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-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/sections.h14
-rw-r--r--include/linux/device.h6
-rw-r--r--include/linux/kernfs.h9
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/sections.h b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
index 849cd8eb5ca0..d79abca81a52 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
@@ -141,4 +141,18 @@ static inline bool init_section_intersects(void *virt, size_t size)
return memory_intersects(__init_begin, __init_end, virt, size);
}
+/**
+ * is_kernel_rodata - checks if the pointer address is located in the
+ * .rodata section
+ *
+ * @addr: address to check
+ *
+ * Returns: true if the address is located in .rodata, false otherwise.
+ */
+static inline bool is_kernel_rodata(unsigned long addr)
+{
+ return addr >= (unsigned long)__start_rodata &&
+ addr < (unsigned long)__end_rodata;
+}
+
#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_ */
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 90224e75ade4..1b25c7a43f4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ struct bus_attribute {
struct bus_attribute bus_attr_##_name = __ATTR_RW(_name)
#define BUS_ATTR_RO(_name) \
struct bus_attribute bus_attr_##_name = __ATTR_RO(_name)
+#define BUS_ATTR_WO(_name) \
+ struct bus_attribute bus_attr_##_name = __ATTR_WO(_name)
extern int __must_check bus_create_file(struct bus_type *,
struct bus_attribute *);
@@ -692,8 +694,10 @@ static inline void *devm_kcalloc(struct device *dev,
{
return devm_kmalloc_array(dev, n, size, flags | __GFP_ZERO);
}
-extern void devm_kfree(struct device *dev, void *p);
+extern void devm_kfree(struct device *dev, const void *p);
extern char *devm_kstrdup(struct device *dev, const char *s, gfp_t gfp) __malloc;
+extern const char *devm_kstrdup_const(struct device *dev,
+ const char *s, gfp_t gfp);
extern void *devm_kmemdup(struct device *dev, const void *src, size_t len,
gfp_t gfp);
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index 814643f7ee52..5b36b1287a5a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -477,10 +477,11 @@ static inline void kernfs_init(void) { }
* @buf: buffer to copy @kn's name into
* @buflen: size of @buf
*
- * Builds and returns the full path of @kn in @buf of @buflen bytes. The
- * path is built from the end of @buf so the returned pointer usually
- * doesn't match @buf. If @buf isn't long enough, @buf is nul terminated
- * and %NULL is returned.
+ * If @kn is NULL result will be "(null)".
+ *
+ * Returns the length of the full path. If the full length is equal to or
+ * greater than @buflen, @buf contains the truncated path with the trailing
+ * '\0'. On error, -errno is returned.
*/
static inline int kernfs_path(struct kernfs_node *kn, char *buf, size_t buflen)
{