Alan Stern 253e05724f USB: add a "remove hardware" sysfs attribute ... This patch (as1297) adds a "remove" attribute to each USB device's directory in sysfs. Writing to this attribute causes the device to be deconfigured (the same as writing 0 to the "bConfigurationValue" attribute) and then tells the hub driver to disable the device's upstream port. The device remains locked during these activities so there is no possibility of it getting reconfigured in between. The port will remain disabled until after the device is unplugged. The purpose of this is to provide a means for user programs to imitate the "Safely remove hardware" applet in Windows. Some devices do expect their ports to be disabled before they are unplugged, and they provide visual feedback to users indicating when they can safely be unplugged. The security implications are minimal. Writing to the "remove" attribute is no more dangerous than writing to the "bConfigurationValue" attribute. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>		2009-12-11 11:55:18 -08:00
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accessibility
acpi	Merge branch 'acpica' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6	2009-12-09 19:57:06 -08:00
amba
ata	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
atm	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
auxdisplay
base	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
block	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
bluetooth	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
cdrom	Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6	2009-12-09 19:03:16 -08:00
char	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input	2009-12-09 19:52:01 -08:00
clocksource
connector
cpufreq
cpuidle
crypto	Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus	2009-12-07 18:36:35 +01:00
dca
dio
dma	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
edac
eisa
firewire	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
firmware
gpio
gpu	Merge branch 'acpica' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6	2009-12-09 19:57:06 -08:00
hid	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input	2009-12-09 19:52:01 -08:00
hwmon	Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging	2009-12-09 19:53:11 -08:00
i2c	Merge branch 'acpica' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6	2009-12-09 19:57:06 -08:00
ide	Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/ide-next-2.6	2009-12-09 19:45:38 -08:00
idle
ieee1394	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
ieee802154
infiniband	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
input	Merge branch 'xen/fbdev' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen	2009-12-10 09:34:40 -08:00
isdn	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
leds	Merge branch 'omap-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6	2009-12-08 08:15:29 -08:00
lguest
macintosh	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
mca
md	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
media	V4L/DVB (13592): max2165: 32bit build patch	2009-12-10 12:45:18 -02:00
memstick
message	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
mfd	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input	2009-12-09 19:52:01 -08:00
misc	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
mmc	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
mtd	Merge git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6	2009-12-10 09:31:45 -08:00
net	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
nubus
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parisc	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
parport	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/geert/linux-m68k	2009-12-08 08:13:35 -08:00
pci	Merge branch 'acpica' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6	2009-12-09 19:57:06 -08:00
pcmcia	Merge branch 'omap-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6	2009-12-08 08:15:29 -08:00
platform	Merge branch 'acpica' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6	2009-12-09 19:57:06 -08:00
pnp
power
pps
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rapidio
regulator
rtc	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
s390	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
sbus
scsi	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
serial	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
sfi
sh
sn
spi	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
ssb
staging	Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6	2009-12-09 19:50:49 -08:00
tc
telephony	Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus	2009-12-07 18:36:35 +01:00
thermal
uio
usb	USB: add a "remove hardware" sysfs attribute	2009-12-11 11:55:18 -08:00
uwb
video	Merge branch 'xen/fbdev' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen	2009-12-10 09:34:40 -08:00
virtio
vlynq
w1
watchdog	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2009-12-09 19:43:33 -08:00
xen	Merge branch 'bugfix' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen	2009-12-10 09:35:02 -08:00
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