Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6

* 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (50 commits)
  printk: do not mangle valid userspace syslog prefixes
  efivars: Add Documentation
  efivars: Expose efivars functionality to external drivers.
  efivars: Parameterize operations.
  efivars: Split out variable registration
  efivars: parameterize efivars
  efivars: Make efivars bin_attributes dynamic
  efivars: move efivars globals into struct efivars
  drivers:misc: ti-st: fix debugging code
  kref: Fix typo in kref documentation
  UIO: add PRUSS UIO driver support
  Fix spelling mistakes in Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches
  firmware: Fix unaligned memory accesses in dmi-sysfs
  firmware: Add documentation for /sys/firmware/dmi
  firmware: Expose DMI type 15 System Event Log
  firmware: Break out system_event_log in dmi-sysfs
  firmware: Basic dmi-sysfs support
  firmware: Add DMI entry types to the headers
  Driver core: convert platform_{get,set}_drvdata to static inline functions
  Translate linux-2.6/Documentation/magic-number.txt into Chinese
  ...

17 files changed, 1858 insertions, 769 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 080e9ca1101..81b78ede37c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1320,7 +1320,10 @@ struct root_device
 	struct module *owner;
 };
 
-#define to_root_device(dev) container_of(dev, struct root_device, dev)
+inline struct root_device *to_root_device(struct device *d)
+{
+	return container_of(d, struct root_device, dev);
+}
 
 static void root_device_release(struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -1551,7 +1554,34 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_destroy);
  * on the same device to ensure that new_name is valid and
  * won't conflict with other devices.
  *
- * "Never use this function, bad things will happen" - gregkh
+ * Note: Don't call this function.  Currently, the networking layer calls this
+ * function, but that will change.  The following text from Kay Sievers offers
+ * some insight:
+ *
+ * Renaming devices is racy at many levels, symlinks and other stuff are not
+ * replaced atomically, and you get a "move" uevent, but it's not easy to
+ * connect the event to the old and new device. Device nodes are not renamed at
+ * all, there isn't even support for that in the kernel now.
+ *
+ * In the meantime, during renaming, your target name might be taken by another
+ * driver, creating conflicts. Or the old name is taken directly after you
+ * renamed it -- then you get events for the same DEVPATH, before you even see
+ * the "move" event. It's just a mess, and nothing new should ever rely on
+ * kernel device renaming. Besides that, it's not even implemented now for
+ * other things than (driver-core wise very simple) network devices.
+ *
+ * We are currently about to change network renaming in udev to completely
+ * disallow renaming of devices in the same namespace as the kernel uses,
+ * because we can't solve the problems properly, that arise with swapping names
+ * of multiple interfaces without races. Means, renaming of eth[0-9]* will only
+ * be allowed to some other name than eth[0-9]*, for the aforementioned
+ * reasons.
+ *
+ * Make up a "real" name in the driver before you register anything, or add
+ * some other attributes for userspace to find the device, or use udev to add
+ * symlinks -- but never rename kernel devices later, it's a complete mess. We
+ * don't even want to get into that and try to implement the missing pieces in
+ * the core. We really have other pieces to fix in the driver core mess. :)
  */
 int device_rename(struct device *dev, const char *new_name)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 40af43ebd92..8c798ef7f13 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -593,8 +593,7 @@ int
 request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
                  struct device *device)
 {
-        int uevent = 1;
-        return _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, uevent, false);
+        return _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, true, false);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -618,7 +617,7 @@ struct firmware_work {
 	struct device *device;
 	void *context;
 	void (*cont)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context);
-	int uevent;
+	bool uevent;
 };
 
 static int request_firmware_work_func(void *arg)
@@ -661,7 +660,7 @@ static int request_firmware_work_func(void *arg)
  **/
 int
 request_firmware_nowait(
-	struct module *module, int uevent,
+	struct module *module, bool uevent,
 	const char *name, struct device *device, gfp_t gfp, void *context,
 	void (*cont)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context))
 {
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index cafeaaf0428..3da6a43b775 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(mem_sysfs_mutex);
 
 #define MEMORY_CLASS_NAME	"memory"
+#define MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE	(1 << SECTION_SIZE_BITS)
+
+static int sections_per_block;
+
+static inline int base_memory_block_id(int section_nr)
+{
+	return section_nr / sections_per_block;
+}
 
 static struct sysdev_class memory_sysdev_class = {
 	.name = MEMORY_CLASS_NAME,
@@ -84,39 +92,72 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_memory_isolate_notifier);
  * register_memory - Setup a sysfs device for a memory block
  */
 static
-int register_memory(struct memory_block *memory, struct mem_section *section)
+int register_memory(struct memory_block *memory)
 {
 	int error;
 
 	memory->sysdev.cls = &memory_sysdev_class;
-	memory->sysdev.id = __section_nr(section);
+	memory->sysdev.id = memory->start_section_nr / sections_per_block;
 
 	error = sysdev_register(&memory->sysdev);
 	return error;
 }
 
 static void
-unregister_memory(struct memory_block *memory, struct mem_section *section)
+unregister_memory(struct memory_block *memory)
 {
 	BUG_ON(memory->sysdev.cls != &memory_sysdev_class);
-	BUG_ON(memory->sysdev.id != __section_nr(section));
 
 	/* drop the ref. we got in remove_memory_block() */
 	kobject_put(&memory->sysdev.kobj);
 	sysdev_unregister(&memory->sysdev);
 }
 
+unsigned long __weak memory_block_size_bytes(void)
+{
+	return MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
+}
+
+static unsigned long get_memory_block_size(void)
+{
+	unsigned long block_sz;
+
+	block_sz = memory_block_size_bytes();
+
+	/* Validate blk_sz is a power of 2 and not less than section size */
+	if ((block_sz & (block_sz - 1)) || (block_sz < MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		block_sz = MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
+	}
+
+	return block_sz;
+}
+
 /*
  * use this as the physical section index that this memsection
  * uses.
  */
 
-static ssize_t show_mem_phys_index(struct sys_device *dev,
+static ssize_t show_mem_start_phys_index(struct sys_device *dev,
 			struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct memory_block *mem =
 		container_of(dev, struct memory_block, sysdev);
-	return sprintf(buf, "%08lx\n", mem->phys_index);
+	unsigned long phys_index;
+
+	phys_index = mem->start_section_nr / sections_per_block;
+	return sprintf(buf, "%08lx\n", phys_index);
+}
+
+static ssize_t show_mem_end_phys_index(struct sys_device *dev,
+			struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct memory_block *mem =
+		container_of(dev, struct memory_block, sysdev);
+	unsigned long phys_index;
+
+	phys_index = mem->end_section_nr / sections_per_block;
+	return sprintf(buf, "%08lx\n", phys_index);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -125,13 +166,16 @@ static ssize_t show_mem_phys_index(struct sys_device *dev,
 static ssize_t show_mem_removable(struct sys_device *dev,
 			struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	unsigned long start_pfn;
-	int ret;
+	unsigned long i, pfn;
+	int ret = 1;
 	struct memory_block *mem =
 		container_of(dev, struct memory_block, sysdev);
 
-	start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->phys_index);
-	ret = is_mem_section_removable(start_pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+	for (i = 0; i < sections_per_block; i++) {
+		pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr + i);
+		ret &= is_mem_section_removable(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+	}
+
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", ret);
 }
 
@@ -184,17 +228,14 @@ int memory_isolate_notify(unsigned long val, void *v)
  * OK to have direct references to sparsemem variables in here.
  */
 static int
-memory_block_action(struct memory_block *mem, unsigned long action)
+memory_section_action(unsigned long phys_index, unsigned long action)
 {
 	int i;
-	unsigned long psection;
 	unsigned long start_pfn, start_paddr;
 	struct page *first_page;
 	int ret;
-	int old_state = mem->state;
 
-	psection = mem->phys_index;
-	first_page = pfn_to_page(psection << PFN_SECTION_SHIFT);
+	first_page = pfn_to_page(phys_index << PFN_SECTION_SHIFT);
 
 	/*
 	 * The probe routines leave the pages reserved, just
@@ -207,8 +248,8 @@ memory_block_action(struct memory_block *mem, unsigned long action)
 				continue;
 
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "section number %ld page number %d "
-				"not reserved, was it already online? \n",
-				psection, i);
+				"not reserved, was it already online?\n",
+				phys_index, i);
 			return -EBUSY;
 		}
 	}
@@ -219,18 +260,13 @@ memory_block_action(struct memory_block *mem, unsigned long action)
 			ret = online_pages(start_pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
 			break;
 		case MEM_OFFLINE:
-			mem->state = MEM_GOING_OFFLINE;
 			start_paddr = page_to_pfn(first_page) << PAGE_SHIFT;
 			ret = remove_memory(start_paddr,
 					    PAGES_PER_SECTION << PAGE_SHIFT);
-			if (ret) {
-				mem->state = old_state;
-				break;
-			}
 			break;
 		default:
-			WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "%s(%p, %ld) unknown action: %ld\n",
-					__func__, mem, action, action);
+			WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "%s(%ld, %ld) unknown action: "
+			     "%ld\n", __func__, phys_index, action, action);
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -240,7 +276,8 @@ memory_block_action(struct memory_block *mem, unsigned long action)
 static int memory_block_change_state(struct memory_block *mem,
 		unsigned long to_state, unsigned long from_state_req)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int i, ret = 0;
+
 	mutex_lock(&mem->state_mutex);
 
 	if (mem->state != from_state_req) {
@@ -248,8 +285,23 @@ static int memory_block_change_state(struct memory_block *mem,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = memory_block_action(mem, to_state);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (to_state == MEM_OFFLINE)
+		mem->state = MEM_GOING_OFFLINE;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sections_per_block; i++) {
+		ret = memory_section_action(mem->start_section_nr + i,
+					    to_state);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (ret) {
+		for (i = 0; i < sections_per_block; i++)
+			memory_section_action(mem->start_section_nr + i,
+					      from_state_req);
+
+		mem->state = from_state_req;
+	} else
 		mem->state = to_state;
 
 out:
@@ -262,20 +314,15 @@ store_mem_state(struct sys_device *dev,
 		struct sysdev_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct memory_block *mem;
-	unsigned int phys_section_nr;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	mem = container_of(dev, struct memory_block, sysdev);
-	phys_section_nr = mem->phys_index;
-
-	if (!present_section_nr(phys_section_nr))
-		goto out;
 
 	if (!strncmp(buf, "online", min((int)count, 6)))
 		ret = memory_block_change_state(mem, MEM_ONLINE, MEM_OFFLINE);
 	else if(!strncmp(buf, "offline", min((int)count, 7)))
 		ret = memory_block_change_state(mem, MEM_OFFLINE, MEM_ONLINE);
-out:
+
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	return count;
@@ -298,7 +345,8 @@ static ssize_t show_phys_device(struct sys_device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", mem->phys_device);
 }
 
-static SYSDEV_ATTR(phys_index, 0444, show_mem_phys_index, NULL);
+static SYSDEV_ATTR(phys_index, 0444, show_mem_start_phys_index, NULL);
+static SYSDEV_ATTR(end_phys_index, 0444, show_mem_end_phys_index, NULL);
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(state, 0644, show_mem_state, store_mem_state);
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(phys_device, 0444, show_phys_device, NULL);
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(removable, 0444, show_mem_removable, NULL);
@@ -315,7 +363,7 @@ static ssize_t
 print_block_size(struct sysdev_class *class, struct sysdev_class_attribute *attr,
 		 char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%lx\n", (unsigned long)PAGES_PER_SECTION * PAGE_SIZE);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%lx\n", get_memory_block_size());
 }
 
 static SYSDEV_CLASS_ATTR(block_size_bytes, 0444, print_block_size, NULL);
@@ -339,12 +387,19 @@ memory_probe_store(struct class *class, struct class_attribute *attr,
 {
 	u64 phys_addr;
 	int nid;
-	int ret;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	phys_addr = simple_strtoull(buf, NULL, 0);
 
-	nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(phys_addr);
-	ret = add_memory(nid, phys_addr, PAGES_PER_SECTION << PAGE_SHIFT);
+	for (i = 0; i < sections_per_block; i++) {
+		nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(phys_addr);
+		ret = add_memory(nid, phys_addr,
+				 PAGES_PER_SECTION << PAGE_SHIFT);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+
+		phys_addr += MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
+	}
 
 	if (ret)
 		count = ret;
@@ -444,6 +499,7 @@ struct memory_block *find_memory_block_hinted(struct mem_section *section,
 	struct sys_device *sysdev;
 	struct memory_block *mem;
 	char name[sizeof(MEMORY_CLASS_NAME) + 9 + 1];
+	int block_id = base_memory_block_id(__section_nr(section));
 
 	kobj = hint ? &hint->sysdev.kobj : NULL;
 
@@ -451,7 +507,7 @@ struct memory_block *find_memory_block_hinted(struct mem_section *section,
 	 * This only works because we know that section == sysdev->id
 	 * slightly redundant with sysdev_register()
 	 */
-	sprintf(&name[0], "%s%d", MEMORY_CLASS_NAME, __section_nr(section));
+	sprintf(&name[0], "%s%d", MEMORY_CLASS_NAME, block_id);
 
 	kobj = kset_find_obj_hinted(&memory_sysdev_class.kset, name, kobj);
 	if (!kobj)
@@ -476,36 +532,62 @@ struct memory_block *find_memory_block(struct mem_section *section)
 	return find_memory_block_hinted(section, NULL);
 }
 
-static int add_memory_block(int nid, struct mem_section *section,
-			unsigned long state, enum mem_add_context context)
+static int init_memory_block(struct memory_block **memory,
+			     struct mem_section *section, unsigned long state)
 {
-	struct memory_block *mem = kzalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct memory_block *mem;
 	unsigned long start_pfn;
+	int scn_nr;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	mem = kzalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mem)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
-
-	mem->phys_index = __section_nr(section);
+	scn_nr = __section_nr(section);
+	mem->start_section_nr =
+			base_memory_block_id(scn_nr) * sections_per_block;
+	mem->end_section_nr = mem->start_section_nr + sections_per_block - 1;
 	mem->state = state;
 	mem->section_count++;
 	mutex_init(&mem->state_mutex);
-	start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->phys_index);
+	start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem->start_section_nr);
 	mem->phys_device = arch_get_memory_phys_device(start_pfn);
 
-	ret = register_memory(mem, section);
+	ret = register_memory(mem);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = mem_create_simple_file(mem, phys_index);
 	if (!ret)
+		ret = mem_create_simple_file(mem, end_phys_index);
+	if (!ret)
 		ret = mem_create_simple_file(mem, state);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = mem_create_simple_file(mem, phys_device);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = mem_create_simple_file(mem, removable);
+
+	*memory = mem;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int add_memory_section(int nid, struct mem_section *section,
+			unsigned long state, enum mem_add_context context)
+{
+	struct memory_block *mem;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
+
+	mem = find_memory_block(section);
+	if (mem) {
+		mem->section_count++;
+		kobject_put(&mem->sysdev.kobj);
+	} else
+		ret = init_memory_block(&mem, section, state);
+
 	if (!ret) {
-		if (context == HOTPLUG)
+		if (context == HOTPLUG &&
+		    mem->section_count == sections_per_block)
 			ret = register_mem_sect_under_node(mem, nid);
 	}
 
@@ -520,16 +602,19 @@ int remove_memory_block(unsigned long node_id, struct mem_section *section,
 
 	mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
 	mem = find_memory_block(section);
+	unregister_mem_sect_under_nodes(mem, __section_nr(section));
 
 	mem->section_count--;
 	if (mem->section_count == 0) {
-		unregister_mem_sect_under_nodes(mem);
 		mem_remove_simple_file(mem, phys_index);
+		mem_remove_simple_file(mem, end_phys_index);
 		mem_remove_simple_file(mem, state);
 		mem_remove_simple_file(mem, phys_device);
 		mem_remove_simple_file(mem, removable);
-		unregister_memory(mem, section);
-	}
+		unregister_memory(mem);
+		kfree(mem);
+	} else
+		kobject_put(&mem->sysdev.kobj);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
 	return 0;
@@ -541,7 +626,7 @@ int remove_memory_block(unsigned long node_id, struct mem_section *section,
  */
 int register_new_memory(int nid, struct mem_section *section)
 {
-	return add_memory_block(nid, section, MEM_OFFLINE, HOTPLUG);
+	return add_memory_section(nid, section, MEM_OFFLINE, HOTPLUG);
 }
 
 int unregister_memory_section(struct mem_section *section)
@@ -560,12 +645,16 @@ int __init memory_dev_init(void)
 	unsigned int i;
 	int ret;
 	int err;
+	unsigned long block_sz;
 
 	memory_sysdev_class.kset.uevent_ops = &memory_uevent_ops;
 	ret = sysdev_class_register(&memory_sysdev_class);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	block_sz = get_memory_block_size();
+	sections_per_block = block_sz / MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
+
 	/*
 	 * Create entries for memory sections that were found
 	 * during boot and have been initialized
@@ -573,8 +662,8 @@ int __init memory_dev_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_MEM_SECTIONS; i++) {
 		if (!present_section_nr(i))
 			continue;
-		err = add_memory_block(0, __nr_to_section(i), MEM_ONLINE,
-				       BOOT);
+		err = add_memory_section(0, __nr_to_section(i), MEM_ONLINE,
+					 BOOT);
 		if (!ret)
 			ret = err;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 36b43052001..b3b72d64e80 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -375,8 +375,10 @@ int register_mem_sect_under_node(struct memory_block *mem_blk, int nid)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	if (!node_online(nid))
 		return 0;
-	sect_start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem_blk->phys_index);
-	sect_end_pfn = sect_start_pfn + PAGES_PER_SECTION - 1;
+
+	sect_start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem_blk->start_section_nr);
+	sect_end_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem_blk->end_section_nr);
+	sect_end_pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION - 1;
 	for (pfn = sect_start_pfn; pfn <= sect_end_pfn; pfn++) {
 		int page_nid;
 
@@ -400,7 +402,8 @@ int register_mem_sect_under_node(struct memory_block *mem_blk, int nid)
 }
 
 /* unregister memory section under all nodes that it spans */
-int unregister_mem_sect_under_nodes(struct memory_block *mem_blk)
+int unregister_mem_sect_under_nodes(struct memory_block *mem_blk,
+				    unsigned long phys_index)
 {
 	NODEMASK_ALLOC(nodemask_t, unlinked_nodes, GFP_KERNEL);
 	unsigned long pfn, sect_start_pfn, sect_end_pfn;
@@ -412,7 +415,8 @@ int unregister_mem_sect_under_nodes(struct memory_block *mem_blk)
 	if (!unlinked_nodes)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	nodes_clear(*unlinked_nodes);
-	sect_start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(mem_blk->phys_index);
+
+	sect_start_pfn = section_nr_to_pfn(phys_index);
 	sect_end_pfn = sect_start_pfn + PAGES_PER_SECTION - 1;
 	for (pfn = sect_start_pfn; pfn <= sect_end_pfn; pfn++) {
 		int nid;
diff --git a/drivers/base/sys.c b/drivers/base/sys.c
index 1667aaf4fde..f6fb5474160 100644
--- a/drivers/base/sys.c
+++ b/drivers/base/sys.c
@@ -166,6 +166,36 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysdev_class_unregister);
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(sysdev_drivers_lock);
 
+/*
+ * @dev != NULL means that we're unwinding because some drv->add()
+ * failed for some reason. You need to grab sysdev_drivers_lock before
+ * calling this.
+ */
+static void __sysdev_driver_remove(struct sysdev_class *cls,
+				   struct sysdev_driver *drv,
+				   struct sys_device *from_dev)
+{
+	struct sys_device *dev = from_dev;
+
+	list_del_init(&drv->entry);
+	if (!cls)
+		return;
+
+	if (!drv->remove)
+		goto kset_put;
+
+	if (dev)
+		list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(dev, &cls->kset.list,
+						     kobj.entry)
+			drv->remove(dev);
+	else
+		list_for_each_entry(dev, &cls->kset.list, kobj.entry)
+			drv->remove(dev);
+
+kset_put:
+	kset_put(&cls->kset);
+}
+
 /**
  *	sysdev_driver_register - Register auxillary driver
  *	@cls:	Device class driver belongs to.
@@ -175,14 +205,14 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(sysdev_drivers_lock);
  *	called on each operation on devices of that class. The refcount
  *	of @cls is incremented.
  */
-
 int sysdev_driver_register(struct sysdev_class *cls, struct sysdev_driver *drv)
 {
+	struct sys_device *dev = NULL;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!cls) {
-		WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "sysdev: invalid class passed to "
-			"sysdev_driver_register!\n");
+		WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "sysdev: invalid class passed to %s!\n",
+			__func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -198,19 +228,27 @@ int sysdev_driver_register(struct sysdev_class *cls, struct sysdev_driver *drv)
 
 		/* If devices of this class already exist, tell the driver */
 		if (drv->add) {
-			struct sys_device *dev;
-			list_for_each_entry(dev, &cls->kset.list, kobj.entry)
-				drv->add(dev);
+			list_for_each_entry(dev, &cls->kset.list, kobj.entry) {
+				err = drv->add(dev);
+				if (err)
+					goto unwind;
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "%s: invalid device class\n", __func__);
 	}
+
+	goto unlock;
+
+unwind:
+	__sysdev_driver_remove(cls, drv, dev);
+
+unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&sysdev_drivers_lock);
 	return err;
 }
 
-
 /**
  *	sysdev_driver_unregister - Remove an auxillary driver.
  *	@cls:	Class driver belongs to.
@@ -220,23 +258,12 @@ void sysdev_driver_unregister(struct sysdev_class *cls,
 			      struct sysdev_driver *drv)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&sysdev_drivers_lock);
-	list_del_init(&drv->entry);
-	if (cls) {
-		if (drv->remove) {
-			struct sys_device *dev;
-			list_for_each_entry(dev, &cls->kset.list, kobj.entry)
-				drv->remove(dev);
-		}
-		kset_put(&cls->kset);
-	}
+	__sysdev_driver_remove(cls, drv, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&sysdev_drivers_lock);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysdev_driver_register);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysdev_driver_unregister);
 
-
-
 /**
  *	sysdev_register - add a system device to the tree
  *	@sysdev:	device in question
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
index e710424b59e..3c56afc5eb1 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -113,6 +113,17 @@ config DMIID
 	  information from userspace through /sys/class/dmi/id/ or if you want
 	  DMI-based module auto-loading.
 
+config DMI_SYSFS
+	tristate "DMI table support in sysfs"
+	depends on SYSFS && DMI
+	default n
+	help
+	  Say Y or M here to enable the exporting of the raw DMI table
+	  data via sysfs.  This is useful for consuming the data without
+	  requiring any access to /dev/mem at all.  Tables are found
+	  under /sys/firmware/dmi when this option is enabled and
+	  loaded.
+
 config ISCSI_IBFT_FIND
 	bool "iSCSI Boot Firmware Table Attributes"
 	depends on X86
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/Makefile
index 1c3c17343db..20c17fca123 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for the linux kernel.
 #
 obj-$(CONFIG_DMI)		+= dmi_scan.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DMI_SYSFS)		+= dmi-sysfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EDD)		+= edd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_VARS)		+= efivars.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_PCDP)		+= pcdp.o
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb26d62e518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,696 @@
+/*
+ * dmi-sysfs.c
+ *
+ * This module exports the DMI tables read-only to userspace through the
+ * sysfs file system.
+ *
+ * Data is currently found below
+ *    /sys/firmware/dmi/...
+ *
+ * DMI attributes are presented in attribute files with names
+ * formatted using %d-%d, so that the first integer indicates the
+ * structure type (0-255), and the second field is the instance of that
+ * entry.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2011 Google, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/dmi.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+
+#define MAX_ENTRY_TYPE 255 /* Most of these aren't used, but we consider
+			      the top entry type is only 8 bits */
+
+struct dmi_sysfs_entry {
+	struct dmi_header dh;
+	struct kobject kobj;
+	int instance;
+	int position;
+	struct list_head list;
+	struct kobject *child;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Global list of dmi_sysfs_entry.  Even though this should only be
+ * manipulated at setup and teardown, the lazy nature of the kobject
+ * system means we get lazy removes.
+ */
+static LIST_HEAD(entry_list);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(entry_list_lock);
+
+/* dmi_sysfs_attribute - Top level attribute. used by all entries. */
+struct dmi_sysfs_attribute {
+	struct attribute attr;
+	ssize_t (*show)(struct dmi_sysfs_entry *entry, char *buf);
+};
+
+#define DMI_SYSFS_ATTR(_entry, _name) \
+struct dmi_sysfs_attribute dmi_sysfs_attr_##_entry##_##_name = { \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0400}, \
+	.show = dmi_sysfs_##_entry##_##_name, \
+}
+
+/*
+ * dmi_sysfs_mapped_attribute - Attribute where we require the entry be
+ * mapped in.  Use in conjunction with dmi_sysfs_specialize_attr_ops.
+ */
+struct dmi_sysfs_mapped_attribute {
+	struct attribute attr;
+	ssize_t (*show)(struct dmi_sysfs_entry *entry,
+			const struct dmi_header *dh,
+			char *buf);
+};
+
+#define DMI_SYSFS_MAPPED_ATTR(_entry, _name) \
+struct dmi_sysfs_mapped_attribute dmi_sysfs_attr_##_entry##_##_name = { \
+	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0400}, \
+	.show = dmi_sysfs_##_entry##_##_name, \
+}
+
+/*************************************************
+ * Generic DMI entry support.
+ *************************************************/
+static void dmi_entry_free(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	kfree(kobj);
+}
+
+static struct dmi_sysfs_entry *to_entry(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	return container_of(kobj, struct dmi_sysfs_entry, kobj);
+}
+
+static struct dmi_sysfs_attribute *to_attr(struct attribute *attr)
+{
+	return container_of(attr, struct dmi_sysfs_attribute, attr);
+}
+
+static ssize_t dmi_sysfs_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+				   struct attribute *_attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct dmi_sysfs_entry *entry = to_entry(kobj);
+	struct dmi_sysfs_attribute *attr = to_attr(_attr);
+
+	/* DMI stuff is only ever admin visible */
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EACCES;
+
+	return attr->show(entry, buf);
+}
+
+static const struct sysfs_ops dmi_sysfs_attr_ops = {
+	.show = dmi_sysfs_attr_show,
+};
+
+typedef ssize_t (*dmi_callback)(struct dmi_sysfs_entry *,
+				const struct dmi_header *dh, void *);
+
+struct find_dmi_data {
+	struct dmi_sysfs_entry	*entry;
+	dmi_callback		callback;
+	void			*private;
+	int			instance_countdown;
+	ssize_t			ret;
+};
+
+static void find_dmi_entry_helper(const struct dmi_header *dh,
+				  void *_data)
+{
+	struct find_dmi_data *data = _data;
+	struct dmi_sysfs_entry *entry = data->entry;
+
+	/* Is this the entry we want? */
+	if (dh->type != entry->dh.type)
+		return;
+
+	if (data->instance_countdown != 0) {
+		/* try the next instance? */
+		data->instance_countdown--;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't ever revisit the instance.  Short circuit later
+	 * instances by letting the instance_countdown run negative
+	 */
+	data->instance_countdown--;
+
+	/* Found the entry */
+	data->ret = data->callback(entry, dh, data->private);
+}
+
+/* State for passing the read parameters through dmi_find_entry() */
+struct dmi_read_state {
+	char *buf;
+	loff_t pos;
+	size_t count;
+};
+
+static ssize_t find_dmi_entry(struct dmi_sysfs_entry *entry,
+			      dmi_callback callback, void *private)
+{
+	struct find_dmi_data data = {
+		.entry = entry,
+		.callback = callback,
+		.private = private,
+		.instance_countdown = entry->instance,
+		.ret = -EIO,  /* To signal the entry disappeared */
+	};
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = dmi_walk(find_dmi_entry_helper, &data);
+	/* This shouldn't happen, but just in case. */
+	if (ret)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return data.ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Calculate and return the byte length of the dmi entry identified by
+ * dh.  This includes both the formatted portion as well as the
+ * unformatted string space, including the two trailing nul characters.
+ */
+static size_t dmi_entry_length(const struct dmi_header *dh)
+{
+	const char *p = (const char *)dh;
+
+	p += dh->length;
+
+	while (p[0] || p[1])
+		p++;
+
+	return 2 + p - (const char *)dh;
+}
+
+/*************************************************
+ * Support bits for specialized DMI entry support
+ *************************************************/
+struct dmi_entry_attr_show_data {
+	struct attribute *attr;
+	char *buf;
+};
+
+static ssize_t dmi_entry_attr_show_helper(struct dmi_sysfs_entry *entry,
+					  const struct dmi_header *dh,
+					  void *_data)
+{
+	struct dmi_entry_attr_show_data *data = _data;
+	struct dmi_sysfs_mapped_attribute *attr;
+
+	attr = container_of(data->attr,
+			    struct dmi_sysfs_mapped_attribute, attr);
+	return attr->show(entry, dh, data->buf);
+}
+
+static ssize_t dmi_entry_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+				   struct attribute *attr,
+				   char *buf)
+{
+	struct dmi_entry_attr_show_data data = {
+		.attr = attr,
+		.buf  = buf,
+	};
+	/* Find the entry according to our parent and call the
+	 * normalized show method hanging off of the attribute */
+	return find_dmi_entry(to_entry(kobj->parent),
+			      dmi_entry_attr_show_helper, &data);
+}
+
+static const struct sysfs_ops dmi_sysfs_specialize_attr_ops = {
+	.show = dmi_entry_attr_show,
+};
+
+/*************************************************
+ * Specialized DMI entry support.
+ *************************************************/
+
+/*** Type 15 - System Event Table ***/
+
+#define DMI_SEL_ACCESS_METHOD_IO8	0x00
+#define DMI_SEL_ACCESS_METHOD_IO2x8	0x01
+#define DMI_SEL_ACCESS_METHOD_IO16	0x02
+#define DMI_SEL_ACCESS_METHOD_PHYS32	0x03
+#define DMI_SEL_ACCESS_METHOD_GPNV	0x04
+
+struct dmi_system_event_log {
+	struct dmi_header header;
+	u16	area_length;