It's still an obsolete interface; don't introduce those in new drivers.
However, it's saner than the ->proc_info() and commits after this one
will convert the existing ->proc_info() users to it.

The read side is ->show_info(seq_file *, struct Scsi_Host *); use
seq_... for generating contents.

The write side is ->write_info(struct Scsi_Host *, char *, int).

Again, this is driven by procfs needs; we are going to kill ->write_proc()
and ->read_proc() and this is the main obstacle to burying that piece of
shit.
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It's a seriously rotten copy of parts of bp_mod.c; had been
ifdefed out all along, lacks a bunch of declarations that would
be needed if ifdef had been removed, all stuff in it is duplicated
in bp_mod.c anyway...
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Helper functions are often useful.  So are local variables...
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... especially in a racy way
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->permission() of its own is a rudiment of sysctl imitation;
normal procfs logics will do just fine here, no need to
mess with ->proc_iops at all.
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this "hooks" scheme is pointless - just make file_operations non-static
and consolidate initialiazation bits.
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racy and very overblown...
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All table entries either have non-NULL ->proc_file_fops or
non-NULL child.
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proc_create() has shat upon fops argument when mode is S_IFDIR.
Good thing, too, since fops passed to it is completely useless
for any directory.  Just use proc_mkdir(), damnit.
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The procfs debug code in rtl_debug.c is, ironically, very buggy: it lacks proper locking.
Since the most useful part of the code (the stats) are available through more
standard APIs, I think it is best to just delete the whole mess.
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proc_mkdir() is there for purpose...
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Just have it pinned in dcache all along and let procfs ->kill_sb()
drop it before kill_anon_super().
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no need to search later - we know the card when we are
creating procfs entries
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filesystem module as whole is pinned down by its superblock, no need
to have opened files on it to add anything to that.
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filesystem module as whole is pinned down by its superblock, no need
to have opened files on it to add anything to that.
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filesystem module as whole is pinned down by its superblock, no need
to have opened files on it to add anything to that.
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and rename __free_pipe_info() to free_pipe_info()
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not used anymore
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it's used only as a flag to distinguish normal pipes/FIFOs from the
internal per-task one used by file-to-file splice.  And pipe->files
would work just as well for that purpose...
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fs/pipe.c file_operations methods *know* that pipe is not an internal one;
no need to check pipe->inode for those callers.
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simplify get_pipe_info(), while we are at it
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now it can be done - put mutex into pipe_inode_info, use it instead
of ->i_mutex
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* new field - pipe->files; number of struct file over that pipe (all
  sharing the same inode, of course); protected by inode->i_lock.
* pipe_release() decrements pipe->files, clears inode->i_pipe when
  if the counter has reached 0 (all under ->i_lock) and, in that case,
  frees pipe after having done pipe_unlock()
* fifo_open() starts with grabbing ->i_lock, and either bumps pipe->files
  if ->i_pipe was non-NULL or allocates a new pipe (dropping and regaining
  ->i_lock) and rechecks ->i_pipe; if it's still NULL, inserts new pipe
  there, otherwise bumps ->i_pipe->files and frees the one we'd allocated.
  At that point we know that ->i_pipe is non-NULL and won't go away, so
  we can do pipe_lock() on it and proceed as we used to.  If we end up
  failing, decrement pipe->files and if it reaches 0 clear ->i_pipe and
  free the sucker after pipe_unlock().
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* use the fact that file_inode(file)->i_pipe doesn't change
  while the file is opened - no locks needed to access that.
* switch to pipe_lock/pipe_unlock where it's easy to do
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