Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6
[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / drivers / edac / edac_mc_sysfs.c
index 029ce8979a71fcc5cc8243d0e3872664b2d16878..9aac88027fb31f8a7398fa33173c396983fd7ad2 100644 (file)
  */
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
 
 #include "edac_core.h"
 #include "edac_module.h"
 
+
 /* MC EDAC Controls, setable by module parameter, and sysfs */
 static int edac_mc_log_ue = 1;
 static int edac_mc_log_ce = 1;
-static int edac_mc_panic_on_ue = 0;
+static int edac_mc_panic_on_ue;
 static int edac_mc_poll_msec = 1000;
 
 /* Getter functions for above */
@@ -98,15 +100,7 @@ static const char *edac_caps[] = {
        [EDAC_S16ECD16ED] = "S16ECD16ED"
 };
 
-/* sysfs object:
- *     /sys/devices/system/edac/mc
- */
-static struct kobject edac_memctrl_kobj;
 
-/* We use these to wait for the reference counts on edac_memctrl_kobj and
- * edac_pci_kobj to reach 0.
- */
-static struct completion edac_memctrl_kobj_complete;
 
 /*
  * /sys/devices/system/edac/mc;
@@ -128,197 +122,67 @@ static ssize_t memctrl_int_store(void *ptr, const char *buffer, size_t count)
        return count;
 }
 
-struct memctrl_dev_attribute {
-       struct attribute attr;
-       void *value;
-        ssize_t(*show) (void *, char *);
-        ssize_t(*store) (void *, const char *, size_t);
-};
-
-/* Set of show/store abstract level functions for memory control object */
-static ssize_t memctrl_dev_show(struct kobject *kobj,
-                               struct attribute *attr, char *buffer)
-{
-       struct memctrl_dev_attribute *memctrl_dev;
-       memctrl_dev = (struct memctrl_dev_attribute *)attr;
-
-       if (memctrl_dev->show)
-               return memctrl_dev->show(memctrl_dev->value, buffer);
-
-       return -EIO;
-}
-
-static ssize_t memctrl_dev_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
-                                const char *buffer, size_t count)
-{
-       struct memctrl_dev_attribute *memctrl_dev;
-       memctrl_dev = (struct memctrl_dev_attribute *)attr;
-
-       if (memctrl_dev->store)
-               return memctrl_dev->store(memctrl_dev->value, buffer, count);
-
-       return -EIO;
-}
-
-static struct sysfs_ops memctrlfs_ops = {
-       .show = memctrl_dev_show,
-       .store = memctrl_dev_store
-};
-
-#define MEMCTRL_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)                 \
-static struct memctrl_dev_attribute attr_##_name = {                   \
-       .attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },   \
-       .value  = &_name,                                       \
-       .show   = _show,                                        \
-       .store  = _store,                                       \
-};
-
-#define MEMCTRL_STRING_ATTR(_name,_data,_mode,_show,_store)    \
-static struct memctrl_dev_attribute attr_##_name = {                   \
-       .attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },   \
-       .value  = _data,                                        \
-       .show   = _show,                                        \
-       .store  = _store,                                       \
-};
-
-/* csrow<id> control files */
-MEMCTRL_ATTR(edac_mc_panic_on_ue,
-            S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, memctrl_int_show, memctrl_int_store);
-
-MEMCTRL_ATTR(edac_mc_log_ue,
-            S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, memctrl_int_show, memctrl_int_store);
-
-MEMCTRL_ATTR(edac_mc_log_ce,
-            S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, memctrl_int_show, memctrl_int_store);
-
-MEMCTRL_ATTR(edac_mc_poll_msec,
-            S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, memctrl_int_show, memctrl_int_store);
-
-/* Base Attributes of the memory ECC object */
-static struct memctrl_dev_attribute *memctrl_attr[] = {
-       &attr_edac_mc_panic_on_ue,
-       &attr_edac_mc_log_ue,
-       &attr_edac_mc_log_ce,
-       &attr_edac_mc_poll_msec,
-       NULL,
-};
-
-/* Main MC kobject release() function */
-static void edac_memctrl_master_release(struct kobject *kobj)
-{
-       debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
-       complete(&edac_memctrl_kobj_complete);
-}
-
-static struct kobj_type ktype_memctrl = {
-       .release = edac_memctrl_master_release,
-       .sysfs_ops = &memctrlfs_ops,
-       .default_attrs = (struct attribute **)memctrl_attr,
-};
-
-/* Initialize the main sysfs entries for edac:
- *   /sys/devices/system/edac
- *
- * and children
- *
- * Return:  0 SUCCESS
- *         !0 FAILURE
+/*
+ * mc poll_msec time value
  */
-int edac_sysfs_memctrl_setup(void)
+static ssize_t poll_msec_int_store(void *ptr, const char *buffer, size_t count)
 {
-       int err = 0;
-       struct sysdev_class *edac_class;
-
-       debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
-
-       /* get the /sys/devices/system/edac class reference */
-       edac_class = edac_get_edac_class();
-       if (edac_class == NULL) {
-               debugf1("%s() no edac_class error=%d\n", __func__, err);
-               return err;
-       }
-
-       /* Init the MC's kobject */
-       memset(&edac_memctrl_kobj, 0, sizeof(edac_memctrl_kobj));
-       edac_memctrl_kobj.parent = &edac_class->kset.kobj;
-       edac_memctrl_kobj.ktype = &ktype_memctrl;
+       int *value = (int *)ptr;
 
-       /* generate sysfs "..../edac/mc"   */
-       err = kobject_set_name(&edac_memctrl_kobj, "mc");
-       if (err) {
-               debugf1("%s() Failed to set name '.../edac/mc'\n", __func__);
-               return err;
-       }
+       if (isdigit(*buffer)) {
+               *value = simple_strtoul(buffer, NULL, 0);
 
-       /* FIXME: maybe new sysdev_create_subdir() */
-       err = kobject_register(&edac_memctrl_kobj);
-       if (err) {
-               debugf1("%s() Failed to register '.../edac/mc'\n", __func__);
-               return err;
+               /* notify edac_mc engine to reset the poll period */
+               edac_mc_reset_delay_period(*value);
        }
 
-       debugf1("%s() Registered '.../edac/mc' kobject\n", __func__);
-       return 0;
+       return count;
 }
 
-/*
- * MC teardown:
- *     the '..../edac/mc' kobject followed by '..../edac' itself
- */
-void edac_sysfs_memctrl_teardown(void)
-{
-       debugf0("MC: " __FILE__ ": %s()\n", __func__);
-
-       /* Unregister the MC's kobject and wait for reference count to reach 0.
-        */
-       init_completion(&edac_memctrl_kobj_complete);
-       kobject_unregister(&edac_memctrl_kobj);
-       wait_for_completion(&edac_memctrl_kobj_complete);
-}
 
 /* EDAC sysfs CSROW data structures and methods
  */
 
 /* Set of more default csrow<id> attribute show/store functions */
 static ssize_t csrow_ue_count_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-                                  int private)
+                               int private)
 {
        return sprintf(data, "%u\n", csrow->ue_count);
 }
 
 static ssize_t csrow_ce_count_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-                                  int private)
+                               int private)
 {
        return sprintf(data, "%u\n", csrow->ce_count);
 }
 
 static ssize_t csrow_size_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-                              int private)
+                               int private)
 {
        return sprintf(data, "%u\n", PAGES_TO_MiB(csrow->nr_pages));
 }
 
 static ssize_t csrow_mem_type_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-                                  int private)
+                               int private)
 {
        return sprintf(data, "%s\n", mem_types[csrow->mtype]);
 }
 
 static ssize_t csrow_dev_type_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-                                  int private)
+                               int private)
 {
        return sprintf(data, "%s\n", dev_types[csrow->dtype]);
 }
 
 static ssize_t csrow_edac_mode_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-                                   int private)
+                               int private)
 {
        return sprintf(data, "%s\n", edac_caps[csrow->edac_mode]);
 }
 
 /* show/store functions for DIMM Label attributes */
 static ssize_t channel_dimm_label_show(struct csrow_info *csrow,
-                                      char *data, int channel)
+                               char *data, int channel)
 {
        return snprintf(data, EDAC_MC_LABEL_LEN, "%s",
                        csrow->channels[channel].label);
@@ -339,7 +203,7 @@ static ssize_t channel_dimm_label_store(struct csrow_info *csrow,
 
 /* show function for dynamic chX_ce_count attribute */
 static ssize_t channel_ce_count_show(struct csrow_info *csrow,
-                                    char *data, int channel)
+                               char *data, int channel)
 {
        return sprintf(data, "%u\n", csrow->channels[channel].ce_count);
 }
@@ -357,27 +221,27 @@ struct csrowdev_attribute {
 
 /* Set of show/store higher level functions for default csrow attributes */
 static ssize_t csrowdev_show(struct kobject *kobj,
-                            struct attribute *attr, char *buffer)
+                       struct attribute *attr, char *buffer)
 {
        struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(kobj);
        struct csrowdev_attribute *csrowdev_attr = to_csrowdev_attr(attr);
 
        if (csrowdev_attr->show)
                return csrowdev_attr->show(csrow,
-                                          buffer, csrowdev_attr->private);
+                                       buffer, csrowdev_attr->private);
        return -EIO;
 }
 
 static ssize_t csrowdev_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
-                             const char *buffer, size_t count)
+                       const char *buffer, size_t count)
 {
        struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(kobj);
        struct csrowdev_attribute *csrowdev_attr = to_csrowdev_attr(attr);
 
        if (csrowdev_attr->store)
                return csrowdev_attr->store(csrow,
-                                           buffer,
-                                           count, csrowdev_attr->private);
+                                       buffer,
+                                       count, csrowdev_attr->private);
        return -EIO;
 }
 
@@ -415,17 +279,17 @@ static struct csrowdev_attribute *default_csrow_attr[] = {
 
 /* possible dynamic channel DIMM Label attribute files */
 CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch0_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-             channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 0);
+       channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 0);
 CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch1_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-             channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 1);
+       channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 1);
 CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch2_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-             channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 2);
+       channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 2);
 CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch3_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-             channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 3);
+       channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 3);
 CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch4_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-             channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 4);
+       channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 4);
 CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch5_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-             channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 5);
+       channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 5);
 
 /* Total possible dynamic DIMM Label attribute file table */
 static struct csrowdev_attribute *dynamic_csrow_dimm_attr[] = {
@@ -486,10 +350,15 @@ static int edac_create_channel_files(struct kobject *kobj, int chan)
 /* No memory to release for this kobj */
 static void edac_csrow_instance_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
+       struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
        struct csrow_info *cs;
 
+       debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
+
        cs = container_of(kobj, struct csrow_info, kobj);
-       complete(&cs->kobj_complete);
+       mci = cs->mci;
+
+       kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
 }
 
 /* the kobj_type instance for a CSROW */
@@ -500,38 +369,55 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_csrow = {
 };
 
 /* Create a CSROW object under specifed edac_mc_device */
-static int edac_create_csrow_object(struct kobject *edac_mci_kobj,
-                                   struct csrow_info *csrow, int index)
+static int edac_create_csrow_object(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
+                                       struct csrow_info *csrow, int index)
 {
-       int err = 0;
+       struct kobject *kobj_mci = &mci->edac_mci_kobj;
+       struct kobject *kobj;
        int chan;
-
-       memset(&csrow->kobj, 0, sizeof(csrow->kobj));
+       int err;
 
        /* generate ..../edac/mc/mc<id>/csrow<index>   */
+       memset(&csrow->kobj, 0, sizeof(csrow->kobj));
+       csrow->mci = mci;       /* include container up link */
 
-       csrow->kobj.parent = edac_mci_kobj;
-       csrow->kobj.ktype = &ktype_csrow;
+       /* bump the mci instance's kobject's ref count */
+       kobj = kobject_get(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
+       if (!kobj) {
+               err = -ENODEV;
+               goto err_out;
+       }
 
-       /* name this instance of csrow<id> */
-       err = kobject_set_name(&csrow->kobj, "csrow%d", index);
+       /* Instanstiate the csrow object */
+       err = kobject_init_and_add(&csrow->kobj, &ktype_csrow, kobj_mci,
+                                  "csrow%d", index);
        if (err)
-               goto error_exit;
+               goto err_release_top_kobj;
 
-       /* Instanstiate the csrow object */
-       err = kobject_register(&csrow->kobj);
-       if (!err) {
-               /* Create the dyanmic attribute files on this csrow,
-                * namely, the DIMM labels and the channel ce_count
-                */
-               for (chan = 0; chan < csrow->nr_channels; chan++) {
-                       err = edac_create_channel_files(&csrow->kobj, chan);
-                       if (err)
-                               break;
+       /* At this point, to release a csrow kobj, one must
+        * call the kobject_put and allow that tear down
+        * to work the releasing
+        */
+
+       /* Create the dyanmic attribute files on this csrow,
+        * namely, the DIMM labels and the channel ce_count
+        */
+       for (chan = 0; chan < csrow->nr_channels; chan++) {
+               err = edac_create_channel_files(&csrow->kobj, chan);
+               if (err) {
+                       /* special case the unregister here */
+                       kobject_put(&csrow->kobj);
+                       goto err_out;
                }
        }
+       kobject_uevent(&csrow->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+       return 0;
+
+       /* error unwind stack */
+err_release_top_kobj:
+       kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
 
-      error_exit:
+err_out:
        return err;
 }
 
@@ -563,7 +449,7 @@ static ssize_t mci_reset_counters_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 
 /* memory scrubbing */
 static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
-                                         const char *data, size_t count)
+                                       const char *data, size_t count)
 {
        u32 bandwidth = -1;
 
@@ -573,18 +459,18 @@ static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 
                if (!(*mci->set_sdram_scrub_rate) (mci, &bandwidth)) {
                        edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC,
-                                   "Scrub rate set successfully, applied: %d\n",
-                                   bandwidth);
+                               "Scrub rate set successfully, applied: %d\n",
+                               bandwidth);
                } else {
                        /* FIXME: error codes maybe? */
                        edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC,
-                                   "Scrub rate set FAILED, could not apply: %d\n",
-                                   bandwidth);
+                               "Scrub rate set FAILED, could not apply: %d\n",
+                               bandwidth);
                }
        } else {
                /* FIXME: produce "not implemented" ERROR for user-side. */
                edac_printk(KERN_WARNING, EDAC_MC,
-                           "Memory scrubbing 'set'control is not implemented!\n");
+                       "Memory scrubbing 'set'control is not implemented!\n");
        }
        return count;
 }
@@ -596,18 +482,18 @@ static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
        if (mci->get_sdram_scrub_rate) {
                if (!(*mci->get_sdram_scrub_rate) (mci, &bandwidth)) {
                        edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC,
-                                   "Scrub rate successfully, fetched: %d\n",
-                                   bandwidth);
+                               "Scrub rate successfully, fetched: %d\n",
+                               bandwidth);
                } else {
                        /* FIXME: error codes maybe? */
                        edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC,
-                                   "Scrub rate fetch FAILED, got: %d\n",
-                                   bandwidth);
+                               "Scrub rate fetch FAILED, got: %d\n",
+                               bandwidth);
                }
        } else {
                /* FIXME: produce "not implemented" ERROR for user-side.  */
                edac_printk(KERN_WARNING, EDAC_MC,
-                           "Memory scrubbing 'get' control is not implemented\n");
+                       "Memory scrubbing 'get' control is not implemented\n");
        }
        return sprintf(data, "%d\n", bandwidth);
 }
@@ -648,7 +534,7 @@ static ssize_t mci_size_mb_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
        int total_pages, csrow_idx;
 
        for (total_pages = csrow_idx = 0; csrow_idx < mci->nr_csrows;
-            csrow_idx++) {
+               csrow_idx++) {
                struct csrow_info *csrow = &mci->csrows[csrow_idx];
 
                if (!csrow->nr_pages)
@@ -665,7 +551,7 @@ static ssize_t mci_size_mb_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
 
 /* MCI show/store functions for top most object */
 static ssize_t mcidev_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
-                          char *buffer)
+                       char *buffer)
 {
        struct mem_ctl_info *mem_ctl_info = to_mci(kobj);
        struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *mcidev_attr = to_mcidev_attr(attr);
@@ -677,7 +563,7 @@ static ssize_t mcidev_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 }
 
 static ssize_t mcidev_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
-                           const char *buffer, size_t count)
+                       const char *buffer, size_t count)
 {
        struct mem_ctl_info *mem_ctl_info = to_mci(kobj);
        struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *mcidev_attr = to_mcidev_attr(attr);
@@ -688,6 +574,7 @@ static ssize_t mcidev_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
        return -EIO;
 }
 
+/* Intermediate show/store table */
 static struct sysfs_ops mci_ops = {
        .show = mcidev_show,
        .store = mcidev_store
@@ -714,7 +601,7 @@ MCIDEV_ATTR(ce_count, S_IRUGO, mci_ce_count_show, NULL);
 
 /* memory scrubber attribute file */
 MCIDEV_ATTR(sdram_scrub_rate, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, mci_sdram_scrub_rate_show,
-           mci_sdram_scrub_rate_store);
+       mci_sdram_scrub_rate_store);
 
 static struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *mci_attr[] = {
        &mci_attr_reset_counters,
@@ -729,32 +616,209 @@ static struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *mci_attr[] = {
        NULL
 };
 
+
 /*
  * Release of a MC controlling instance
+ *
+ *     each MC control instance has the following resources upon entry:
+ *             a) a ref count on the top memctl kobj
+ *             b) a ref count on this module
+ *
+ *     this function must decrement those ref counts and then
+ *     issue a free on the instance's memory
  */
-static void edac_mci_instance_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+static void edac_mci_control_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
        struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
 
        mci = to_mci(kobj);
-       debugf0("%s() idx=%d\n", __func__, mci->mc_idx);
-       complete(&mci->kobj_complete);
+
+       debugf0("%s() mci instance idx=%d releasing\n", __func__, mci->mc_idx);
+
+       /* decrement the module ref count */
+       module_put(mci->owner);
+
+       /* free the mci instance memory here */
+       kfree(mci);
 }
 
 static struct kobj_type ktype_mci = {
-       .release = edac_mci_instance_release,
+       .release = edac_mci_control_release,
        .sysfs_ops = &mci_ops,
        .default_attrs = (struct attribute **)mci_attr,
 };
 
+/* show/store, tables, etc for the MC kset */
+
+
+struct memctrl_dev_attribute {
+       struct attribute attr;
+       void *value;
+        ssize_t(*show) (void *, char *);
+        ssize_t(*store) (void *, const char *, size_t);
+};
+
+/* Set of show/store abstract level functions for memory control object */
+static ssize_t memctrl_dev_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+                               struct attribute *attr, char *buffer)
+{
+       struct memctrl_dev_attribute *memctrl_dev;
+       memctrl_dev = (struct memctrl_dev_attribute *)attr;
+
+       if (memctrl_dev->show)
+               return memctrl_dev->show(memctrl_dev->value, buffer);
+
+       return -EIO;
+}
+
+static ssize_t memctrl_dev_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
+                                const char *buffer, size_t count)
+{
+       struct memctrl_dev_attribute *memctrl_dev;
+       memctrl_dev = (struct memctrl_dev_attribute *)attr;
+
+       if (memctrl_dev->store)
+               return memctrl_dev->store(memctrl_dev->value, buffer, count);
+
+       return -EIO;
+}
+
+static struct sysfs_ops memctrlfs_ops = {
+       .show = memctrl_dev_show,
+       .store = memctrl_dev_store
+};
+
+#define MEMCTRL_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store)                      \
+static struct memctrl_dev_attribute attr_##_name = {                   \
+       .attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },   \
+       .value  = &_name,                                       \
+       .show   = _show,                                        \
+       .store  = _store,                                       \
+};
+
+#define MEMCTRL_STRING_ATTR(_name, _data, _mode, _show, _store)        \
+static struct memctrl_dev_attribute attr_##_name = {                   \
+       .attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },   \
+       .value  = _data,                                        \
+       .show   = _show,                                        \
+       .store  = _store,                                       \
+};
+
+/* csrow<id> control files */
+MEMCTRL_ATTR(edac_mc_panic_on_ue,
+       S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, memctrl_int_show, memctrl_int_store);
+
+MEMCTRL_ATTR(edac_mc_log_ue,
+       S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, memctrl_int_show, memctrl_int_store);
+
+MEMCTRL_ATTR(edac_mc_log_ce,
+       S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, memctrl_int_show, memctrl_int_store);
+
+MEMCTRL_ATTR(edac_mc_poll_msec,
+       S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, memctrl_int_show, poll_msec_int_store);
+
+/* Base Attributes of the memory ECC object */
+static struct memctrl_dev_attribute *memctrl_attr[] = {
+       &attr_edac_mc_panic_on_ue,
+       &attr_edac_mc_log_ue,
+       &attr_edac_mc_log_ce,
+       &attr_edac_mc_poll_msec,
+       NULL,
+};
+
+
+/* the ktype for the mc_kset internal kobj */
+static struct kobj_type ktype_mc_set_attribs = {
+       .sysfs_ops = &memctrlfs_ops,
+       .default_attrs = (struct attribute **)memctrl_attr,
+};
+
+/* EDAC memory controller sysfs kset:
+ *     /sys/devices/system/edac/mc
+ */
+static struct kset mc_kset = {
+       .kobj = {.ktype = &ktype_mc_set_attribs },
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * edac_mc_register_sysfs_main_kobj
+ *
+ *     setups and registers the main kobject for each mci
+ */
+int edac_mc_register_sysfs_main_kobj(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
+{
+       struct kobject *kobj_mci;
+       int err;
+
+       debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
+
+       kobj_mci = &mci->edac_mci_kobj;
+
+       /* Init the mci's kobject */
+       memset(kobj_mci, 0, sizeof(*kobj_mci));
+
+       /* Record which module 'owns' this control structure
+        * and bump the ref count of the module
+        */
+       mci->owner = THIS_MODULE;
+
+       /* bump ref count on this module */
+       if (!try_module_get(mci->owner)) {
+               err = -ENODEV;
+               goto fail_out;
+       }
+
+       /* this instance become part of the mc_kset */
+       kobj_mci->kset = &mc_kset;
+
+       /* register the mc<id> kobject to the mc_kset */
+       err = kobject_init_and_add(kobj_mci, &ktype_mci, NULL,
+                                  "mc%d", mci->mc_idx);
+       if (err) {
+               debugf1("%s()Failed to register '.../edac/mc%d'\n",
+                       __func__, mci->mc_idx);
+               goto kobj_reg_fail;
+       }
+       kobject_uevent(kobj_mci, KOBJ_ADD);
+
+       /* At this point, to 'free' the control struct,
+        * edac_mc_unregister_sysfs_main_kobj() must be used
+        */
+
+       debugf1("%s() Registered '.../edac/mc%d' kobject\n",
+               __func__, mci->mc_idx);
+
+       return 0;
+
+       /* Error exit stack */
+
+kobj_reg_fail:
+       module_put(mci->owner);
+
+fail_out:
+       return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * edac_mc_register_sysfs_main_kobj
+ *
+ *     tears down and the main mci kobject from the mc_kset
+ */
+void edac_mc_unregister_sysfs_main_kobj(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
+{
+       /* delete the kobj from the mc_kset */
+       kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
+}
+
 #define EDAC_DEVICE_SYMLINK    "device"
 
 /*
- * edac_create_driver_attributes
+ * edac_create_mci_instance_attributes
  *     create MC driver specific attributes at the topmost level
  *     directory of this mci instance.
  */
-static int edac_create_driver_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
+static int edac_create_mci_instance_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 {
        int err;
        struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *sysfs_attrib;
@@ -764,7 +828,7 @@ static int edac_create_driver_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
         */
        sysfs_attrib = mci->mc_driver_sysfs_attributes;
 
-       while (sysfs_attrib->attr.name != NULL) {
+       while (sysfs_attrib && sysfs_attrib->attr.name) {
                err = sysfs_create_file(&mci->edac_mci_kobj,
                                        (struct attribute*) sysfs_attrib);
                if (err) {
@@ -777,6 +841,29 @@ static int edac_create_driver_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
        return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes
+ *     remove MC driver specific attributes at the topmost level
+ *     directory of this mci instance.
+ */
+static void edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
+{
+       struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *sysfs_attrib;
+
+       /* point to the start of the array and iterate over it
+        * adding each attribute listed to this mci instance's kobject
+        */
+       sysfs_attrib = mci->mc_driver_sysfs_attributes;
+
+       /* loop if there are attributes and until we hit a NULL entry */
+       while (sysfs_attrib && sysfs_attrib->attr.name) {
+               sysfs_remove_file(&mci->edac_mci_kobj,
+                                       (struct attribute *) sysfs_attrib);
+               sysfs_attrib++;
+       }
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Create a new Memory Controller kobject instance,
  *     mc<id> under the 'mc' directory
@@ -790,70 +877,63 @@ int edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
        int i;
        int err;
        struct csrow_info *csrow;
-       struct kobject *edac_mci_kobj = &mci->edac_mci_kobj;
+       struct kobject *kobj_mci = &mci->edac_mci_kobj;
 
        debugf0("%s() idx=%d\n", __func__, mci->mc_idx);
-       memset(edac_mci_kobj, 0, sizeof(*edac_mci_kobj));
-
-       /* set the name of the mc<id> object */
-       err = kobject_set_name(edac_mci_kobj, "mc%d", mci->mc_idx);
-       if (err)
-               return err;
-
-       /* link to our parent the '..../edac/mc' object */
-       edac_mci_kobj->parent = &edac_memctrl_kobj;
-       edac_mci_kobj->ktype = &ktype_mci;
-
-       /* register the mc<id> kobject */
-       err = kobject_register(edac_mci_kobj);
-       if (err)
-               return err;
 
        /* create a symlink for the device */
-       err = sysfs_create_link(edac_mci_kobj, &mci->dev->kobj,
+       err = sysfs_create_link(kobj_mci, &mci->dev->kobj,
                                EDAC_DEVICE_SYMLINK);
-       if (err)
+       if (err) {
+               debugf1("%s() failure to create symlink\n", __func__);
                goto fail0;
+       }
 
        /* If the low level driver desires some attributes,
         * then create them now for the driver.
         */
        if (mci->mc_driver_sysfs_attributes) {
-               err = edac_create_driver_attributes(mci);
-               if (err)
+               err = edac_create_mci_instance_attributes(mci);
+               if (err) {
+                       debugf1("%s() failure to create mci attributes\n",
+                               __func__);
                        goto fail0;
+               }
        }
 
-       /* Make directories for each CSROW object
-        * under the mc<id> kobject
+       /* Make directories for each CSROW object under the mc<id> kobject
         */
        for (i = 0; i < mci->nr_csrows; i++) {
                csrow = &mci->csrows[i];
 
                /* Only expose populated CSROWs */
                if (csrow->nr_pages > 0) {
-                       err = edac_create_csrow_object(edac_mci_kobj, csrow, i);
-                       if (err)
+                       err = edac_create_csrow_object(mci, csrow, i);
+                       if (err) {
+                               debugf1("%s() failure: create csrow %d obj\n",
+                                       __func__, i);
                                goto fail1;
+                       }
                }
        }
 
        return 0;
 
        /* CSROW error: backout what has already been registered,  */
-      fail1:
+fail1:
        for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {
                if (csrow->nr_pages > 0) {
-                       init_completion(&csrow->kobj_complete);
-                       kobject_unregister(&mci->csrows[i].kobj);
-                       wait_for_completion(&csrow->kobj_complete);
+                       kobject_put(&mci->csrows[i].kobj);
                }
        }
 
-      fail0:
-       init_completion(&mci->kobj_complete);
-       kobject_unregister(edac_mci_kobj);
-       wait_for_completion(&mci->kobj_complete);
+       /* remove the mci instance's attributes, if any */
+       edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(mci);
+
+       /* remove the symlink */
+       sysfs_remove_link(kobj_mci, EDAC_DEVICE_SYMLINK);
+
+fail0:
        return err;
 }
 
@@ -869,14 +949,84 @@ void edac_remove_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
        /* remove all csrow kobjects */
        for (i = 0; i < mci->nr_csrows; i++) {
                if (mci->csrows[i].nr_pages > 0) {
-                       init_completion(&mci->csrows[i].kobj_complete);
-                       kobject_unregister(&mci->csrows[i].kobj);
-                       wait_for_completion(&mci->csrows[i].kobj_complete);
+                       debugf0("%s()  unreg csrow-%d\n", __func__, i);
+                       kobject_put(&mci->csrows[i].kobj);
                }
        }
 
+       debugf0("%s()  remove_link\n", __func__);
+
+       /* remove the symlink */
        sysfs_remove_link(&mci->edac_mci_kobj, EDAC_DEVICE_SYMLINK);
-       init_completion(&mci->kobj_complete);
-       kobject_unregister(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
-       wait_for_completion(&mci->kobj_complete);
+
+       debugf0("%s()  remove_mci_instance\n", __func__);
+
+       /* remove this mci instance's attribtes */
+       edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(mci);
+
+       debugf0("%s()  unregister this mci kobj\n", __func__);
+
+       /* unregister this instance's kobject */
+       kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
 }
+
+
+
+
+/*
+ * edac_setup_sysfs_mc_kset(void)
+ *
+ * Initialize the mc_kset for the 'mc' entry
+ *     This requires creating the top 'mc' directory with a kset
+ *     and its controls/attributes.
+ *
+ *     To this 'mc' kset, instance 'mci' will be grouped as children.
+ *
+ * Return:  0 SUCCESS
+ *         !0 FAILURE error code
+ */
+int edac_sysfs_setup_mc_kset(void)
+{
+       int err = 0;
+       struct sysdev_class *edac_class;
+
+       debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
+
+       /* get the /sys/devices/system/edac class reference */
+       edac_class = edac_get_edac_class();
+       if (edac_class == NULL) {
+               debugf1("%s() no edac_class error=%d\n", __func__, err);
+               goto fail_out;
+       }
+
+       /* Init the MC's kobject */
+       kobject_set_name(&mc_kset.kobj, "mc");
+       mc_kset.kobj.parent = &edac_class->kset.kobj;
+
+       /* register the mc_kset */
+       err = kset_register(&mc_kset);
+       if (err) {
+               debugf1("%s() Failed to register '.../edac/mc'\n", __func__);
+               goto fail_out;
+       }
+
+       debugf1("%s() Registered '.../edac/mc' kobject\n", __func__);
+
+       return 0;
+
+
+       /* error unwind stack */
+fail_out:
+       return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * edac_sysfs_teardown_mc_kset
+ *
+ *     deconstruct the mc_ket for memory controllers
+ */
+void edac_sysfs_teardown_mc_kset(void)
+{
+       kset_unregister(&mc_kset);
+}
+