netdev - Re: [PATCH] proc_fops: convert drivers/isdn/ to seq

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:11:14 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	keil@...systems.de
Cc:	tilman@...p.cc, adobriyan@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc_fops: convert drivers/isdn/ to seq_file

From: Karsten Keil <keil@...systems.de>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:27:45 +0100

> Convert code away from ->read_proc/->write_proc interfaces.  Switch to
> proc_create()/proc_create_data() which make addition of proc entries
> reliable wrt NULL ->proc_fops, NULL ->data and so on.
> 
> Problem with ->read_proc et al is described here commit
> 786d7e1612f0b0adb6046f19b906609e4fe8b1ba "Fix rmmod/read/write races in
> /proc entries"
> 
> [akpm@...ux-foundation.org: CONFIG_PROC_FS=n build fix]
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
> Signed-off-by: Karsten Keil <keil@...systems.de>

Applied.
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