From bdab18633a302c82b5e5d5dbc4e38b0baf9c0837 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:15:23 -0700 Subject: Merge tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull futex fix from Ingo Molnar: - Also allocate a default private futex hash on vfork() as well, to avoid races with (private) futex waiters (Peter Zijlstra) * tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: futex: Also allocate private hash on vfork() --- fs/sysfs/Kconfig | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 fs/sysfs/Kconfig (limited to 'fs/sysfs/Kconfig') diff --git a/fs/sysfs/Kconfig b/fs/sysfs/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b0fe1cce3 --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/sysfs/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +config SYSFS + bool "sysfs file system support" if EXPERT + default y + select KERNFS + help + The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to + export internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their + relationships to one another. + + Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running + kernel, such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and + which driver each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices + and other kernel subsystems. + + Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate. + /sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in + delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices. + + sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root + partition. If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on + the kernel boot command line via its major and minor numbers. For + example, "root=03:01" for /dev/hda1. + + Designers of embedded systems may wish to say N here to conserve space. -- cgit v1.3.1