linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2 V3] Allow access to sysfs attributes without mem allocations.

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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:41:28 +1100
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2 V3] Allow access to sysfs attributes without mem
 allocations.

Hi Greg,
 please consider these two patches for a future release.
 They now have
   Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
 and I've addressed Tejun's final nits.

 Thanks Tejun for your review and comments.

 As soon as they appear in an -rc1, I'll submit updates to md to use
 the new functionality for the -rc2.

Thanks,
NeilBrown


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NeilBrown (2):
      sysfs/kernfs: allow attributes to request write buffer be pre-allocated.
      sysfs/kernfs: make read requests on pre-alloc files use the buffer.


 fs/kernfs/file.c       |   73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 fs/sysfs/file.c        |   57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 include/linux/kernfs.h |    8 +++++
 include/linux/sysfs.h  |    9 ++++++
 4 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

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