Rafael J. Wysocki 72175d4ea4 driver core: Make driver core own stateful device links ... Even though stateful device links are managed by the driver core in principle, their creators are allowed and sometimes even expected to drop references to them via device_link_del() or device_link_remove(), but that doesn't really play well with the "persistent" link concept. If "persistent" managed device links are created from driver probe callbacks, device_link_add() called to do that will take a new reference on the link each time the callback runs and those references will never be dropped, which kind of isn't nice. This issues arises because of the link reference counting carried out by device_link_add() for existing links, but that is only done to avoid deleting device links that may still be necessary, which shouldn't be a concern for managed (stateful) links. These device links are managed by the driver core and whoever creates one of them will need it at least as long as until the consumer driver is detached from its device and deleting it may be left to the driver core just fine. For this reason, rework device_link_add() to apply the reference counting to stateless links only and make device_link_del() and device_link_remove() drop references to stateless links only too. After this change, if called to add a stateful device link for a consumer-supplier pair for which a stateful device link is present already, device_link_add() will return the existing link without incrementing its reference counter. Accordingly, device_link_del() and device_link_remove() will WARN() and do nothing when called to drop a reference to a stateful link. Thus, effectively, all stateful device links will be owned by the driver core. In addition, clean up the handling of the link management flags, DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER and DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_SUPPLIER, so that (a) they are never set at the same time and (b) if device_link_add() is called for a consumer-supplier pair with an existing stateful link between them, the flags of that link will be combined with the flags passed to device_link_add() to ensure that the life time of the link is sufficient for all of the callers of device_link_add() for the same consumer-supplier pair. Update the device_link_add() kerneldoc comment to reflect the above changes. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>		2019-02-01 10:04:08 +01:00
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ABI	for-linus-20190112	2019-01-12 13:40:51 -08:00
accelerators	ocxl: Document new OCXL IOCTLs	2018-06-03 20:40:33 +10:00
accounting	psi: cgroup support	2018-10-26 16:26:32 -07:00
acpi	ACPI: property: graph: Update graph documentation to use generic references	2018-07-23 12:44:52 +02:00
admin-guide	A handful of late-arriving documentation fixes.	2019-01-05 18:35:02 -08:00
aoe
arm	Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"	2018-11-20 09:30:43 -07:00
arm64	arm64 festive updates for 4.21	2018-12-25 17:41:56 -08:00
auxdisplay	Doc: misc-devices: move lcd-panel-cgram.txt to auxdisplay/	2018-04-12 16:08:02 +02:00
backlight
block	block: doc: add slice_idle_us to bfq documentation	2019-01-09 07:38:48 -07:00
blockdev	zram: idle writeback fixes and cleanup	2019-01-08 17:15:10 -08:00
bpf	Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next	2018-08-07 11:02:05 -07:00
bus-devices
cdrom	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
cgroup-v1	Merge branch 'for-4.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup	2018-10-25 17:15:46 -07:00
cma
connector
console	Documentation: corrections to console/console.txt	2018-08-10 16:09:40 -06:00
core-api	A handful of late-arriving documentation fixes.	2019-01-05 18:35:02 -08:00
cpu-freq	Documentation: cpu-freq: Frequencies aren't always sorted	2018-11-07 13:29:04 +01:00
cpuidle	Documentation: admin-guide: PM: Add cpuidle document	2018-12-03 10:03:36 +01:00
crypto	crypto: skcipher - remove remnants of internal IV generators	2018-12-23 11:52:45 +08:00
dev-tools	A fairly normal cycle for documentation stuff. We have a new	2018-12-29 11:21:49 -08:00
device-mapper	Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"	2018-11-20 09:30:43 -07:00
devicetree	dt-bindings: reset: uniphier: Add AHCI core reset description	2019-01-07 16:38:51 +01:00
doc-guide	doc:process: add links where missing	2018-12-06 10:21:19 -07:00
driver-api	driver core: Make driver core own stateful device links	2019-02-01 10:04:08 +01:00
driver-model	Documentation: driver core: remove use of BUS_ATTR	2019-01-08 15:17:45 +01:00
early-userspace	Correct gen_init_cpio tool's documentation	2018-11-25 12:25:53 -07:00
EDID	Docs/EDID: Calculate CRC while building the code	2018-11-06 07:36:22 -07:00
extcon
fault-injection	Documentation: nvme: Documentation for nvme fault injection	2018-03-26 08:53:43 -06:00
fb	This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome	2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
features	Documentation/features: Add csky kernel features	2019-01-07 22:22:16 +08:00
filesystems	Documentation: driver core: remove use of BUS_ATTR	2019-01-08 15:17:45 +01:00
firmware_class
fmc	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
fpga	docs: fpga: add a document for FPGA Device Feature List (DFL) Framework Overview	2018-07-15 13:55:44 +02:00
gpio	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
gpu	A fairly normal cycle for documentation stuff. We have a new	2018-12-29 11:21:49 -08:00
hid	HID: doc: fix wrong data structure reference for UHID_OUTPUT	2018-12-18 14:55:22 +01:00
hwmon	hwmon: Introduce SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_{RO, RW, WO} and variants	2018-12-16 15:13:22 -08:00
i2c	i2c: add i2c bus driver for NVIDIA GPU	2018-11-09 17:46:43 +01:00
ia64	ia64: doc: tweak whitespace for 'console=' parameter	2018-03-05 14:41:38 -08:00
ide	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
iio
infiniband	Documentation/ABI: update infiniband sysfs interfaces	2018-02-23 08:18:33 -07:00
input	Input: add REL_WHEEL_HI_RES and REL_HWHEEL_HI_RES	2018-12-07 16:27:11 +01:00
ioctl	seccomp: add a return code to trap to userspace	2018-12-11 16:28:41 -08:00
isdn	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
kbuild	kbuild: generate asm-generic wrappers if mandatory headers are missing	2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
kdump
kernel-hacking	doc:it_IT: translation for kernel-hacking	2018-07-26 16:21:09 -06:00
laptops	platform-drivers-x86 for v4.20-1	2018-11-01 08:42:21 -07:00
leds	Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"	2018-11-20 09:30:43 -07:00
lightnvm
livepatch	livepatch: Remove not longer valid limitations from the documentation	2018-05-24 15:37:57 +02:00
locking	This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome	2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
m68k	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
maintainer	docs: Fix more broken references	2018-06-15 18:11:26 -03:00
md
media	A fairly normal cycle for documentation stuff. We have a new	2018-12-29 11:21:49 -08:00
memory-devices
mic
mips	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
misc-devices	pci_endpoint_test: Add 2 ioctl commands	2018-07-19 11:46:57 +01:00
mmc	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
mtd	Documentation: mtd: remove stale pxa3xx NAND controller documentation	2018-09-04 23:37:38 +02:00
namespaces
netlabel	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
networking	Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net	2019-01-03 12:53:47 -08:00
nfc
nios2
nvdimm	libnvdimm/security: Add documentation for nvdimm security support	2018-12-21 12:44:41 -08:00
nvmem	Documentation: nvmem: document cell tables and lookup entries	2018-09-28 15:14:54 +02:00
openrisc
parisc	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
PCI	pci-v4.20-changes	2018-10-25 06:50:48 -07:00
pcmcia	pcmcia: remove long deprecated pcmcia_request_exclusive_irq() function	2018-08-18 12:30:42 -07:00
perf	Documentation: perf: Add documentation for ThunderX2 PMU uncore driver	2018-12-06 12:29:47 +00:00
phy
platform
power	Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"	2018-11-20 09:30:43 -07:00
powerpc	powerpc/fadump: Reservationless firmware assisted dump	2018-12-21 11:32:49 +11:00
pps
process	docs: fix Co-Developed-by docs	2019-01-04 13:13:48 -08:00
pti
ptp	ptp: Fix documentation to match code.	2018-03-26 12:13:21 -04:00
rapidio	Documentation: rapidio: move sysfs interface to ABI	2018-02-23 08:25:45 -07:00
RCU	doc: Fix "struction" typo in RCU memory-ordering documentation	2018-11-12 08:56:25 -08:00
riscv	perf: riscv: Add Document for Future Porting Guide	2018-06-04 14:02:11 -07:00
s390	Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"	2018-11-20 09:30:43 -07:00
scheduler	This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome	2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
scsi	SCSI misc on 20181224	2018-12-28 14:48:06 -08:00
security	Merge branch 'next-integrity' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security	2019-01-02 09:43:14 -08:00
serial	Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"	2018-11-20 09:30:43 -07:00
sh	sh: remove board_time_init() callback	2018-12-18 16:13:04 +01:00
sound	Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"	2018-11-20 09:30:43 -07:00
sparc	sparc64: Add support for ADI (Application Data Integrity)	2018-03-18 07:38:48 -07:00
sphinx	Documentation/sphinx: allow "functions" with no parameters	2018-06-30 07:52:42 -06:00
sphinx-static	docs: improve readability for people with poorer eyesight	2018-10-07 09:16:50 -06:00
spi	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
sysctl	kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl	2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
target
thermal	Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"	2018-11-20 09:30:43 -07:00
timers	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
trace	Merge branches 'pm-cpuidle', 'pm-cpufreq' and 'pm-sleep'	2019-01-11 10:09:51 +01:00
translations	doc🇮🇹 add some process/* translations	2018-12-06 10:11:40 -07:00
usb	Documentation/usb: Fix typo	2018-11-26 16:56:34 +01:00
userspace-api	Merge branch 'next-seccomp' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security	2019-01-02 09:48:13 -08:00
virtual	Documentation/virtual/kvm: Update URL for AMD SEV API specification	2019-01-11 18:38:07 +01:00
vm	A fairly normal cycle for documentation stuff. We have a new	2018-12-29 11:21:49 -08:00
w1	Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/	2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
watchdog	watchdog: docs: kernel-api: don't reference removed functions	2018-12-24 13:15:06 +01:00
wimax
x86	x86/cache: Rename config option to CONFIG_X86_RESCTRL	2019-01-09 10:29:03 +01:00
xilinx	Documentation: xilinx: Add documentation for eemi APIs	2018-10-09 13:26:05 +02:00
xtensa
.gitignore
atomic_bitops.txt	locking/atomic/bitops: Document and clarify ordering semantics for failed test_and_{}_bit()	2018-02-13 14:55:53 +01:00
atomic_t.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
Changes
clearing-warn-once.txt
CodingStyle
conf.py	This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome	2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt
crc32.txt
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt	Documentation: remove stale firmware API reference	2018-05-14 16:44:41 +02:00
digsig.txt
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
DMA-API.txt	dma-mapping: deprecate dma_zalloc_coherent	2018-12-20 08:14:09 +01:00
DMA-attributes.txt
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
docutils.conf
dontdiff
efi-stub.txt	efi_stub: update documentation on dtb= parameter	2018-09-09 14:46:44 -06:00
eisa.txt
flexible-arrays.txt
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcc-plugins.txt
highuid.txt
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt
index.rst	docs: tidy up TOCs and refs to license-rules.rst	2018-08-31 16:50:50 -06:00
intel_txt.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt
iostats.txt	block: Track DISCARD statistics and output them in stat and diskstat	2018-07-18 08:44:22 -06:00
IPMI.txt
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ-domain.txt
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isa.txt
isapnp.txt
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt	doc: Update removal of RCU-bh/sched update machinery	2018-08-30 10:59:48 -07:00
kobject.txt	kref/kobject: Improve documentation	2018-12-06 13:57:03 +01:00
kprobes.txt	kprobes/Documentation: Fix various typos	2018-06-22 11:10:55 +02:00
kref.txt
ldm.txt
lockup-watchdogs.txt
logo.gif
logo.txt
lsm.txt
lzo.txt
mailbox.txt
Makefile	kbuild: Add support for DT binding schema checks	2018-12-13 09:41:32 -06:00
memory-barriers.txt	Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"	2018-11-20 09:30:43 -07:00
men-chameleon-bus.txt
nommu-mmap.txt	Documentation: nommu-map: Fix duplicate word typo	2018-06-26 09:01:27 -06:00
ntb.txt
numastat.txt
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
phy.txt
pi-futex.txt
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt	Documentation: preempt-locking: Use better example	2018-10-12 11:35:47 -06:00
pwm.txt
rbtree.txt
remoteproc.txt
rfkill.txt	rfkill: Fix several typos in documentation	2018-06-15 13:36:08 +02:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rpmsg.txt
rtc.txt
SAK.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
siphash.txt
SM501.txt
smsc_ece1099.txt
speculation.txt	Documentation: Document array_index_nospec	2018-01-30 21:54:28 +01:00
static-keys.txt	Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"	2018-11-20 09:30:43 -07:00
SubmittingPatches
svga.txt
switchtec.txt	NTB: switchtec_ntb: Update switchtec documentation with prerequisites for NTB	2018-10-11 11:28:53 -05:00
sync_file.txt
tee.txt
this_cpu_ops.txt
unaligned-memory-access.txt
vfio-mediated-device.txt	vfio/mdev: Check globally for duplicate devices	2018-06-08 10:24:27 -06:00
vfio.txt	vfio: fix documentation	2018-05-08 09:16:41 -06:00
video-output.txt
xillybus.txt
xz.txt
zorro.txt