware_attr_data_tmpl = {
-	.attr = {.name = "data", .mode = 0644},
+static struct bin_attribute firmware_attr_data = {
+	.attr = { .name = "data", .mode = 0644 },
 	.size = 0,
 	.read = firmware_data_read,
 	.write = firmware_data_write,
 };
 
-static void
-firmware_class_timeout(u_long data)
+static void firmware_class_timeout(u_long data)
 {
 	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = (struct firmware_priv *) data;
+
 	fw_load_abort(fw_priv);
 }
 
-static int fw_register_device(struct device **dev_p, const char *fw_name,
-			      struct device *device)
+static struct firmware_priv *
+fw_create_instance(struct firmware *firmware, const char *fw_name,
+		   struct device *device, bool uevent, bool nowait)
 {
-	int retval;
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv =
-		kzalloc(sizeof(*fw_priv) + strlen(fw_name) + 1 , GFP_KERNEL);
-	struct device *f_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*f_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	*dev_p = NULL;
+	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv;
+	struct device *f_dev;
+	int error;
 
-	if (!fw_priv || !f_dev) {
+	fw_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*fw_priv) + strlen(fw_name) + 1 , GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!fw_priv) {
 		dev_err(device, "%s: kmalloc failed\n", __func__);
-		retval = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error_kfree;
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
+	fw_priv->fw = firmware;
+	fw_priv->nowait = nowait;
 	strcpy(fw_priv->fw_id, fw_name);
 	init_completion(&fw_priv->completion);
-	fw_priv->attr_data = firmware_attr_data_tmpl;
-	fw_priv->timeout.function = firmware_class_timeout;
-	fw_priv->timeout.data = (u_long) fw_priv;
-	init_timer(&fw_priv->timeout);
+	setup_timer(&fw_priv->timeout,
+		    firmware_class_timeout, (u_long) fw_priv);
 
+	f_dev = &fw_priv->dev;
+
+	device_initialize(f_dev);
 	dev_set_name(f_dev, "%s", dev_name(device));
 	f_dev->parent = device;
 	f_dev->class = &firmware_class;
-	dev_set_drvdata(f_dev, fw_priv);
-	dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, 1);
-	retval = device_register(f_dev);
-	if (retval) {
-		dev_err(device, "%s: device_register failed\n", __func__);
-		put_device(f_dev);
-		return retval;
-	}
-	*dev_p = f_dev;
-	return 0;
-
-error_kfree:
-	kfree(f_dev);
-	kfree(fw_priv);
-	return retval;
-}
 
-static int fw_setup_device(struct firmware *fw, struct device **dev_p,
-			   const char *fw_name, struct device *device,
-			   int uevent, bool nowait)
-{
-	struct device *f_dev;
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv;
-	int retval;
-
-	*dev_p = NULL;
-	retval = fw_register_device(&f_dev, fw_name, device);
-	if (retval)
-		goto out;
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, true);
 
 	/* Need to pin this module until class device is destroyed */
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 
-	fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(f_dev);
-
-	fw_priv->nowait = nowait;
+	error = device_add(f_dev);
+	if (error) {
+		dev_err(device, "%s: device_register failed\n", __func__);
+		goto err_put_dev;
+	}
 
-	fw_priv->fw = fw;
-	sysfs_bin_attr_init(&fw_priv->attr_data);
-	retval = sysfs_create_bin_file(&f_dev->kobj, &fw_priv->attr_data);
-	if (retval) {
+	error = device_create_bin_file(f_dev, &firmware_attr_data);
+	if (error) {
 		dev_err(device, "%s: sysfs_create_bin_file failed\n", __func__);
-		goto error_unreg;
+		goto err_del_dev;
 	}
 
-	retval = device_create_file(f_dev, &dev_attr_loading);
-	if (retval) {
+	error = device_create_file(f_dev, &dev_attr_loading);
+	if (error) {
 		dev_err(device, "%s: device_create_file failed\n", __func__);
-		goto error_unreg;
+		goto err_del_bin_attr;
 	}
 
 	if (uevent)
-		dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, 0);
-	*dev_p = f_dev;
-	goto out;
+		dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, false);
+
+	return fw_priv;
+
+err_del_bin_attr:
+	device_remove_bin_file(f_dev, &firmware_attr_data);
+err_del_dev:
+	device_del(f_dev);
+err_put_dev:
+	put_device(f_dev);
+err_out:
+	return ERR_PTR(error);
+}
+
+static void fw_destroy_instance(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
+{
+	struct device *f_dev = &fw_priv->dev;
 
-error_unreg:
+	device_remove_file(f_dev, &dev_attr_loading);
+	device_remove_bin_file(f_dev, &firmware_attr_data);
 	device_unregister(f_dev);
-out:
-	return retval;
 }
 
-static int
-_request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
-		 struct device *device, int uevent, bool nowait)
+static int _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
+			     const char *name, struct device *device,
+			     bool uevent, bool nowait)
 {
-	struct device *f_dev;
 	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv;
 	struct firmware *firmware;
-	int retval;
+	int retval = 0;
 
 	if (!firmware_p)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -550,41 +537,40 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 	if (uevent)
 		dev_dbg(device, "firmware: requesting %s\n", name);
 
-	retval = fw_setup_device(firmware, &f_dev, name, device,
-				 uevent, nowait);
-	if (retval)
-		goto error_kfree_fw;
-
-	fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(f_dev);
+	fw_priv = fw_create_instance(firmware, name, device, uevent, nowait);
+	if (IS_ERR(fw_priv)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(fw_priv);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (uevent) {
-		if (loading_timeout > 0) {
-			fw_priv->timeout.expires = jiffies + loading_timeout * HZ;
-			add_timer(&fw_priv->timeout);
-		}
+		if (loading_timeout > 0)
+			mod_timer(&fw_priv->timeout,
+				  round_jiffies_up(jiffies +
+						   loading_timeout * HZ));
+
+		kobject_uevent(&fw_priv->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+	}
+
+	wait_for_completion(&fw_priv->completion);
 
-		kobject_uevent(&f_dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
-		wait_for_completion(&fw_priv->completion);
-		set_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &fw_priv->status);
-		del_timer_sync(&fw_priv->timeout);
-	} else
-		wait_for_completion(&fw_priv->completion);
+	set_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &fw_priv->status);
+	del_timer_sync(&fw_priv->timeout);
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	if (!fw_priv->fw->size || test_bit(FW_STATUS_ABORT, &fw_priv->status)) {
+	if (!fw_priv->fw->size || test_bit(FW_STATUS_ABORT, &fw_priv->status))
 		retval = -ENOENT;
-		release_firmware(fw_priv->fw);
-		*firmware_p = NULL;
-	}
 	fw_priv->fw = NULL;
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
-	device_unregister(f_dev);
-	goto out;
 
-error_kfree_fw:
-	kfree(firmware);
-	*firmware_p = NULL;
+	fw_destroy_instance(fw_priv);
+
 out:
+	if (retval) {
+		release_firmware(firmware);
+		firmware_p = NULL;
+	}
+
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -635,23 +621,24 @@ struct firmware_work {
 	int uevent;
 };
 
-static int
-request_firmware_work_func(void *arg)
+static int request_firmware_work_func(void *arg)
 {
 	struct firmware_work *fw_work = arg;
 	const struct firmware *fw;
 	int ret;
+
 	if (!arg) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	ret = _request_firmware(&fw, fw_work->name, fw_work->device,
-		fw_work->uevent, true);
 
+	ret = _request_firmware(&fw, fw_work->name, fw_work->device,
+				fw_work->uevent, true);
 	fw_work->cont(fw, fw_work->context);
 
 	module_put(fw_work->module);
 	kfree(fw_work);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -679,34 +666,33 @@ request_firmware_nowait(
 	void (*cont)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context))
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
-	struct firmware_work *fw_work = kmalloc(sizeof (struct firmware_work),
-						gfp);
+	struct firmware_work *fw_work;
 
+	fw_work = kzalloc(sizeof (struct firmware_work), gfp);
 	if (!fw_work)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	fw_work->module = module;
+	fw_work->name = name;
+	fw_work->device = device;
+	fw_work->context = context;
+	fw_work->cont = cont;
+	fw_work->uevent = uevent;
+
 	if (!try_module_get(module)) {
 		kfree(fw_work);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	*fw_work = (struct firmware_work) {
-		.module = module,
-		.name = name,
-		.device = device,
-		.context = context,
-		.cont = cont,
-		.uevent = uevent,
-	};
-
 	task = kthread_run(request_firmware_work_func, fw_work,
 			    "firmware/%s", name);
-
 	if (IS_ERR(task)) {
 		fw_work->cont(NULL, fw_work->context);
 		module_put(fw_work->module);
 		kfree(fw_work);
 		return PTR_ERR(task);
 	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index f699fabf403..c6c933f5810 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -192,13 +192,13 @@ int platform_device_add_resources(struct platform_device *pdev,
 {
 	struct resource *r;
 
-	r = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource) * num, GFP_KERNEL);
+	r = kmemdup(res, sizeof(struct resource) * num, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (r) {
-		memcpy(r, res, sizeof(struct resource) * num);
 		pdev->resource = r;
 		pdev->num_resources = num;
+		return 0;
 	}
-	return r ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_add_resources);
 
@@ -345,108 +345,56 @@ void platform_device_unregister(struct platform_device *pdev)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregister);
 
 /**
- * platform_device_register_simple - add a platform-level device and its resources
- * @name: base name of the device we're adding
- * @id: instance id
- * @res: set of resources that needs to be allocated for the device
- * @num: number of resources
- *
- * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
- * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
- * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
- * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
- * dropped.
- *
- * This interface is primarily intended for use with legacy drivers which
- * probe hardware directly.  Because such drivers create sysfs device nodes
- * themselves, rather than letting system infrastructure handle such device
- * enumeration tasks, they don't fully conform to the Linux driver model.
- * In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, they can't be
- * "hotplugged".
+ * platform_device_register_resndata - add a platform-level device with
+ * resources and platform-specific data
  *
- * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
- */
-struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *name,
-							int id,
-							const struct resource *res,
-							unsigned int num)
-{
-	struct platform_device *pdev;
-	int retval;
-
-	pdev = platform_device_alloc(name, id);
-	if (!pdev) {
-		retval = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	if (num) {
-		retval = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, res, num);
-		if (retval)
-			goto error;
-	}
-
-	retval = platform_device_add(pdev);
-	if (retval)
-		goto error;
-
-	return pdev;
-
-error:
-	platform_device_put(pdev);
-	return ERR_PTR(retval);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_simple);
-
-/**
- * platform_device_register_data - add a platform-level device with platform-specific data
  * @parent: parent device for the device we're adding
  * @name: base name of the device we're adding
  * @id: instance id
+ * @res: set of resources that needs to be allocated for the device
+ * @num: number of resources
  * @data: platform specific data for this platform device
  * @size: size of platform specific data
  *
- * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
- * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
- * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
- * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
- * dropped.
- *
  * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
  */
-struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(
+struct platform_device *__init_or_module platform_device_register_resndata(
 		struct device *parent,
 		const char *name, int id,
+		const struct resource *res, unsigned int num,
 		const void *data, size_t size)
 {
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
-	int retval;
 
 	pdev = platform_device_alloc(name, id);
-	if (!pdev) {
-		retval = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
-	}
+	if (!pdev)
+		goto err;
 
 	pdev->dev.parent = parent;
 
-	if (size) {
-		retval = platform_device_add_data(pdev, data, size);
-		if (retval)
-			goto error;
+	if (res) {
+		ret = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, res, num);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err;
 	}
 
-	retval = platform_device_add(pdev);
-	if (retval)
-		goto error;
+	if (data) {
+		ret = platform_device_add_data(pdev, data, size);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err;
+	}
 
-	return pdev;
+	ret = platform_device_add(pdev);
+	if (ret) {
+err:
+		platform_device_put(pdev);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
 
-error:
-	platform_device_put(pdev);
-	return ERR_PTR(retval);
+	return pdev;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_data);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_resndata);
 
 static int platform_drv_probe(struct device *_dev)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c b/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c
index aa9bc9e980e..69ad529d92f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c
@@ -634,9 +634,6 @@ static void __exit dcdbas_exit(void)
 	 * before platform_device_unregister
 	 */
 	unregister_reboot_notifier(&dcdbas_reboot_nb);
-	smi_data_buf_free();
-	platform_device_unregister(dcdbas_pdev);
-	platform_driver_unregister(&dcdbas_driver);
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to free the buffer here instead of dcdbas_remove
@@ -645,6 +642,8 @@ static void __exit dcdbas_exit(void)
 	 * released.
 	 */
 	smi_data_buf_free();
+	platform_device_unregister(dcdbas_pdev);
+	platform_driver_unregister(&dcdbas_driver);
 }
 
 module_init(dcdbas_init);
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
index a777a35381d..94a58a082b9 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
@@ -229,10 +229,12 @@ static int __init dmi_id_init(void)
 
 	ret = device_register(dmi_dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto fail_class_unregister;
+		goto fail_free_dmi_dev;
 
 	return 0;
 
+fail_free_dmi_dev:
+	kfree(dmi_dev);
 fail_class_unregister:
 
 	class_unregister(&dmi_class);
diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-bd2802.c b/drivers/leds/leds-bd2802.c
index 5dcdf9d69b3..19dc4b61a10 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-bd2802.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-bd2802.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static ssize_t bd2802_store_reg##reg_addr(struct device *dev,		\
 	return count;							\
 }									\
 static struct device_attribute bd2802_reg##reg_addr##_attr = {		\
-	.attr = {.name = reg_name, .mode = 0644, .owner = THIS_MODULE},	\
+	.attr = {.name = reg_name, .mode = 0644},			\
 	.store = bd2802_store_reg##reg_addr,				\
 };
 
@@ -482,7 +482,6 @@ static struct device_attribute bd2802_adv_conf_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "advanced_configuration",
 		.mode = 0644,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE
 	},
 	.show = bd2802_show_adv_conf,
 	.store = bd2802_store_adv_conf,
@@ -519,7 +518,6 @@ static struct device_attribute bd2802_##attr_name##_attr = {		\
 	.attr = {							\
 		.name = name_str,					\
 		.mode = 0644,						\
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE					\
 	},								\
 	.show = bd2802_show_##attr_name,				\
 	.store = bd2802_store_##attr_name,				\
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index 2248087b9be..422a709d271 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -1025,7 +1025,6 @@ static struct regulator *create_regulator(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 		if (regulator->dev_attr.attr.name == NULL)
 			goto attr_name_err;
 
-		regulator->dev_attr.attr.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 		regulator->dev_attr.attr.mode = 0444;
 		regulator->dev_attr.show = device_requested_uA_show;
 		err = device_create_file(dev, &regulator->dev_attr);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
index 07fdfe57e38..a4e04c50c43 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_attr.c
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_read_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_read",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR ,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1032,
 	.read = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_read,
@@ -202,7 +201,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_write_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_write",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1032,
 	.write = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_write,
@@ -212,7 +210,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute arcmsr_sysfs_message_clear_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "mu_clear",
 		.mode = S_IWUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = 1,
 	.write = arcmsr_sysfs_iop_message_clear,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
index 868874c28f9..162704cf6a9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
@@ -2778,7 +2778,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute sysfs_drvr_stat_data_attr = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "lpfc_drvr_stat_data",
 		.mode = S_IRUSR,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.size = LPFC_MAX_TARGET * MAX_STAT_DATA_SIZE_PER_TARGET,
 	.read = sysfs_drvr_stat_data_read,
diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c b/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c
index 371f87f8bc2..a8ea2f19a0c 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int __devinit hilscher_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	}
 	info->version = "0.0.1";
 	info->irq = dev->irq;
-	info->irq_flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_SHARED;
+	info->irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED;
 	info->handler = hilscher_handler;
 
 	if (uio_register_device(&dev->dev, info))
diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_pdrv_genirq.c b/drivers/uio/uio_pdrv_genirq.c
index 61e569df2bb..7174d518b8a 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio_pdrv_genirq.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio_pdrv_genirq.c
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ static int uio_pdrv_genirq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 * Interrupt sharing is not supported.
 	 */
 
-	uioinfo->irq_flags |= IRQF_DISABLED;
 	uioinfo->handler = uio_pdrv_genirq_handler;
 	uioinfo->irqcontrol = uio_pdrv_genirq_irqcontrol;
 	uioinfo->open = uio_pdrv_genirq_open;
diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_sercos3.c b/drivers/uio/uio_sercos3.c
index 3d461cd73e6..a187fa14c5c 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio_sercos3.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio_sercos3.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int __devinit sercos3_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	info->name = "Sercos_III_PCI";
 	info->version = "0.0.1";
 	info->irq = dev->irq;
-	info->irq_flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_SHARED;
+	info->irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED;
 	info->handler = sercos3_handler;
 	info->irqcontrol = sercos3_irqcontrol;
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 1beaa739d0a..1b27b5688f6 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_add_file_to_group);
  * @mode: file permissions.
  *
  */
-int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
+int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute *attr,
+		     mode_t mode)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 	struct iattr newattrs;
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 6a8276f683b..516fecacf27 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ struct device *bus_find_device_by_name(struct bus_type *bus,
 				       struct device *start,
 				       const char *name);
 
-int __must_check bus_for_each_drv(struct bus_type *bus,
-				  struct device_driver *start, void *data,
-				  int (*fn)(struct device_driver *, void *));
+int bus_for_each_drv(struct bus_type *bus, struct device_driver *start,
+		     void *data, int (*fn)(struct device_driver *, void *));
 
 void bus_sort_breadthfirst(struct bus_type *bus,
 			   int (*compare)(const struct device *a,
@@ -110,10 +109,12 @@ extern int bus_unregister_notifier(struct bus_type *bus,
  */
 #define BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE		0x00000001 /* device added */
 #define BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE		0x00000002 /* device removed */
-#define BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER		0x00000003 /* driver bound to device */
-#define BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER	0x00000004 /* driver about to be
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_BIND_DRIVER		0x00000003 /* driver about to be
+						      bound */
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER		0x00000004 /* driver bound to device */
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER	0x00000005 /* driver about to be
 						      unbound */
-#define BUS_NOTIFY_UNBOUND_DRIVER	0x00000005 /* driver is unbound
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_UNBOUND_DRIVER	0x00000006 /* driver is unbound
 						      from the device */
 
 extern struct kset *bus_get_kset(struct bus_type *bus);
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ extern int device_for_each_child(struct device *dev, void *data,
 		     int (*fn)(struct device *dev, void *data));
 extern struct device *device_find_child(struct device *dev, void *data,
 				int (*match)(struct device *dev, void *data));
-extern int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name);
+extern int device_rename(struct device *dev, const char *new_name);
 extern int device_move(struct device *dev, struct device *new_parent,
 		       enum dpm_order dpm_order);
 extern const char *device_get_devnode(struct device *dev,
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 5417944d368..d7ecad0093b 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -43,10 +43,64 @@ extern struct resource *platform_get_resource_byname(struct platform_device *, u
 extern int platform_get_irq_byname(struct platform_device *, const char *);
 extern int platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **, int);
 
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *, int id,
-					const struct resource *, unsigned int);
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(struct device *,
-		const char *, int, const void *, size_t);
+extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_resndata(
+		struct device *parent, const char *name, int id,
+		const struct resource *res, unsigned int num,
+		const void *data, size_t size);
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_register_simple - add a platform-level device and its resources
+ * @name: base name of the device we're adding
+ * @id: instance id
+ * @res: set of resources that needs to be allocated for the device
+ * @num: number of resources
+ *
+ * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
+ * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
+ * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
+ * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
+ * dropped.
+ *
+ * This interface is primarily intended for use with legacy drivers which
+ * probe hardware directly.  Because such drivers create sysfs device nodes
+ * themselves, rather than letting system infrastructure handle such device
+ * enumeration tasks, they don't fully conform to the Linux driver model.
+ * In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, they can't be
+ * "hotplugged".
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ */
+static inline struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(
+		const char *name, int id,
+		const struct resource *res, unsigned int num)
+{
+	return platform_device_register_resndata(NULL, name, id,
+			res, num, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_register_data - add a platform-level device with platform-specific data
+ * @parent: parent device for the device we're adding
+ * @name: base name of the device we're adding
+ * @id: instance id
+ * @data: platform specific data for this platform device
+ * @size: size of platform specific data
+ *
+ * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
+ * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
+ * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
+ * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
+ * dropped.
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ */
+static inline struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(
+		struct device *parent, const char *name, int id,
+		const void *data, size_t size)
+{
+	return platform_device_register_resndata(parent, name, id,
+			NULL, 0, data, size);
+}
 
 extern struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id);
 extern int platform_device_add_resources(struct platform_device *pdev,
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index f2694eb4dd3..3c92121ba9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -22,14 +22,8 @@ struct kobject;
 struct module;
 enum kobj_ns_type;
 
-/* FIXME
- * The *owner field is no longer used.
- * x86 tree has been cleaned up. The owner
- * attribute is still left for other arches.
- */
 struct attribute {
 	const char		*name;
-	struct module		*owner;
 	mode_t			mode;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 	struct lock_class_key	*key;
@@ -136,8 +130,8 @@ int __must_check sysfs_create_file(struct kobject *kobj,
 				   const struct attribute *attr);
 int __must_check sysfs_create_files(struct kobject *kobj,
 				   const struct attribute **attr);
-int __must_check sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
-				  mode_t mode);
+int __must_check sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj,
+				  const struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode);
 void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute *attr);
 void sysfs_remove_files(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute **attr);
 
@@ -225,7 +219,7 @@ static inline int sysfs_create_files(struct kobject *kobj,
 }
 
 static inline int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj,
-				   struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
+				   const struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index a8ce0995440..d83cab06da8 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1623,6 +1623,8 @@ static struct file_system_type cgroup_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb = cgroup_kill_sb,
 };
 
+static struct kobject *cgroup_kobj;
+
 static inline struct cgroup *__d_cgrp(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return dentry->d_fsdata;
@@ -3894,9 +3896,18 @@ int __init cgroup_init(void)
 	hhead = css_set_hash(init_css_set.subsys);
 	hlist_add_head(&init_css_set.hlist, hhead);
 	BUG_ON(!init_root_id(&rootnode));
+
+	cgroup_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("cgroup", fs_kobj);
+	if (!cgroup_kobj) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	err = register_filesystem(&cgroup_fs_type);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		kobject_put(cgroup_kobj);
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	proc_create("cgroups", 0, NULL, &proc_cgroupstats_operations);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 6f79c7f81c9..9acfce0cdfd 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= &one,
 	},
 #endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET)
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
 	{
 		.procname	= "hotplug",
 		.data		= &uevent_helper,
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index ff87ddc4cbd..79e0dff1cdc 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ config UNUSED_SYMBOLS
 
 config DEBUG_FS
 	bool "Debug Filesystem"
-	depends on SYSFS
 	help
 	  debugfs is a virtual file system that kernel developers use to put
 	  debugging files into.  Enable this option to be able to read and