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Al Viro
a685e08987 Delay struct net freeing while there's a sysfs instance refering to it
* new refcount in struct net, controlling actual freeing of the memory
	* new method in kobj_ns_type_operations (->drop_ns())
	* ->current_ns() semantics change - it's supposed to be followed by
corresponding ->drop_ns().  For struct net in case of CONFIG_NET_NS it bumps
the new refcount; net_drop_ns() decrements it and calls net_free() if the
last reference has been dropped.  Method renamed to ->grab_current_ns().
	* old net_free() callers call net_drop_ns() instead.
	* sysfs_exit_ns() is gone, along with a large part of callchain
leading to it; now that the references stored in ->ns[...] stay valid we
do not need to hunt them down and replace them with NULL.  That fixes
problems in sysfs_lookup() and sysfs_readdir(), along with getting rid
of sb->s_instances abuse.

	Note that struct net *shutdown* logics has not changed - net_cleanup()
is called exactly when it used to be called.  The only thing postponed by
having a sysfs instance refering to that struct net is actual freeing of
memory occupied by struct net.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-06-12 17:45:41 -04:00
David Howells
8488a38f4d kobject: Break the kobject namespace defs into their own header
Break the kobject namespace defs into their own header to avoid a header file
inclusion ordering problem between linux/sysfs.h and linux/kobject.h.

This fixes the build breakage on older versions of gcc.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-08-23 18:12:46 -07:00