Merge remote-tracking branch 'driver-core/driver-core-next'

72 files changed, 817 insertions, 757 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
index d19354794e67..4055ac76b288 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ via fw_create_instance(). This call creates a new struct device named after
 the firmware requested, and establishes it in the device hierarchy by
 associating the device used to make the request as the device's parent.
 The sysfs directory's file attributes are defined and controlled through
-the new device's class (firmare_class) and group (fw_dev_attr_groups).
+the new device's class (firmware_class) and group (fw_dev_attr_groups).
 This is actually where the original firmware_class.c file name comes from,
 as originally the only firmware loading mechanism available was the
 mechanism we now use as a fallback mechanism.
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/sharpsl_pm.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/sharpsl_pm.c
index 398ba9ba2632..ef9fd9b759cb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/sharpsl_pm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/sharpsl_pm.c
@@ -802,8 +802,8 @@ static ssize_t battery_voltage_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", sharpsl_pm.battstat.mainbat_voltage);
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(battery_percentage, 0444, battery_percentage_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(battery_voltage, 0444, battery_voltage_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(battery_percentage);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(battery_voltage);
 
 extern void (*apm_get_power_status)(struct apm_power_info *);
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
index b8c1a85bcf2d..a919b2f0141d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ static ssize_t __ref rescan_store(struct device *dev,
 	rc = smp_rescan_cpus();
 	return rc ? rc : count;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(rescan, 0200, NULL, rescan_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(rescan);
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
 static int __init s390_smp_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c b/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
index 4d5b65e527b5..4b6e0397f66d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ out:
 	put_online_cpus();
 	return rc ? rc : count;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(dispatching, 0644, dispatching_show,
-			 dispatching_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(dispatching);
 
 static ssize_t cpu_polarization_show(struct device *dev,
 				     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
diff --git a/arch/sh/drivers/push-switch.c b/arch/sh/drivers/push-switch.c
index a17181160233..762bc5619910 100644
--- a/arch/sh/drivers/push-switch.c
+++ b/arch/sh/drivers/push-switch.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static ssize_t switch_show(struct device *dev,
 	struct push_switch_platform_info *psw_info = dev->platform_data;
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", psw_info->name);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(switch, S_IRUGO, switch_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(switch);
 
 static void switch_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/sysfs.c b/arch/tile/kernel/sysfs.c
index 825867c53853..b09456a3d77a 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/sysfs.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static ssize_t chip_width_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	return sprintf(page, "%u\n", smp_width);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(chip_width, 0444, chip_width_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(chip_width);
 
 static ssize_t chip_height_show(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static ssize_t chip_height_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	return sprintf(page, "%u\n", smp_height);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(chip_height, 0444, chip_height_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(chip_height);
 
 static ssize_t chip_serial_show(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static ssize_t chip_serial_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	return get_hv_confstr(page, HV_CONFSTR_CHIP_SERIAL_NUM);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(chip_serial, 0444, chip_serial_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(chip_serial);
 
 static ssize_t chip_revision_show(struct device *dev,
 				  struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static ssize_t chip_revision_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	return get_hv_confstr(page, HV_CONFSTR_CHIP_REV);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(chip_revision, 0444, chip_revision_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(chip_revision);
 
 
 static ssize_t type_show(struct device *dev,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static ssize_t type_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	return sprintf(page, "tilera\n");
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(type, 0444, type_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(type);
 
 #define HV_CONF_ATTR(name, conf)					\
 	static ssize_t name ## _show(struct device *dev,		\
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static ssize_t hv_stats_store(struct device *dev,
 	return n < 0 ? n : count;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(hv_stats, 0644, hv_stats_show, hv_stats_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(hv_stats);
 
 static int hv_stats_device_add(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index c4fa4a85d4cb..09c74b0560dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static ssize_t pf_show(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "0x%x\n", uci->cpu_sig.pf);
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(reload, 0200, NULL, reload_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(reload);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(version, 0400, version_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(processor_flags, 0400, pf_show, NULL);
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c
index a041689e5701..545e91420cde 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static ssize_t real_power_state_show(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", acpi_power_state_string(state));
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(real_power_state, 0444, real_power_state_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(real_power_state);
 
 static ssize_t power_state_show(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static ssize_t power_state_show(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", acpi_power_state_string(adev->power.state));
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(power_state, 0444, power_state_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(power_state);
 
 static ssize_t
 acpi_eject_store(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static ssize_t description_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	return result;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(description, 0444, description_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(description);
 
 static ssize_t
 acpi_device_sun_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
diff --git a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
index 4de87b0b53c8..52ec5174bcb1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
+++ b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Arch specific cpu topology information
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2016, ARM Ltd.
  * Written by: Juri Lelli, ARM Ltd.
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
- * Released under the GPLv2 only.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  */
 
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/attribute_container.c b/drivers/base/attribute_container.c
index 95e3ef82f3b7..20736aaa0e69 100644
--- a/drivers/base/attribute_container.c
+++ b/drivers/base/attribute_container.c
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * attribute_container.c - implementation of a simple container for classes
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
  *
- * This file is licensed under GPLv2
- *
  * The basic idea here is to enable a device to be attached to an
  * aritrary numer of classes without having to allocate storage for them.
  * Instead, the contained classes select the devices they need to attach
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 22a64fd3309b..ef6183306b40 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * bus.c - bus driver management
  *
@@ -5,9 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2002-3 Open Source Development Labs
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Novell Inc.
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/async.h>
@@ -309,7 +307,7 @@ int bus_for_each_dev(struct bus_type *bus, struct device *start,
 
 	klist_iter_init_node(&bus->p->klist_devices, &i,
 			     (start ? &start->p->knode_bus : NULL));
-	while ((dev = next_device(&i)) && !error)
+	while (!error && (dev = next_device(&i)))
 		error = fn(dev, data);
 	klist_iter_exit(&i);
 	return error;
diff --git a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
index 07532d83be0b..edf726267282 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
@@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * cacheinfo support - processor cache information via sysfs
  *
  * Based on arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
  * Author: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed "as is" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any
- * kind, whether express or implied; without even the implied warranty
- * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 52eb8e644acd..54def4e02f00 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * class.c - basic device class management
  *
@@ -5,9 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2002-3 Open Source Development Labs
  * Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Greg Kroah-Hartman
  * Copyright (c) 2003-2004 IBM Corp.
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/component.c b/drivers/base/component.c
index 89b032f2ffd2..8946dfee4768 100644
--- a/drivers/base/component.c
+++ b/drivers/base/component.c
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Componentized device handling.
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
  * This is work in progress.  We gather up the component devices into a list,
  * and bind them when instructed.  At the moment, we're specific to the DRM
  * subsystem, and only handles one master device, but this doesn't have to be
@@ -17,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
 
 struct component;
 
@@ -41,6 +39,7 @@ struct master {
 	const struct component_master_ops *ops;
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct component_match *match;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
 };
 
 struct component {
@@ -56,6 +55,80 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(component_mutex);
 static LIST_HEAD(component_list);
 static LIST_HEAD(masters);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+
+static struct dentry *component_debugfs_dir;
+
+static int component_devices_show(struct seq_file *s, void *data)
+{
+	struct master *m = s->private;
+	struct component_match *match = m->match;
+	size_t i;
+
+	mutex_lock(&component_mutex);
+	seq_printf(s, "%-40s %20s\n", "master name", "status");
+	seq_puts(s, "-------------------------------------------------------------\n");
+	seq_printf(s, "%-40s %20s\n\n",
+		   dev_name(m->dev), m->bound ? "bound" : "not bound");
+
+	seq_printf(s, "%-40s %20s\n", "device name", "status");
+	seq_puts(s, "-------------------------------------------------------------\n");
+	for (i = 0; i < match->num; i++) {
+		struct device *d = (struct device *)match->compare[i].data;
+
+		seq_printf(s, "%-40s %20s\n", dev_name(d),
+			   match->compare[i].component ?
+			   "registered" : "not registered");
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&component_mutex);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int component_devices_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	return single_open(file, component_devices_show, inode->i_private);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations component_devices_fops = {
+	.open = component_devices_open,
+	.read = seq_read,
+	.llseek = seq_lseek,
+	.release = single_release,
+};
+
+static int __init component_debug_init(void)
+{
+	component_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("device_component", NULL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+core_initcall(component_debug_init);
+
+static void component_master_debugfs_add(struct master *m)
+{
+	m->dentry = debugfs_create_file(dev_name(m->dev), 0444,
+					component_debugfs_dir,
+					m, &component_devices_fops);
+}
+
+static void component_master_debugfs_del(struct master *m)
+{
+	debugfs_remove(m->dentry);
+	m->dentry = NULL;
+}
+
+#else
+
+static void component_master_debugfs_add(struct master *m)
+{ }
+
+static void component_master_debugfs_del(struct master *m)
+{ }
+
+#endif
+
 static struct master *__master_find(struct device *dev,
 	const struct component_master_ops *ops)
 {
@@ -290,6 +363,7 @@ static void free_master(struct master *master)
 	struct component_match *match = master->match;
 	int i;
 
+	component_master_debugfs_del(master);
 	list_del(&master->node);
 
 	if (match) {
@@ -323,6 +397,7 @@ int component_master_add_with_match(struct device *dev,
 	master->ops = ops;
 	master->match = match;
 
+	component_master_debugfs_add(master);
 	/* Add to the list of available masters. */
 	mutex_lock(&component_mutex);
 	list_add(&master->node, &masters);
diff --git a/drivers/base/container.c b/drivers/base/container.c
index ecbfbe2e908f..1ba42d2d3532 100644
--- a/drivers/base/container.c
+++ b/drivers/base/container.c
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * System bus type for containers.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2013, Intel Corporation
  * Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
 #include <linux/container.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 409298942d5a..b2261f92f2f1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * drivers/base/core.c - core driver model code (device registration, etc)
  *
@@ -5,9 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2002-3 Open Source Development Labs
  * Copyright (c) 2006 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  * Copyright (c) 2006 Novell, Inc.
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
@@ -2115,7 +2113,7 @@ int device_for_each_child(struct device *parent, void *data,
 		return 0;
 
 	klist_iter_init(&parent->p->klist_children, &i);
-	while ((child = next_device(&i)) && !error)
+	while (!error && (child = next_device(&i)))
 		error = fn(child, data);
 	klist_iter_exit(&i);
 	return error;
diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index d99038487a0d..d21a2d913107 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * CPU subsystem support
  */
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 2c964f56dafe..533c82f55cea 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * drivers/base/dd.c - The core device/driver interactions.
  *
@@ -13,8 +14,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2002-3 Open Source Development Labs
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Novell Inc.
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
index 7be310f7db73..f1a3353f3494 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
- * This file is provided under the GPLv2 license.
- *
- * GPL LICENSE SUMMARY
- *
  * Copyright(c) 2014 Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
  * Copyright(c) 2015 Intel Deutschland GmbH
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution
- * in the file called COPYING.
- *
  * Contact Information:
  *  Intel Linux Wireless <ilw@linux.intel.com>
  * Intel Corporation, 5200 N.E. Elam Young Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97124-6497
diff --git a/drivers/base/devres.c b/drivers/base/devres.c
index 71d577025285..95b67281cd2a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devres.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devres.c
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * drivers/base/devres.c - device resource management
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2006  SUSE Linux Products GmbH
  * Copyright (c) 2006  Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de>
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2.
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c
index ea9726e71468..d987dcd1bd56 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  * Contiguous Memory Allocator for DMA mapping framework
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2011 by Samsung Electronics.
  * Written by:
  *	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
  *	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
- * License or (at your optional) any later version of the license.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) "cma: " fmt
diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-mapping.c b/drivers/base/dma-mapping.c
index e584eddef0a7..3b118353ea17 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dma-mapping.c
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * drivers/base/dma-mapping.c - arch-independent dma-mapping routines
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2006  SUSE Linux Products GmbH
  * Copyright (c) 2006  Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de>
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2.
  */
 
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 4eabfe28d2b3..ba912558a510 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * driver.c - centralized device driver management
  *
@@ -5,9 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2002-3 Open Source Development Labs
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Novell Inc.
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ int driver_for_each_device(struct device_driver *drv, struct device *start,
 
 	klist_iter_init_node(&drv->p->klist_devices, &i,
 			     start ? &start->p->knode_driver : NULL);
-	while ((dev = next_device(&i)) && !error)
+	while (!error && (dev = next_device(&i)))
 		error = fn(dev, data);
 	klist_iter_exit(&i);
 	return error;
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware.c b/drivers/base/firmware.c
index 113815556809..8dff940e0db9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * firmware.c - firmware subsystem hoohaw.
  *
@@ -5,8 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2002-3 Open Source Development Labs
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Novell Inc.
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
  */
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 4b57cf5bc81d..7dd36ace6152 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * firmware_class.c - Multi purpose firmware loading support
  *
@@ -41,6 +42,96 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Manuel Estrada Sainz");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Multi purpose firmware loading support");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
+enum fw_status {
+	FW_STATUS_UNKNOWN,
+	FW_STATUS_LOADING,
+	FW_STATUS_DONE,
+	FW_STATUS_ABORTED,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Concurrent request_firmware() for the same firmware need to be
+ * serialized.  struct fw_state is simple state machine which hold the
+ * state of the firmware loading.
+ */
+struct fw_state {
+	struct completion completion;
+	enum fw_status status;
+};
+
+/* firmware behavior options */
+#define FW_OPT_UEVENT	(1U << 0)
+#define FW_OPT_NOWAIT	(1U << 1)
+#define FW_OPT_USERHELPER	(1U << 2)
+#define FW_OPT_NO_WARN	(1U << 3)
+#define FW_OPT_NOCACHE	(1U << 4)
+#define FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK (1U << 5)
+
+struct firmware_cache {
+	/* firmware_buf instance will be added into the below list */
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	struct list_head head;
+	int state;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
+	/*
+	 * Names of firmware images which have been cached successfully
+	 * will be added into the below list so that device uncache
+	 * helper can trace which firmware images have been cached
+	 * before.
+	 */
+	spinlock_t name_lock;
+	struct list_head fw_names;
+
+	struct delayed_work work;
+
+	struct notifier_block   pm_notify;
+#endif
+};
+
+struct fw_priv {
+	struct kref ref;
+	struct list_head list;
+	struct firmware_cache *fwc;
+	struct fw_state fw_st;
+	void *data;
+	size_t size;
+	size_t allocated_size;
+#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
+	bool is_paged_buf;
+	bool need_uevent;
+	struct page **pages;
+	int nr_pages;
+	int page_array_size;
+	struct list_head pending_list;
+#endif
+	const char *fw_name;
+};
+
+struct fw_cache_entry {
+	struct list_head list;
+	const char *name;
+};
+
+struct fw_name_devm {
+	unsigned long magic;
+	const char *name;
+};
+
+static inline struct fw_priv *to_fw_priv(struct kref *ref)
+{
+	return container_of(ref, struct fw_priv, ref);
+}
+
+#define	FW_LOADER_NO_CACHE	0
+#define	FW_LOADER_START_CACHE	1
+
+/* fw_lock could be moved to 'struct fw_sysfs' but since it is just
+ * guarding for corner cases a global lock should be OK */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(fw_lock);
+
+static struct firmware_cache fw_cache;
+
 /* Builtin firmware support */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER
@@ -48,6 +139,14 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 extern struct builtin_fw __start_builtin_fw[];
 extern struct builtin_fw __end_builtin_fw[];
 
+static void fw_copy_to_prealloc_buf(struct firmware *fw,
+				    void *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	if (!buf || size < fw->size)
+		return;
+	memcpy(buf, fw->data, fw->size);
+}
+
 static bool fw_get_builtin_firmware(struct firmware *fw, const char *name,
 				    void *buf, size_t size)
 {
@@ -57,9 +156,8 @@ static bool fw_get_builtin_firmware(struct firmware *fw, const char *name,
 		if (strcmp(name, b_fw->name) == 0) {
 			fw->size = b_fw->size;
 			fw->data = b_fw->data;
+			fw_copy_to_prealloc_buf(fw, buf, size);
 
-			if (buf && fw->size <= size)
-				memcpy(buf, fw->data, fw->size);
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
@@ -93,13 +191,6 @@ static inline bool fw_is_builtin_firmware(const struct firmware *fw)
 }
 #endif
 
-enum fw_status {
-	FW_STATUS_UNKNOWN,
-	FW_STATUS_LOADING,
-	FW_STATUS_DONE,
-	FW_STATUS_ABORTED,
-};
-
 static int loading_timeout = 60;	/* In seconds */
 
 static inline long firmware_loading_timeout(void)
@@ -107,29 +198,17 @@ static inline long firmware_loading_timeout(void)
 	return loading_timeout > 0 ? loading_timeout * HZ : MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
 }
 
-/*
- * Concurrent request_firmware() for the same firmware need to be
- * serialized.  struct fw_state is simple state machine which hold the
- * state of the firmware loading.
- */
-struct fw_state {
-	struct completion completion;
-	enum fw_status status;
-};
-
-static void fw_state_init(struct fw_state *fw_st)
+static void fw_state_init(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
 {
+	struct fw_state *fw_st = &fw_priv->fw_st;
+
 	init_completion(&fw_st->completion);
 	fw_st->status = FW_STATUS_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
-static inline bool __fw_state_is_done(enum fw_status status)
-{
-	return status == FW_STATUS_DONE || status == FW_STATUS_ABORTED;
-}
-
-static int __fw_state_wait_common(struct fw_state *fw_st, long timeout)
+static int __fw_state_wait_common(struct fw_priv *fw_priv, long timeout)
 {
+	struct fw_state *fw_st = &fw_priv->fw_st;
 	long ret;
 
 	ret = wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(&fw_st->completion, timeout);
@@ -141,226 +220,172 @@ static int __fw_state_wait_common(struct fw_state *fw_st, long timeout)
 	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
 }
 
-static void __fw_state_set(struct fw_state *fw_st,
+static void __fw_state_set(struct fw_priv *fw_priv,
 			   enum fw_status status)
 {
+	struct fw_state *fw_st = &fw_priv->fw_st;
+
 	WRITE_ONCE(fw_st->status, status);
 
 	if (status == FW_STATUS_DONE || status == FW_STATUS_ABORTED)
 		complete_all(&fw_st->completion);
 }
 
-#define fw_state_start(fw_st)					\
-	__fw_state_set(fw_st, FW_STATUS_LOADING)
-#define fw_state_done(fw_st)					\
-	__fw_state_set(fw_st, FW_STATUS_DONE)
-#define fw_state_aborted(fw_st)					\
-	__fw_state_set(fw_st, FW_STATUS_ABORTED)
-#define fw_state_wait(fw_st)					\
-	__fw_state_wait_common(fw_st, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT)
-
-static int __fw_state_check(struct fw_state *fw_st, enum fw_status status)
+static inline void fw_state_start(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
 {
-	return fw_st->status == status;
+	__fw_state_set(fw_priv, FW_STATUS_LOADING);
 }
 
-#define fw_state_is_aborted(fw_st)				\
-	__fw_state_check(fw_st, FW_STATUS_ABORTED)
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
-
-#define fw_state_aborted(fw_st)					\
-	__fw_state_set(fw_st, FW_STATUS_ABORTED)
-#define fw_state_is_done(fw_st)					\
-	__fw_state_check(fw_st, FW_STATUS_DONE)
-#define fw_state_is_loading(fw_st)				\
-	__fw_state_check(fw_st, FW_STATUS_LOADING)
-#define fw_state_wait_timeout(fw_st, timeout)			\
-	__fw_state_wait_common(fw_st, timeout)
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER */
+static inline void fw_state_done(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
+{
+	__fw_state_set(fw_priv, FW_STATUS_DONE);
+}
 
-/* firmware behavior options */
-#define FW_OPT_UEVENT	(1U << 0)
-#define FW_OPT_NOWAIT	(1U << 1)
-#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
-#define FW_OPT_USERHELPER	(1U << 2)
-#else
-#define FW_OPT_USERHELPER	0
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK
-#define FW_OPT_FALLBACK		FW_OPT_USERHELPER
-#else
-#define FW_OPT_FALLBACK		0
-#endif
-#define FW_OPT_NO_WARN	(1U << 3)
-#define FW_OPT_NOCACHE	(1U << 4)
+static inline void fw_state_aborted(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
+{
+	__fw_state_set(fw_priv, FW_STATUS_ABORTED);
+}
 
-struct firmware_cache {
-	/* firmware_buf instance will be added into the below list */
-	spinlock_t lock;
-	struct list_head head;
-	int state;
+static inline int fw_state_wait(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
+{
+	return __fw_state_wait_common(fw_priv, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
+}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
-	/*
-	 * Names of firmware images which have been cached successfully
-	 * will be added into the below list so that device uncache
-	 * helper can trace which firmware images have been cached
-	 * before.
-	 */
-	spinlock_t name_lock;
-	struct list_head fw_names;
+static bool __fw_state_check(struct fw_priv *fw_priv,
+			     enum fw_status status)
+{
+	struct fw_state *fw_st = &fw_priv->fw_st;
 
-	struct delayed_work work;
+	return fw_st->status == status;
+}
 
-	struct notifier_block   pm_notify;
-#endif
-};
+static inline bool fw_state_is_aborted(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
+{
+	return __fw_state_check(fw_priv, FW_STATUS_ABORTED);
+}
 
-struct firmware_buf {
-	struct kref ref;
-	struct list_head list;
-	struct firmware_cache *fwc;
-	struct fw_state fw_st;
-	void *data;
-	size_t size;
-	size_t allocated_size;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
-	bool is_paged_buf;
-	bool need_uevent;
-	struct page **pages;
-	int nr_pages;
-	int page_array_size;
-	struct list_head pending_list;
-#endif
-	const char *fw_id;
-};
 
-struct fw_cache_entry {
-	struct list_head list;
-	const char *name;
-};
+static inline bool fw_sysfs_done(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
+{
+	return __fw_state_check(fw_priv, FW_STATUS_DONE);
+}
 
-struct fw_name_devm {
-	unsigned long magic;
-	const char *name;
-};
+static inline bool fw_sysfs_loading(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
+{
+	return __fw_state_check(fw_priv, FW_STATUS_LOADING);
+}
 
-#define to_fwbuf(d) container_of(d, struct firmware_buf, ref)
+static inline int fw_sysfs_wait_timeout(struct fw_priv *fw_priv,  long timeout)
+{
+	return __fw_state_wait_common(fw_priv, timeout);
+}
 
-#define	FW_LOADER_NO_CACHE	0
-#define	FW_LOADER_START_CACHE	1
+#endif /* CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER */
 
 static int fw_cache_piggyback_on_request(const char *name);
 
-/* fw_lock could be moved to 'struct firmware_priv' but since it is just
- * guarding for corner cases a global lock should be OK */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(fw_lock);
-
-static struct firmware_cache fw_cache;
-
-static struct firmware_buf *__allocate_fw_buf(const char *fw_name,
-					      struct firmware_cache *fwc,
-					      void *dbuf, size_t size)
+static struct fw_priv *__allocate_fw_priv(const char *fw_name,
+					  struct firmware_cache *fwc,
+					  void *dbuf, size_t size)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *buf;
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv;
 
-	buf = kzalloc(sizeof(*buf), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!buf)
+	fw_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*fw_priv), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!fw_priv)
 		return NULL;
 
-	buf->fw_id = kstrdup_const(fw_name, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!buf->fw_id) {
-		kfree(buf);
+	fw_priv->fw_name = kstrdup_const(fw_name, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!fw_priv->fw_name) {
+		kfree(fw_priv);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	kref_init(&buf->ref);
-	buf->fwc = fwc;
-	buf->data = dbuf;
-	buf->allocated_size = size;
-	fw_state_init(&buf->fw_st);
+	kref_init(&fw_priv->ref);
+	fw_priv->fwc = fwc;
+	fw_priv->data = dbuf;
+	fw_priv->allocated_size = size;
+	fw_state_init(fw_priv);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buf->pending_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fw_priv->pending_list);
 #endif
 
-	pr_debug("%s: fw-%s buf=%p\n", __func__, fw_name, buf);
+	pr_debug("%s: fw-%s fw_priv=%p\n", __func__, fw_name, fw_priv);
 
-	return buf;
+	return fw_priv;
 }
 
-static struct firmware_buf *__fw_lookup_buf(const char *fw_name)
+static struct fw_priv *__lookup_fw_priv(const char *fw_name)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *tmp;
+	struct fw_priv *tmp;
 	struct firmware_cache *fwc = &fw_cache;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(tmp, &fwc->head, list)
-		if (!strcmp(tmp->fw_id, fw_name))
+		if (!strcmp(tmp->fw_name, fw_name))
 			return tmp;
 	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* Returns 1 for batching firmware requests with the same name */
-static int fw_lookup_and_allocate_buf(const char *fw_name,
-				      struct firmware_cache *fwc,
-				      struct firmware_buf **buf, void *dbuf,
-				      size_t size)
+static int alloc_lookup_fw_priv(const char *fw_name,
+				struct firmware_cache *fwc,
+				struct fw_priv **fw_priv, void *dbuf,
+				size_t size)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *tmp;
+	struct fw_priv *tmp;
 
 	spin_lock(&fwc->lock);
-	tmp = __fw_lookup_buf(fw_name);
+	tmp = __lookup_fw_priv(fw_name);
 	if (tmp) {
 		kref_get(&tmp->ref);
 		spin_unlock(&fwc->lock);
-		*buf = tmp;
-		pr_debug("batched request - sharing the same struct firmware_buf and lookup for multiple requests\n");
+		*fw_priv = tmp;
+		pr_debug("batched request - sharing the same struct fw_priv and lookup for multiple requests\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
-	tmp = __allocate_fw_buf(fw_name, fwc, dbuf, size);
+	tmp = __allocate_fw_priv(fw_name, fwc, dbuf, size);
 	if (tmp)
 		list_add(&tmp->list, &fwc->head);
 	spin_unlock(&fwc->lock);
 
-	*buf = tmp;
+	*fw_priv = tmp;
 
 	return tmp ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static void __fw_free_buf(struct kref *ref)
+static void __free_fw_priv(struct kref *ref)
 	__releases(&fwc->lock)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *buf = to_fwbuf(ref);
-	struct firmware_cache *fwc = buf->fwc;
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv = to_fw_priv(ref);
+	struct firmware_cache *fwc = fw_priv->fwc;
 
-	pr_debug("%s: fw-%s buf=%p data=%p size=%u\n",
-		 __func__, buf->fw_id, buf, buf->data,
-		 (unsigned int)buf->size);
+	pr_debug("%s: fw-%s fw_priv=%p data=%p size=%u\n",
+		 __func__, fw_priv->fw_name, fw_priv, fw_priv->data,
+		 (unsigned int)fw_priv->size);
 
-	list_del(&buf->list);
+	list_del(&fw_priv->list);
 	spin_unlock(&fwc->lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
-	if (buf->is_paged_buf) {
+	if (fw_priv->is_paged_buf) {
 		int i;
-		vunmap(buf->data);
-		for (i = 0; i < buf->nr_pages; i++)
-			__free_page(buf->pages[i]);
-		vfree(buf->pages);
+		vunmap(fw_priv->data);
+		for (i = 0; i < fw_priv->nr_pages; i++)
+			__free_page(fw_priv->pages[i]);
+		vfree(fw_priv->pages);
 	} else
 #endif
-	if (!buf->allocated_size)
-		vfree(buf->data);
-	kfree_const(buf->fw_id);
-	kfree(buf);
+	if (!fw_priv->allocated_size)
+		vfree(fw_priv->data);
+	kfree_const(fw_priv->fw_name);
+	kfree(fw_priv);
 }
 
-static void fw_free_buf(struct firmware_buf *buf)
+static void free_fw_priv(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
 {
-	struct firmware_cache *fwc = buf->fwc;
+	struct firmware_cache *fwc = fw_priv->fwc;
 	spin_lock(&fwc->lock);
-	if (!kref_put(&buf->ref, __fw_free_buf))
+	if (!kref_put(&fw_priv->ref, __free_fw_priv))
 		spin_unlock(&fwc->lock);
 }
 
@@ -383,7 +408,7 @@ module_param_string(path, fw_path_para, sizeof(fw_path_para), 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(path, "customized firmware image search path with a higher priority than default path");
 
 static int
-fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device, struct firmware_buf *buf)
+fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device, struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
 {
 	loff_t size;
 	int i, len;
@@ -393,9 +418,9 @@ fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device, struct firmware_buf *buf)
 	size_t msize = INT_MAX;
 
 	/* Already populated data member means we're loading into a buffer */
-	if (buf->data) {
+	if (fw_priv->data) {
 		id = READING_FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER;
-		msize = buf->allocated_size;
+		msize = fw_priv->allocated_size;
 	}
 
 	path = __getname();
@@ -408,15 +433,15 @@ fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device, struct firmware_buf *buf)
 			continue;
 
 		len = snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s",
-			       fw_path[i], buf->fw_id);
+			       fw_path[i], fw_priv->fw_name);
 		if (len >= PATH_MAX) {
 			rc = -ENAMETOOLONG;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		buf->size = 0;
-		rc = kernel_read_file_from_path(path, &buf->data, &size, msize,
-						id);
+		fw_priv->size = 0;
+		rc = kernel_read_file_from_path(path, &fw_priv->data, &size,
+						msize, id);
 		if (rc) {
 			if (rc == -ENOENT)
 				dev_dbg(device, "loading %s failed with error %d\n",
@@ -426,9 +451,9 @@ fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device, struct firmware_buf *buf)
 					 path, rc);
 			continue;
 		}
-		dev_dbg(device, "direct-loading %s\n", buf->fw_id);
-		buf->size = size;
-		fw_state_done(&buf->fw_st);
+		dev_dbg(device, "direct-loading %s\n", fw_priv->fw_name);
+		fw_priv->size = size;
+		fw_state_done(fw_priv);
 		break;
 	}
 	__putname(path);
@@ -444,22 +469,22 @@ static void firmware_free_data(const struct firmware *fw)
 		vfree(fw->data);
 		return;
 	}
-	fw_free_buf(fw->priv);
+	free_fw_priv(fw->priv);
 }
 
 /* store the pages buffer info firmware from buf */
-static void fw_set_page_data(struct firmware_buf *buf, struct firmware *fw)
+static void fw_set_page_data(struct fw_priv *fw_priv, struct firmware *fw)
 {
-	fw->priv = buf;
+	fw->priv = fw_priv;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
-	fw->pages = buf->pages;
+	fw->pages = fw_priv->pages;
 #endif
-	fw->size = buf->size;
-	fw->data = buf->data;
+	fw->size = fw_priv->size;
+	fw->data = fw_priv->data;
 
-	pr_debug("%s: fw-%s buf=%p data=%p size=%u\n",
-		 __func__, buf->fw_id, buf, buf->data,
-		 (unsigned int)buf->size);
+	pr_debug("%s: fw-%s fw_priv=%p data=%p size=%u\n",
+		 __func__, fw_priv->fw_name, fw_priv, fw_priv->data,
+		 (unsigned int)fw_priv->size);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
@@ -523,13 +548,13 @@ static int fw_add_devm_name(struct device *dev, const char *name)
 }
 #endif
 
-static int assign_firmware_buf(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device,
-			       unsigned int opt_flags)
+static int assign_fw(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device,
+		     unsigned int opt_flags)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *buf = fw->priv;
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv = fw->priv;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	if (!buf->size || fw_state_is_aborted(&buf->fw_st)) {
+	if (!fw_priv->size || fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
@@ -544,20 +569,20 @@ static int assign_firmware_buf(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device,
 	/* don't cache firmware handled without uevent */
 	if (device && (opt_flags & FW_OPT_UEVENT) &&
 	    !(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOCACHE))
-		fw_add_devm_name(device, buf->fw_id);
+		fw_add_devm_name(device, fw_priv->fw_name);
 
 	/*
 	 * After caching firmware image is started, let it piggyback
 	 * on request firmware.
 	 */
 	if (!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOCACHE) &&
-	    buf->fwc->state == FW_LOADER_START_CACHE) {
-		if (fw_cache_piggyback_on_request(buf->fw_id))
-			kref_get(&buf->ref);
+	    fw_priv->fwc->state == FW_LOADER_START_CACHE) {
+		if (fw_cache_piggyback_on_request(fw_priv->fw_name))
+			kref_get(&fw_priv->ref);
 	}
 
 	/* pass the pages buffer to driver at the last minute */
-	fw_set_page_data(buf, fw);
+	fw_set_page_data(fw_priv, fw);
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -566,49 +591,50 @@ static int assign_firmware_buf(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device,
  * user-mode helper code
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
-struct firmware_priv {
+struct fw_sysfs {
 	bool nowait;
 	struct device dev;
-	struct firmware_buf *buf;
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv;
 	struct firmware *fw;
 };
 
-static struct firmware_priv *to_firmware_priv(struct device *dev)
+static struct fw_sysfs *to_fw_sysfs(struct device *dev)
 {
-	return container_of(dev, struct firmware_priv, dev);
+	return container_of(dev, struct fw_sysfs, dev);
 }
 
-static void __fw_load_abort(struct firmware_buf *buf)
+static void __fw_load_abort(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
 {
 	/*
 	 * There is a small window in which user can write to 'loading'
 	 * between loading done and disappearance of 'loading'
 	 */
-	if (fw_state_is_done(&buf->fw_st))
+	if (fw_sysfs_done(fw_priv))
 		return;
 
-	list_del_init(&buf->pending_list);
-	fw_state_aborted(&buf->fw_st);
+	list_del_init(&fw_priv->pending_list);
+	fw_state_aborted(fw_priv);
 }
 
-static void fw_load_abort(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
+static void fw_load_abort(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *buf = fw_priv->buf;
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv = fw_sysfs->fw_priv;
 
-	__fw_load_abort(buf);
+	__fw_load_abort(fw_priv);
 }
 
 static LIST_HEAD(pending_fw_head);
 
 static void kill_pending_fw_fallback_reqs(bool only_kill_custom)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *buf;
-	struct firmware_buf *next;
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv;
+	struct fw_priv *next;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(buf, next, &pending_fw_head, pending_list) {
-		if (!buf->need_uevent || !only_kill_custom)
-			 __fw_load_abort(buf);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(fw_priv, next, &pending_fw_head,
+				 pending_list) {
+		if (!fw_priv->need_uevent || !only_kill_custom)
+			 __fw_load_abort(fw_priv);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 }
@@ -651,18 +677,18 @@ ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(firmware_class);
 
 static void fw_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
+	struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs = to_fw_sysfs(dev);
 
-	kfree(fw_priv);
+	kfree(fw_sysfs);
 }
 
-static int do_firmware_uevent(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+static int do_firmware_uevent(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
-	if (add_uevent_var(env, "FIRMWARE=%s", fw_priv->buf->fw_id))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "FIRMWARE=%s", fw_sysfs->fw_priv->fw_name))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (add_uevent_var(env, "TIMEOUT=%i", loading_timeout))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (add_uevent_var(env, "ASYNC=%d", fw_priv->nowait))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "ASYNC=%d", fw_sysfs->nowait))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -670,12 +696,12 @@ static int do_firmware_uevent(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, struct kobj_uevent_
 
 static int firmware_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
+	struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs = to_fw_sysfs(dev);
 	int err = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	if (fw_priv->buf)
-		err = do_firmware_uevent(fw_priv, env);
+	if (fw_sysfs->fw_priv)
+		err = do_firmware_uevent(fw_sysfs, env);
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -687,15 +713,25 @@ static struct class firmware_class = {
 	.dev_release	= fw_dev_release,
 };
 
+static inline int register_sysfs_loader(void)
+{
+	return class_register(&firmware_class);
+}
+
+static inline void unregister_sysfs_loader(void)
+{
+	class_unregister(&firmware_class);
+}
+
 static ssize_t firmware_loading_show(struct device *dev,
 				     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
+	struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs = to_fw_sysfs(dev);
 	int loading = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	if (fw_priv->buf)
-		loading = fw_state_is_loading(&fw_priv->buf->fw_st);
+	if (fw_sysfs->fw_priv)
+		loading = fw_sysfs_loading(fw_sysfs->fw_priv);
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", loading);
@@ -707,14 +743,15 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_show(struct device *dev,
 #endif
 
 /* one pages buffer should be mapped/unmapped only once */
-static int fw_map_pages_buf(struct firmware_buf *buf)
+static int map_fw_priv_pages(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
 {
-	if (!buf->is_paged_buf)
+	if (!fw_priv->is_paged_buf)
 		return 0;
 
-	vunmap(buf->data);
-	buf->data = vmap(buf->pages, buf->nr_pages, 0, PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
-	if (!buf->data)
+	vunmap(fw_priv->data);
+	fw_priv->data = vmap(fw_priv->pages, fw_priv->nr_pages, 0,
+			     PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
+	if (!fw_priv->data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -736,32 +773,32 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev,
 				      struct device_attribute *attr,
 				      const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
-	struct firmware_buf *fw_buf;
+	struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs = to_fw_sysfs(dev);
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv;
 	ssize_t written = count;
 	int loading = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
 	int i;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	fw_buf = fw_priv->buf;
-	if (fw_state_is_aborted(&fw_buf->fw_st))
+	fw_priv = fw_sysfs->fw_priv;
+	if (fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv))
 		goto out;
 
 	switch (loading) {
 	case 1:
 		/* discarding any previous partial load */
-		if (!fw_state_is_done(&fw_buf->fw_st)) {
-			for (i = 0; i < fw_buf->nr_pages; i++)
-				__free_page(fw_buf->pages[i]);
-			vfree(fw_buf->pages);
-			fw_buf->pages = NULL;
-			fw_buf->page_array_size = 0;
-			fw_buf->nr_pages = 0;
-			fw_state_start(&fw_buf->fw_st);
+		if (!fw_sysfs_done(fw_priv)) {
+			for (i = 0; i < fw_priv->nr_pages; i++)
+				__free_page(fw_priv->pages[i]);
+			vfree(fw_priv->pages);
+			fw_priv->pages = NULL;
+			fw_priv->page_array_size = 0;
+			fw_priv->nr_pages = 0;
+			fw_state_start(fw_priv);
 		}
 		break;
 	case 0:
-		if (fw_state_is_loading(&fw_buf->fw_st)) {
+		if (fw_sysfs_loading(fw_priv)) {
 			int rc;
 
 			/*
@@ -770,25 +807,25 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev,
 			 * see the mapped 'buf->data' once the loading
 			 * is completed.
 			 * */
-			rc = fw_map_pages_buf(fw_buf);
+			rc = map_fw_priv_pages(fw_priv);
 			if (rc)
 				dev_err(dev, "%s: map pages failed\n",
 					__func__);
 			else
 				rc = security_kernel_post_read_file(NULL,
-						fw_buf->data, fw_buf->size,
+						fw_priv->data, fw_priv->size,
 						READING_FIRMWARE);
 
 			/*
 			 * Same logic as fw_load_abort, only the DONE bit
 			 * is ignored and we set ABORT only on failure.
 			 */
-			list_del_init(&fw_buf->pending_list);
+			list_del_init(&fw_priv->pending_list);
 			if (rc) {
-				fw_state_aborted(&fw_buf->fw_st);
+				fw_state_aborted(fw_priv);
 				written = rc;
 			} else {
-				fw_state_done(&fw_buf->fw_st);
+				fw_state_done(fw_priv);
 			}
 			break;
 		}
@@ -797,7 +834,7 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev,
 		dev_err(dev, "%s: unexpected value (%d)\n", __func__, loading);
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case -1:
-		fw_load_abort(fw_priv);
+		fw_load_abort(fw_sysfs);
 		break;
 	}
 out:
@@ -807,16 +844,16 @@ out:
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(loading, 0644, firmware_loading_show, firmware_loading_store);
 
-static void firmware_rw_buf(struct firmware_buf *buf, char *buffer,
+static void firmware_rw_data(struct fw_priv *fw_priv, char *buffer,
 			   loff_t offset, size_t count, bool read)
 {
 	if (read)
-		memcpy(buffer, buf->data + offset, count);
+		memcpy(buffer, fw_priv->data + offset, count);
 	else
-		memcpy(buf->data + offset, buffer, count);
+		memcpy(fw_priv->data + offset, buffer, count);
 }
 
-static void firmware_rw(struct firmware_buf *buf, char *buffer,
+static void firmware_rw(struct fw_priv *fw_priv, char *buffer,
 			loff_t offset, size_t count, bool read)
 {
 	while (count) {
@@ -825,14 +862,14 @@ static void firmware_rw(struct firmware_buf *buf, char *buffer,
 		int page_ofs = offset & (PAGE_SIZE-1);
 		int page_cnt = min_t(size_t, PAGE_SIZE - page_ofs, count);
 
-		page_data = kmap(buf->pages[page_nr]);
+		page_data = kmap(fw_priv->pages[page_nr]);
 
 		if (read)
 			memcpy(buffer, page_data + page_ofs, page_cnt);
 		else
 			memcpy(page_data + page_ofs, buffer, page_cnt);
 
-		kunmap(buf->pages[page_nr]);
+		kunmap(fw_priv->pages[page_nr]);
 		buffer += page_cnt;
 		offset += page_cnt;
 		count -= page_cnt;
@@ -844,69 +881,69 @@ static ssize_t firmware_data_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 				  char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count)
 {
 	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
-	struct firmware_buf *buf;
+	struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs = to_fw_sysfs(dev);
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv;
 	ssize_t ret_count;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	buf = fw_priv->buf;
-	if (!buf || fw_state_is_done(&buf->fw_st)) {
+	fw_priv = fw_sysfs->fw_priv;
+	if (!fw_priv || fw_sysfs_done(fw_priv)) {
 		ret_count = -ENODEV;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (offset > buf->size) {
+	if (offset > fw_priv->size) {
 		ret_count = 0;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (count > buf->size - offset)
-		count = buf->size - offset;
+	if (count > fw_priv->size - offset)
+		count = fw_priv->size - offset;
 
 	ret_count = count;
 
-	if (buf->data)
-		firmware_rw_buf(buf, buffer, offset, count, true);
+	if (fw_priv->data)
+		firmware_rw_data(fw_priv, buffer, offset, count, true);
 	else
-		firmware_rw(buf, buffer, offset, count, true);
+		firmware_rw(fw_priv, buffer, offset, count, true);
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 	return ret_count;
 }
 
-static int fw_realloc_buffer(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, int min_size)
+static int fw_realloc_pages(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs, int min_size)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *buf = fw_priv->buf;
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv= fw_sysfs->fw_priv;
 	int pages_needed = PAGE_ALIGN(min_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	/* If the array of pages is too small, grow it... */
-	if (buf->page_array_size < pages_needed) {
+	if (fw_priv->page_array_size < pages_needed) {
 		int new_array_size = max(pages_needed,
-					 buf->page_array_size * 2);
+					 fw_priv->page_array_size * 2);
 		struct page **new_pages;
 
 		new_pages = vmalloc(new_array_size * sizeof(void *));
 		if (!new_pages) {
-			fw_load_abort(fw_priv);
+			fw_load_abort(fw_sysfs);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-		memcpy(new_pages, buf->pages,
-		       buf->page_array_size * sizeof(void *));
-		memset(&new_pages[buf->page_array_size], 0, sizeof(void *) *
-		       (new_array_size - buf->page_array_size));
-		vfree(buf->pages);
-		buf->pages = new_pages;
-		buf->page_array_size = new_array_size;
+		memcpy(new_pages, fw_priv->pages,
+		       fw_priv->page_array_size * sizeof(void *));
+		memset(&new_pages[fw_priv->page_array_size], 0, sizeof(void *) *
+		       (new_array_size - fw_priv->page_array_size));
+		vfree(fw_priv->pages);
+		fw_priv->pages = new_pages;
+		fw_priv->page_array_size = new_array_size;
 	}
 
-	while (buf->nr_pages < pages_needed) {
-		buf->pages[buf->nr_pages] =
+	while (fw_priv->nr_pages < pages_needed) {
+		fw_priv->pages[fw_priv->nr_pages] =
 			alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
 
-		if (!buf->pages[buf->nr_pages]) {
-			fw_load_abort(fw_priv);
+		if (!fw_priv->pages[fw_priv->nr_pages]) {
+			fw_load_abort(fw_sysfs);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-		buf->nr_pages++;
+		fw_priv->nr_pages++;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -928,37 +965,37 @@ static ssize_t firmware_data_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 				   char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count)
 {
 	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
-	struct firmware_buf *buf;
+	struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs = to_fw_sysfs(dev);
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv;
 	ssize_t retval;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	buf = fw_priv->buf;
-	if (!buf || fw_state_is_done(&buf->fw_st)) {
+	fw_priv = fw_sysfs->fw_priv;
+	if (!fw_priv || fw_sysfs_done(fw_priv)) {
 		retval = -ENODEV;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (buf->data) {
-		if (offset + count > buf->allocated_size) {
+	if (fw_priv->data) {
+		if (offset + count > fw_priv->allocated_size) {
 			retval = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		firmware_rw_buf(buf, buffer, offset, count, false);
+		firmware_rw_data(fw_priv, buffer, offset, count, false);
 		retval = count;
 	} else {
-		retval = fw_realloc_buffer(fw_priv, offset + count);
+		retval = fw_realloc_pages(fw_sysfs, offset + count);
 		if (retval)
 			goto out;
 
 		retval = count;
-		firmware_rw(buf, buffer, offset, count, false);
+		firmware_rw(fw_priv, buffer, offset, count, false);
 	}
 
-	buf->size = max_t(size_t, offset + count, buf->size);
+	fw_priv->size = max_t(size_t, offset + count, fw_priv->size);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 	return retval;
@@ -991,22 +1028,22 @@ static const struct attribute_group *fw_dev_attr_groups[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static struct firmware_priv *
+static struct fw_sysfs *
 fw_create_instance(struct firmware *firmware, const char *fw_name,
 		   struct device *device, unsigned int opt_flags)
 {
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv;
+	struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs;
 	struct device *f_dev;
 
-	fw_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*fw_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!fw_priv) {
-		fw_priv = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	fw_sysfs = kzalloc(sizeof(*fw_sysfs), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!fw_sysfs) {
+		fw_sysfs = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	fw_priv->nowait = !!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOWAIT);
-	fw_priv->fw = firmware;
-	f_dev = &fw_priv->dev;
+	fw_sysfs->nowait = !!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOWAIT);
+	fw_sysfs->fw = firmware;
+	f_dev = &fw_sysfs->dev;
 
 	device_initialize(f_dev);
 	dev_set_name(f_dev, "%s", fw_name);
@@ -1014,20 +1051,20 @@ fw_create_instance(struct firmware *firmware, const char *fw_name,
 	f_dev->class = &firmware_class;
 	f_dev->groups = fw_dev_attr_groups;
 exit:
-	return fw_priv;
+	return fw_sysfs;
 }
 
 /* load a firmware via user helper */
-static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv,
+static int _request_firmware_load(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs,
 				  unsigned int opt_flags, long timeout)
 {
 	int retval = 0;
-	struct device *f_dev = &fw_priv->dev;
-	struct firmware_buf *buf = fw_priv->buf;
+	struct device *f_dev = &fw_sysfs->dev;
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv = fw_sysfs->fw_priv;
 
 	/* fall back on userspace loading */
-	if (!buf->data)
-		buf->is_paged_buf = true;
+	if (!fw_priv->data)
+		fw_priv->is_paged_buf = true;
 
 	dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, true);
 
@@ -1038,31 +1075,31 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv,
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	list_add(&buf->pending_list, &pending_fw_head);
+	list_add(&fw_priv->pending_list, &pending_fw_head);
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 
 	if (opt_flags & FW_OPT_UEVENT) {
-		buf->need_uevent = true;
+		fw_priv->need_uevent = true;
 		dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, false);
-		dev_dbg(f_dev, "firmware: requesting %s\n", buf->fw_id);
-		kobject_uevent(&fw_priv->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+		dev_dbg(f_dev, "firmware: requesting %s\n", fw_priv->fw_name);
+		kobject_uevent(&fw_sysfs->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	} else {
 		timeout = MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
 	}
 
-	retval = fw_state_wait_timeout(&buf->fw_st, timeout);
+	retval = fw_sysfs_wait_timeout(fw_priv, timeout);
 	if (retval < 0) {
 		mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-		fw_load_abort(fw_priv);
+		fw_load_abort(fw_sysfs);
 		mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 	}
 
-	if (fw_state_is_aborted(&buf->fw_st)) {
+	if (fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv)) {
 		if (retval == -ERESTARTSYS)
 			retval = -EINTR;
 		else
 			retval = -EAGAIN;
-	} else if (buf->is_paged_buf && !buf->data)
+	} else if (fw_priv->is_paged_buf && !fw_priv->data)
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
 
 	device_del(f_dev);
@@ -1075,7 +1112,7 @@ static int fw_load_from_user_helper(struct firmware *firmware,
 				    const char *name, struct device *device,
 				    unsigned int opt_flags)
 {
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv;
+	struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs;
 	long timeout;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1096,17 +1133,17 @@ static int fw_load_from_user_helper(struct firmware *firmware,
 		}
 	}
 
-	fw_priv = fw_create_instance(firmware, name, device, opt_flags);
-	if (IS_ERR(fw_priv)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(fw_priv);
+	fw_sysfs = fw_create_instance(firmware, name, device, opt_flags);
+	if (IS_ERR(fw_sysfs)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(fw_sysfs);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	fw_priv->buf = firmware->priv;
-	ret = _request_firmware_load(fw_priv, opt_flags, timeout);
+	fw_sysfs->fw_priv = firmware->priv;
+	ret = _request_firmware_load(fw_sysfs, opt_flags, timeout);
 
 	if (!ret)
-		ret = assign_firmware_buf(firmware, device, opt_flags);
+		ret = assign_fw(firmware, device, opt_flags);
 
 out_unlock:
 	usermodehelper_read_unlock();
@@ -1114,16 +1151,60 @@ out_unlock:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK
+static bool fw_force_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+#else
+static bool fw_force_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags)
+{
+	if (!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_USERHELPER))
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
+
+static bool fw_run_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags)
+{
+	if ((opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK))
+		return false;
+
+	return fw_force_sysfs_fallback(opt_flags);
+}
+
+static int fw_sysfs_fallback(struct firmware *fw, const char *name,
+			    struct device *device,
+			    unsigned int opt_flags,
+			    int ret)
+{
+	if (!fw_run_sysfs_fallback(opt_flags))
+		return ret;
+
+	dev_warn(device, "Falling back to user helper\n");
+	return fw_load_from_user_helper(fw, name, device, opt_flags);
+}
 #else /* CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER */
-static inline int
-fw_load_from_user_helper(struct firmware *firmware, const char *name,
-			 struct device *device, unsigned int opt_flags)
+static int fw_sysfs_fallback(struct firmware *fw, const char *name,
+			     struct device *device,
+			     unsigned int opt_flags,
+			     int ret)
 {
-	return -ENOENT;
+	/* Keep carrying over the same error */
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline void kill_pending_fw_fallback_reqs(bool only_kill_custom) { }
 
+static inline int register_sysfs_loader(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void unregister_sysfs_loader(void)
+{
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER */
 
 /* prepare firmware and firmware_buf structs;
@@ -1135,7 +1216,7 @@ _request_firmware_prepare(struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 			  struct device *device, void *dbuf, size_t size)
 {
 	struct firmware *firmware;
-	struct firmware_buf *buf;
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv;
 	int ret;
 
 	*firmware_p = firmware = kzalloc(sizeof(*firmware), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1150,18 +1231,18 @@ _request_firmware_prepare(struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 		return 0; /* assigned */
 	}
 
-	ret = fw_lookup_and_allocate_buf(name, &fw_cache, &buf, dbuf, size);
+	ret = alloc_lookup_fw_priv(name, &fw_cache, &fw_priv, dbuf, size);
 
 	/*
-	 * bind with 'buf' now to avoid warning in failure path
+	 * bind with 'priv' now to avoid warning in failure path
 	 * of requesting firmware.
 	 */
-	firmware->priv = buf;
+	firmware->priv = fw_priv;
 
 	if (ret > 0) {
-		ret = fw_state_wait(&buf->fw_st);
+		ret = fw_state_wait(fw_priv);
 		if (!ret) {
-			fw_set_page_data(buf, firmware);
+			fw_set_page_data(fw_priv, firmware);
 			return 0; /* assigned */
 		}
 	}
@@ -1177,20 +1258,20 @@ _request_firmware_prepare(struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
  * released until the last user calls release_firmware().
  *
  * Failed batched requests are possible as well, in such cases we just share
- * the struct firmware_buf and won't release it until all requests are woken
+ * the struct fw_priv and won't release it until all requests are woken
  * and have gone through this same path.
  */
 static void fw_abort_batch_reqs(struct firmware *fw)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *buf;
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv;
 
 	/* Loaded directly? */
 	if (!fw || !fw->priv)
 		return;
 
-	buf = fw->priv;
-	if (!fw_state_is_aborted(&buf->fw_st))
-		fw_state_aborted(&buf->fw_st);
+	fw_priv = fw->priv;
+	if (!fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv))
+		fw_state_aborted(fw_priv);
 }
 
 /* called from request_firmware() and request_firmware_work_func() */
@@ -1220,13 +1301,9 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 			dev_warn(device,
 				 "Direct firmware load for %s failed with error %d\n",
 				 name, ret);
-		if (opt_flags & FW_OPT_USERHELPER) {
-			dev_warn(device, "Falling back to user helper\n");
-			ret = fw_load_from_user_helper(fw, name, device,
-						       opt_flags);
-		}
+		ret = fw_sysfs_fallback(fw, name, device, opt_flags, ret);
 	} else
-		ret = assign_firmware_buf(fw, device, opt_flags);
+		ret = assign_fw(fw, device, opt_flags);
 
  out:
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1268,7 +1345,7 @@ request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 	/* Need to pin this module until return */
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, NULL, 0,
-				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_FALLBACK);
+				FW_OPT_UEVENT);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1292,7 +1369,8 @@ int request_firmware_direct(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
 
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, NULL, 0,
-				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_NO_WARN);
+				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_NO_WARN |
+				FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1321,8 +1399,7 @@ request_firmware_into_buf(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, buf, size,
-				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_FALLBACK |
-				FW_OPT_NOCACHE);
+				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_NOCACHE);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1414,7 +1491,7 @@ request_firmware_nowait(
 	fw_work->device = device;
 	fw_work->context = context;
 	fw_work->cont = cont;
-	fw_work->opt_flags = FW_OPT_NOWAIT | FW_OPT_FALLBACK |
+	fw_work->opt_flags = FW_OPT_NOWAIT |
 		(uevent ? FW_OPT_UEVENT : FW_OPT_USERHELPER);
 
 	if (!try_module_get(module)) {
@@ -1463,13 +1540,13 @@ static int cache_firmware(const char *fw_name)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct firmware_buf *fw_lookup_buf(const char *fw_name)
+static struct fw_priv *lookup_fw_priv(const char *fw_name)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *tmp;
+	struct fw_priv *tmp;
 	struct firmware_cache *fwc = &fw_cache;
 
 	spin_lock(&fwc->lock);
-	tmp = __fw_lookup_buf(fw_name);
+	tmp = __lookup_fw_priv(fw_name);
 	spin_unlock(&fwc->lock);
 
 	return tmp;
@@ -1488,7 +1565,7 @@ static struct firmware_buf *fw_lookup_buf(const char *fw_name)
  */
 static int uncache_firmware(const char *fw_name)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *buf;
+	struct fw_priv *fw_priv;
 	struct firmware fw;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: %s\n", __func__, fw_name);
@@ -1496,9 +1573,9 @@ static int uncache_firmware(const char *fw_name)
 	if (fw_get_builtin_firmware(&fw, fw_name, NULL, 0))
 		return 0;
 
-	buf = fw_lookup_buf(fw_name);
-	if (buf) {
-		fw_free_buf(buf);
+	fw_priv = lookup_fw_priv(fw_name);
+	if (fw_priv) {
+		free_fw_priv(fw_priv);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1767,20 +1844,11 @@ static int fw_suspend(void)
 static struct syscore_ops fw_syscore_ops = {
 	.suspend = fw_suspend,
 };
-#else
-static int fw_cache_piggyback_on_request(const char *name)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
 
-static void __init fw_cache_init(void)
+static int __init register_fw_pm_ops(void)
 {
-	spin_lock_init(&fw_cache.lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fw_cache.head);
-	fw_cache.state = FW_LOADER_NO_CACHE;
+	int ret;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 	spin_lock_init(&fw_cache.name_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fw_cache.fw_names);
 
@@ -1788,10 +1856,39 @@ static void __init fw_cache_init(void)
 			  device_uncache_fw_images_work);
 
 	fw_cache.pm_notify.notifier_call = fw_pm_notify;
-	register_pm_notifier(&fw_cache.pm_notify);
+	ret = register_pm_notifier(&fw_cache.pm_notify);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	register_syscore_ops(&fw_syscore_ops);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void unregister_fw_pm_ops(void)
+{
+	unregister_syscore_ops(&fw_syscore_ops);
+	unregister_pm_notifier(&fw_cache.pm_notify);
+}
+#else
+static int fw_cache_piggyback_on_request(const char *name)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline int register_fw_pm_ops(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline void unregister_fw_pm_ops(void)
+{
+}
 #endif
+
+static void __init fw_cache_init(void)
+{
+	spin_lock_init(&fw_cache.lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fw_cache.head);
+	fw_cache.state = FW_LOADER_NO_CACHE;
 }
 
 static int fw_shutdown_notify(struct notifier_block *unused1,
@@ -1812,25 +1909,31 @@ static struct notifier_block fw_shutdown_nb = {
 
 static int __init firmware_class_init(void)
 {
+	int ret;
+
+	/* No need to unfold these on exit */
 	fw_cache_init();
-	register_reboot_notifier(&fw_shutdown_nb);
-#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
-	return class_register(&firmware_class);
-#else
-	return 0;
-#endif
+
+	ret = register_fw_pm_ops();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = register_reboot_notifier(&fw_shutdown_nb);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	return register_sysfs_loader();
+
+out:
+	unregister_fw_pm_ops();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit firmware_class_exit(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
-	unregister_syscore_ops(&fw_syscore_ops);
-	unregister_pm_notifier(&fw_cache.pm_notify);
-#endif
+	unregister_fw_pm_ops();
 	unregister_reboot_notifier(&fw_shutdown_nb);
-#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
-	class_unregister(&firmware_class);
-#endif
+	unregister_sysfs_loader();
 }
 
 fs_initcall(firmware_class_init);
diff --git a/drivers/base/hypervisor.c b/drivers/base/hypervisor.c
index 4f8b741f4615..1ce59b4b53ce 100644
--- a/drivers/base/hypervisor.c
+++ b/drivers/base/hypervisor.c
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * hypervisor.c - /sys/hypervisor subsystem.
  *
  * Copyright (C) IBM Corp. 2006
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Novell Inc.
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
  */
 
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/init.c b/drivers/base/init.c
index 48c0e220acc0..dd85b05a6a16 100644
--- a/drivers/base/init.c
+++ b/drivers/base/init.c
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2002-3 Patrick Mochel
  * Copyright (c) 2002-3 Open Source Development Labs
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/isa.c b/drivers/base/isa.c
index 372d10af2600..2772f5d1948a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/isa.c
+++ b/drivers/base/isa.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * ISA bus.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/base/map.c b/drivers/base/map.c
index c1d38234d725..5650ab2b247a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/map.c
+++ b/drivers/base/map.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  *  linux/drivers/base/map.c
  *
  * (C) Copyright Al Viro 2002,2003
- *	Released under GPL v2.
  *
  * NOTE: data structure needs to be changed.  It works, but for large dev_t
  * it will be too slow.  It is isolated, though, so these changes will be
diff --git a/drivers/base/module.c b/drivers/base/module.c
index 2a215780eda2..46ad4d636731 100644
--- a/drivers/base/module.c
+++ b/drivers/base/module.c
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * module.c - module sysfs fun for drivers
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
- *
  */
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/pinctrl.c b/drivers/base/pinctrl.c
index eb929dd6ef1e..c22864458511 100644
--- a/drivers/base/pinctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/base/pinctrl.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Driver core interface to the pinctrl subsystem.
  *
@@ -6,8 +7,6 @@
  * Based on bits of regulator core, gpio core and clk core
  *
  * Author: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
- *
- * License terms: GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform-msi.c b/drivers/base/platform-msi.c
index e5473525e7b2..8e22073aeeed 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform-msi.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform-msi.c
@@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * MSI framework for platform devices
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2015 ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved.
  * Author: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index c203fb90c1a0..f1bf7b38d91c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * platform.c - platform 'pseudo' bus for legacy devices
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2002-3 Patrick Mochel
  * Copyright (c) 2002-3 Open Source Development Labs
  *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
- *
  * Please see Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt for more
  * information.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/base/property.c b/drivers/base/property.c
index 851b1b6596a4..1ddf769ab8f7 100644
--- a/drivers/base/property.c
+++ b/drivers/base/property.c
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * property.c - Unified device property interface.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2014, Intel Corporation
  * Authors: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
  *          Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/soc.c b/drivers/base/soc.c
index 909dedae4c4e..4e80f48ad5d6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/soc.c
+++ b/drivers/base/soc.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Copyright (C) ST-Ericsson SA 2011
  *
  * Author: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> for ST-Ericsson.
- * License terms:  GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2
  */
 
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/syscore.c b/drivers/base/syscore.c
index 8d98a329f6ea..6e076f359dcc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/syscore.c
+++ b/drivers/base/syscore.c
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  *  syscore.c - Execution of system core operations.
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2011 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, Novell Inc.
- *
- *  This file is released under the GPLv2.
  */
 
 #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/test/test_async_driver_probe.c b/drivers/base/test/test_async_driver_probe.c
index a3355d66bc12..e7f145d662f0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/test/test_async_driver_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/base/test/test_async_driver_probe.c
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2014 Google, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/drivers/base/topology.c b/drivers/base/topology.c
index d936fcf9f1fb..5fd9f167ecc1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/topology.c
+++ b/drivers/base/topology.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  * driver/base/topology.c - Populate sysfs with cpu topology information
  *
@@ -6,22 +7,6 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2006, Intel Corp.
  *
  * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
  */
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/transport_class.c b/drivers/base/transport_class.c
index f6c453c3816e..5ed86ded6e6b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/transport_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/transport_class.c
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * transport_class.c - implementation of generic transport classes
  *                     using attribute_containers
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2005 - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
  *
- * This file is licensed under GPLv2
- *
  * The basic idea here is to allow any "device controller" (which
  * would most often be a Host Bus Adapter to use the services of one
  * or more tranport classes for performing transport specific
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 01fbffb3168e..e0b0d7e2d976 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2588,7 +2588,7 @@ static ssize_t device_id_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	return snprintf(buf, 10, "%u\n", id.device_id);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(device_id, S_IRUGO, device_id_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(device_id);
 
 static ssize_t provides_device_sdrs_show(struct device *dev,
 					 struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -2604,8 +2604,7 @@ static ssize_t provides_device_sdrs_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	return snprintf(buf, 10, "%u\n", (id.device_revision & 0x80) >> 7);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(provides_device_sdrs, S_IRUGO, provides_device_sdrs_show,
-		   NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(provides_device_sdrs);
 
 static ssize_t revision_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			     char *buf)
@@ -2620,7 +2619,7 @@ static ssize_t revision_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	return snprintf(buf, 20, "%u\n", id.device_revision & 0x0F);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(revision, S_IRUGO, revision_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(revision);
 
 static ssize_t firmware_revision_show(struct device *dev,
 				      struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -2637,7 +2636,7 @@ static ssize_t firmware_revision_show(struct device *dev,
 	return snprintf(buf, 20, "%u.%x\n", id.firmware_revision_1,
 			id.firmware_revision_2);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(firmware_revision, S_IRUGO, firmware_revision_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(firmware_revision);
 
 static ssize_t ipmi_version_show(struct device *dev,
 				 struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -2655,7 +2654,7 @@ static ssize_t ipmi_version_show(struct device *dev,
 			ipmi_version_major(&id),
 			ipmi_version_minor(&id));
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(ipmi_version, S_IRUGO, ipmi_version_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(ipmi_version);
 
 static ssize_t add_dev_support_show(struct device *dev,
 				    struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -2688,7 +2687,7 @@ static ssize_t manufacturer_id_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	return snprintf(buf, 20, "0x%6.6x\n", id.manufacturer_id);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(manufacturer_id, S_IRUGO, manufacturer_id_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(manufacturer_id);
 
 static ssize_t product_id_show(struct device *dev,
 			       struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -2704,7 +2703,7 @@ static ssize_t product_id_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	return snprintf(buf, 10, "0x%4.4x\n", id.product_id);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(product_id, S_IRUGO, product_id_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(product_id);
 
 static ssize_t aux_firmware_rev_show(struct device *dev,
 				     struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -2742,7 +2741,7 @@ static ssize_t guid_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	return snprintf(buf, 38, "%pUl\n", guid.b);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(guid, S_IRUGO, guid_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(guid);
 
 static struct attribute *bmc_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_device_id.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
index c74a20b80182..b33d2158c234 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
@@ -445,13 +445,13 @@ static ssize_t gt_min_freq_mhz_store(struct device *kdev,
 	return ret ?: count;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_act_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO, gt_act_freq_mhz_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_cur_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO, gt_cur_freq_mhz_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_boost_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, gt_boost_freq_mhz_show, gt_boost_freq_mhz_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_max_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, gt_max_freq_mhz_show, gt_max_freq_mhz_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_min_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, gt_min_freq_mhz_show, gt_min_freq_mhz_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(gt_act_freq_mhz);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(gt_cur_freq_mhz);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(gt_boost_freq_mhz);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(gt_max_freq_mhz);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(gt_min_freq_mhz);
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(vlv_rpe_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO, vlv_rpe_freq_mhz_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(vlv_rpe_freq_mhz);
 
 static ssize_t gt_rp_mhz_show(struct device *kdev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(gt_RP0_freq_mhz, S_IRUGO, gt_rp_mhz_show, NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/elants_i2c.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/elants_i2c.c
index a458e5ec9e41..819213e88f32 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/elants_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/elants_i2c.c
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ static ssize_t show_iap_mode(struct device *dev,
 				"Normal" : "Recovery");
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(calibrate, S_IWUSR, NULL, calibrate_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(calibrate);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(iap_mode, S_IRUGO, show_iap_mode, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(update_fw, S_IWUSR, NULL, write_update_fw);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 461014b7ccdd..154ae98779b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -4422,7 +4422,7 @@ static ssize_t failover_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(failover, 0200, NULL, failover_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(failover);
 
 static unsigned long ibmvnic_get_desired_dma(struct vio_dev *vdev)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/sysfs.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/sysfs.c
index 1237109f251a..8c67df11105c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/sysfs.c
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ error_bad_value:
 }
 
 static
-DEVICE_ATTR(i2400m_idle_timeout, S_IWUSR,
-	    NULL, i2400m_idle_timeout_store);
+DEVICE_ATTR_WO(i2400m_idle_timeout);
 
 static
 struct attribute *i2400m_dev_attrs[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 230cc09d0e1b..c6a652daea81 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -2527,14 +2527,14 @@ static ssize_t wwid_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		serial_len, subsys->serial, model_len, subsys->model,
 		head->ns_id);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(wwid, S_IRUGO, wwid_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(wwid);
 
 static ssize_t nguid_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%pU\n", dev_to_ns_head(dev)->ids.nguid);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(nguid, S_IRUGO, nguid_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(nguid);
 
 static ssize_t uuid_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		char *buf)
@@ -2551,21 +2551,21 @@ static ssize_t uuid_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	}
 	return sprintf(buf, "%pU\n", &ids->uuid);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(uuid, S_IRUGO, uuid_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(uuid);
 
 static ssize_t eui_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%8ph\n", dev_to_ns_head(dev)->ids.eui64);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(eui, S_IRUGO, eui_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(eui);
 
 static ssize_t nsid_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", dev_to_ns_head(dev)->ns_id);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(nsid, S_IRUGO, nsid_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(nsid);
 
 static struct attribute *nvme_ns_id_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_wwid.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
index 6bcb750e1865..4f9bc72f0584 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
@@ -679,18 +679,12 @@ static int bat_writeable_property(struct power_supply *psy,
 /* ============== */
 /* Driver Globals */
 /* ============== */
-static DEVICE_ATTR(wake_up_pme,
-		0644, wake_up_pme_show,		wake_up_pme_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(wake_up_modem,
-		0644, wake_up_modem_show,	wake_up_modem_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(wake_up_lan,
-		0644, wake_up_lan_show,	wake_up_lan_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(wake_up_wlan,
-		0644, wake_up_wlan_show,	wake_up_wlan_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(wake_up_key,
-		0644, wake_up_key_show,	wake_up_key_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(wake_up_mouse,
-		0644, wake_up_mouse_show,	wake_up_mouse_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(wake_up_pme);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(wake_up_modem);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(wake_up_lan);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(wake_up_wlan);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(wake_up_key);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(wake_up_mouse);
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(fan1_input,  S_IRUGO, fan_show,          NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(temp1_input, S_IRUGO, temp_cpu,          NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
index 0f11dce6e224..9263a0fb3858 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static ssize_t type_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%01x\n", sch->st);
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(type, 0444, type_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(type);
 
 static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			     char *buf)
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	return sprintf(buf, "css:t%01X\n", sch->st);
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, 0444, modalias_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(modalias);
 
 static struct attribute *subch_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_type.attr,
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static ssize_t chpids_show(struct device *dev,
 	ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "\n");
 	return ret;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(chpids, 0444, chpids_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(chpids);
 
 static ssize_t pimpampom_show(struct device *dev,
 			      struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static ssize_t pimpampom_show(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%02x %02x %02x\n",
 		       pmcw->pim, pmcw->pam, pmcw->pom);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(pimpampom, 0444, pimpampom_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(pimpampom);
 
 static struct attribute *io_subchannel_type_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_chpids.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 75a245f38e2e..f50ea035aa9b 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -597,13 +597,13 @@ static ssize_t vpm_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%02x\n", sch->vpm);
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(devtype, 0444, devtype_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(cutype, 0444, cutype_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, 0444, modalias_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(online, 0644, online_show, online_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(devtype);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(cutype);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(modalias);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(online);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(availability, 0444, available_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(logging, 0200, NULL, initiate_logging);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(vpm, 0444, vpm_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(vpm);
 
 static struct attribute *io_subchannel_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_logging.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_card.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_card.c
index 97a8cf578116..2c726df210f6 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_card.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_card.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static ssize_t ap_functions_show(struct device *dev,
 	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "0x%08X\n", ac->functions);
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(ap_functions, 0444, ap_functions_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(ap_functions);
 
 static ssize_t ap_req_count_show(struct device *dev,
 				 struct device_attribute *attr,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index 287e5eb0723f..b54d17be6d01 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -901,14 +901,14 @@ static ssize_t host_show_legacy_board(struct device *dev,
 	return snprintf(buf, 20, "%d\n", h->legacy_board ? 1 : 0);
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(raid_level, S_IRUGO, raid_level_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lunid, S_IRUGO, lunid_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(unique_id, S_IRUGO, unique_id_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(raid_level);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(lunid);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(unique_id);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(rescan, S_IWUSR, NULL, host_store_rescan);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(sas_address, S_IRUGO, sas_address_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(sas_address);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(hp_ssd_smart_path_enabled, S_IRUGO,
 			host_show_hp_ssd_smart_path_enabled, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(path_info, S_IRUGO, path_info_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(path_info);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(hp_ssd_smart_path_status, S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO|S_IROTH,
 		host_show_hp_ssd_smart_path_status,
 		host_store_hp_ssd_smart_path_status);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
index 82f6e219ee34..a28618c3eb63 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c
@@ -2260,8 +2260,8 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(num_discovered_ports, S_IRUGO,
 		   lpfc_num_discovered_ports_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(menlo_mgmt_mode, S_IRUGO, lpfc_mlomgmt_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(nport_evt_cnt, S_IRUGO, lpfc_nport_evt_cnt_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_drvr_version, S_IRUGO, lpfc_drvr_version_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_enable_fip, S_IRUGO, lpfc_enable_fip_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(lpfc_drvr_version);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(lpfc_enable_fip);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(board_mode, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 		   lpfc_board_mode_show, lpfc_board_mode_store);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(issue_reset, S_IWUSR, NULL, lpfc_issue_reset);
@@ -2272,12 +2272,11 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(used_rpi, S_IRUGO, lpfc_used_rpi_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(max_xri, S_IRUGO, lpfc_max_xri_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(used_xri, S_IRUGO, lpfc_used_xri_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(npiv_info, S_IRUGO, lpfc_npiv_info_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_temp_sensor, S_IRUGO, lpfc_temp_sensor_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_fips_level, S_IRUGO, lpfc_fips_level_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_fips_rev, S_IRUGO, lpfc_fips_rev_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_dss, S_IRUGO, lpfc_dss_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_sriov_hw_max_virtfn, S_IRUGO,
-		   lpfc_sriov_hw_max_virtfn_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(lpfc_temp_sensor);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(lpfc_fips_level);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(lpfc_fips_rev);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(lpfc_dss);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(lpfc_sriov_hw_max_virtfn);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(protocol, S_IRUGO, lpfc_sli4_protocol_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_xlane_supported, S_IRUGO, lpfc_oas_supported_show,
 		   NULL);
@@ -2385,8 +2384,7 @@ lpfc_soft_wwn_enable_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	return count;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_soft_wwn_enable, S_IWUSR, NULL,
-		   lpfc_soft_wwn_enable_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(lpfc_soft_wwn_enable);
 
 /**
  * lpfc_soft_wwpn_show - Return the cfg soft ww port name of the adapter
@@ -2485,8 +2483,7 @@ lpfc_soft_wwpn_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 				"reinit adapter - %d\n", stat2);
 	return (stat1 || stat2) ? -EIO : count;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_soft_wwpn, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_soft_wwpn_show, lpfc_soft_wwpn_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_soft_wwpn);
 
 /**
  * lpfc_soft_wwnn_show - Return the cfg soft ww node name for the adapter
@@ -2549,8 +2546,7 @@ lpfc_soft_wwnn_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	return count;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_soft_wwnn, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_soft_wwnn_show, lpfc_soft_wwnn_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_soft_wwnn);
 
 /**
  * lpfc_oas_tgt_show - Return wwpn of target whose luns maybe enabled for
@@ -3068,8 +3064,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(lpfc_poll, "FCP ring polling mode control:"
 		 " 1 - poll with interrupts enabled"
 		 " 3 - poll and disable FCP ring interrupts");
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_poll, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_poll_show, lpfc_poll_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_poll);
 
 int lpfc_no_hba_reset_cnt;
 unsigned long lpfc_no_hba_reset[MAX_HBAS_NO_RESET] = {
@@ -3302,8 +3297,7 @@ lpfc_nodev_tmo_set(struct lpfc_vport *vport, int val)
 
 lpfc_vport_param_store(nodev_tmo)
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_nodev_tmo, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_nodev_tmo_show, lpfc_nodev_tmo_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_nodev_tmo);
 
 /*
 # lpfc_devloss_tmo: If set, it will hold all I/O errors on devices that
@@ -3352,8 +3346,7 @@ lpfc_devloss_tmo_set(struct lpfc_vport *vport, int val)
 }
 
 lpfc_vport_param_store(devloss_tmo)
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_devloss_tmo, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_devloss_tmo_show, lpfc_devloss_tmo_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_devloss_tmo);
 
 /*
  * lpfc_suppress_rsp: Enable suppress rsp feature is firmware supports it
@@ -3545,8 +3538,7 @@ lpfc_restrict_login_set(struct lpfc_vport *vport, int val)
 	return 0;
 }
 lpfc_vport_param_store(restrict_login);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_restrict_login, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_restrict_login_show, lpfc_restrict_login_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_restrict_login);
 
 /*
 # Some disk devices have a "select ID" or "select Target" capability.
@@ -3660,8 +3652,7 @@ lpfc_topology_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 }
 
 lpfc_param_show(topology)
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_topology, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		lpfc_topology_show, lpfc_topology_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_topology);
 
 /**
  * lpfc_static_vport_show: Read callback function for
@@ -3691,8 +3682,7 @@ lpfc_static_vport_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 /*
  * Sysfs attribute to control the statistical data collection.
  */
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_static_vport, S_IRUGO,
-		   lpfc_static_vport_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(lpfc_static_vport);
 
 /**
  * lpfc_stat_data_ctrl_store - write call back for lpfc_stat_data_ctrl sysfs file
@@ -3919,8 +3909,7 @@ lpfc_stat_data_ctrl_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 /*
  * Sysfs attribute to control the statistical data collection.
  */
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_stat_data_ctrl, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_stat_data_ctrl_show, lpfc_stat_data_ctrl_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_stat_data_ctrl);
 
 /*
  * lpfc_drvr_stat_data: sysfs attr to get driver statistical data.
@@ -4159,8 +4148,7 @@ lpfc_link_speed_init(struct lpfc_hba *phba, int val)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_link_speed, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_link_speed_show, lpfc_link_speed_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_link_speed);
 
 /*
 # lpfc_aer_support: Support PCIe device Advanced Error Reporting (AER)
@@ -4253,8 +4241,7 @@ lpfc_aer_support_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_aer_support, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_aer_support_show, lpfc_aer_support_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_aer_support);
 
 /**
  * lpfc_aer_cleanup_state - Clean up aer state to the aer enabled device
@@ -4401,8 +4388,7 @@ LPFC_ATTR(sriov_nr_virtfn, LPFC_DEF_VFN_PER_PFN, 0, LPFC_MAX_VFN_PER_PFN,
 	"Enable PCIe device SR-IOV virtual fn");
 
 lpfc_param_show(sriov_nr_virtfn)
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_sriov_nr_virtfn, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_sriov_nr_virtfn_show, lpfc_sriov_nr_virtfn_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_sriov_nr_virtfn);
 
 /**
  * lpfc_request_firmware_store - Request for Linux generic firmware upgrade
@@ -4576,8 +4562,7 @@ lpfc_fcp_imax_init(struct lpfc_hba *phba, int val)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_fcp_imax, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_fcp_imax_show, lpfc_fcp_imax_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_fcp_imax);
 
 /*
  * lpfc_auto_imax: Controls Auto-interrupt coalescing values support.
@@ -4737,8 +4722,7 @@ lpfc_fcp_cpu_map_init(struct lpfc_hba *phba, int val)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_fcp_cpu_map, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_fcp_cpu_map_show, lpfc_fcp_cpu_map_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_fcp_cpu_map);
 
 /*
 # lpfc_fcp_class:  Determines FC class to use for the FCP protocol.
@@ -4824,9 +4808,7 @@ lpfc_max_scsicmpl_time_set(struct lpfc_vport *vport, int val)
 	return 0;
 }
 lpfc_vport_param_store(max_scsicmpl_time);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(lpfc_max_scsicmpl_time, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		   lpfc_max_scsicmpl_time_show,
-		   lpfc_max_scsicmpl_time_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpfc_max_scsicmpl_time);
 
 /*
 # lpfc_ack0: Use ACK0, instead of ACK1 for class 2 acknowledgement. Value
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
index fb80c96d8f73..ba81c9080f6e 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ emul_temp_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	return ret ? ret : count;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(emul_temp, S_IWUSR, NULL, emul_temp_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(emul_temp);
 #endif
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -396,16 +396,15 @@ create_s32_tzp_attr(offset);
  * All the attributes created for tzp (create_s32_tzp_attr) also are always
  * present on the sysfs interface.
  */
-static DEVICE_ATTR(type, 0444, type_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(temp, 0444, temp_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(policy, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, policy_show, policy_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(available_policies, S_IRUGO, available_policies_show, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(sustainable_power, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, sustainable_power_show,
-		   sustainable_power_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(type);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(temp);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(policy);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(available_policies);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(sustainable_power);
 
 /* These thermal zone device attributes are created based on conditions */
-static DEVICE_ATTR(mode, 0644, mode_show, mode_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(passive, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, passive_show, passive_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(mode);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(passive);
 
 /* These attributes are unconditionally added to a thermal zone */
 static struct attribute *thermal_zone_dev_attrs[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
index d9f399c4e90c..7257c078e155 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ static ssize_t rx_fifo_timeout_store(struct device *dev,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(rx_fifo_timeout, 0644, rx_fifo_timeout_show, rx_fifo_timeout_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(rx_fifo_timeout);
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_SH_SCI_DMA
diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-tahvo.c b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-tahvo.c
index b3ce42edb373..7f7c5c82420d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-tahvo.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-tahvo.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static ssize_t otg_mode_store(struct device *device,
 
 	return r;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(otg_mode, 0644, otg_mode_show, otg_mode_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(otg_mode);
 
 static struct attribute *tahvo_attributes[] = {
 	&dev_attr_vbus.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/auo_k190x.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/auo_k190x.c
index b8894013014b..9d24d1b3e9ef 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/auo_k190x.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/auo_k190x.c
@@ -708,8 +708,8 @@ static ssize_t temp_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", temp);
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(update_mode, 0644, update_mode_show, update_mode_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(flash, 0644, flash_show, flash_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(update_mode);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(flash);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(temp, 0644, temp_show, NULL);
 
 static struct attribute *auok190x_attributes[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/w100fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/w100fb.c
index d570e19a2864..035ff6e02894 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/w100fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/w100fb.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static ssize_t flip_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, con
 	return count;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(flip, 0644, flip_show, flip_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(flip);
 
 static ssize_t w100fb_reg_read(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static ssize_t fastpllclk_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *att
 	return count;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(fastpllclk, 0644, fastpllclk_show, fastpllclk_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(fastpllclk);
 
 /*
  * Some touchscreens need hsync information from the video driver to
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index ac2de0ed69ad..3f8efe8f387b 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -406,6 +406,6 @@ int __compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj(struct kobject *kobj,
 
 	kernfs_put(entry);
 	kernfs_put(target);
-	return IS_ERR(link) ? PTR_ERR(link) : 0;
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(link);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj);
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 9d32000725da..46cece519fb9 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * device.h - generic, centralized driver model
  *
@@ -5,8 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Novell Inc.
  *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
- *
  * See Documentation/driver-model/ for more information.
  */
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index e0a6205caa71..7f6f93c3df9c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * kobject.h - generic kernel object infrastructure.
  *
@@ -6,8 +7,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
  * Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Novell Inc.
  *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2.
- *
  * Please read Documentation/kobject.txt before using the kobject
  * interface, ESPECIALLY the parts about reference counts and object
  * destructors.
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject_ns.h b/include/linux/kobject_ns.h
index df32d2508290..069aa2ebef90 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject_ns.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject_ns.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* Kernel object name space definitions
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Patrick Mochel
@@ -7,8 +8,6 @@
  *
  * Split from kobject.h by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
  *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2.
- *
  * Please read Documentation/kobject.txt before using the kobject
  * interface, ESPECIALLY the parts about reference counts and object
  * destructors.
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 40839c02d28c..b8bfdc173ec0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct attribute_group {
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_RO(_name) {						\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = S_IRUGO },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444 },		\
 	.show	= _name##_show,						\
 }
 
@@ -124,12 +124,11 @@ struct attribute_group {
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_WO(_name) {						\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = S_IWUSR },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0200 },		\
 	.store	= _name##_store,					\
 }
 
-#define __ATTR_RW(_name) __ATTR(_name, (S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO),		\
-			 _name##_show, _name##_store)
+#define __ATTR_RW(_name) __ATTR(_name, 0644, _name##_show, _name##_store)
 
 #define __ATTR_NULL { .attr = { .name = NULL } }
 
@@ -192,14 +191,13 @@ struct bin_attribute {
 }
 
 #define __BIN_ATTR_RO(_name, _size) {					\
-	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = S_IRUGO },	\
+	.attr	= { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444 },		\
 	.read	= _name##_read,						\
 	.size	= _size,						\
 }
 
-#define __BIN_ATTR_RW(_name, _size) __BIN_ATTR(_name,			\
-				   (S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO), _name##_read,	\
-				   _name##_write, _size)
+#define __BIN_ATTR_RW(_name, _size)					\
+	__BIN_ATTR(_name, 0644, _name##_read, _name##_write, _size)
 
 #define __BIN_ATTR_NULL __ATTR_NULL
 
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 763d70a18941..fad12300d264 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * kobject.c - library routines for handling generic kernel objects
  *
@@ -5,9 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
  * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Novell Inc.
  *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2.
- *
- *
  * Please see the file Documentation/kobject.txt for critical information
  * about using the kobject interface.
  */
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 2615074d3de5..9fe6ec8fda28 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * kernel userspace event delivery
  *
@@ -5,8 +6,6 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Novell, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (C) 2004 IBM, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
- * Licensed under the GNU GPL v2.
- *
  * Authors:
  *	Robert Love		<rml@novell.com>
  *	Kay Sievers		<kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
diff --git a/lib/test_firmware.c b/lib/test_firmware.c
index 64a4c76cba2b..964784dc1602 100644
--- a/lib/test_firmware.c
+++ b/lib/test_firmware.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static ssize_t config_name_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	return config_test_show_str(buf, test_fw_config->name);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(config_name, 0644, config_name_show, config_name_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(config_name);
 
 static ssize_t config_num_requests_store(struct device *dev,
 					 struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -388,8 +388,7 @@ static ssize_t config_num_requests_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	return test_dev_config_show_u8(buf, test_fw_config->num_requests);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(config_num_requests, 0644, config_num_requests_show,
-		   config_num_requests_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(config_num_requests);
 
 static ssize_t config_sync_direct_store(struct device *dev,
 					struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -411,8 +410,7 @@ static ssize_t config_sync_direct_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	return test_dev_config_show_bool(buf, test_fw_config->sync_direct);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(config_sync_direct, 0644, config_sync_direct_show,
-		   config_sync_direct_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(config_sync_direct);
 
 static ssize_t config_send_uevent_store(struct device *dev,
 					struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -428,8 +426,7 @@ static ssize_t config_send_uevent_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	return test_dev_config_show_bool(buf, test_fw_config->send_uevent);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(config_send_uevent, 0644, config_send_uevent_show,
-		   config_send_uevent_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(config_send_uevent);
 
 static ssize_t config_read_fw_idx_store(struct device *dev,
 					struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -445,8 +442,7 @@ static ssize_t config_read_fw_idx_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	return test_dev_config_show_u8(buf, test_fw_config->read_fw_idx);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(config_read_fw_idx, 0644, config_read_fw_idx_show,
-		   config_read_fw_idx_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(config_read_fw_idx);
 
 
 static ssize_t trigger_request_store(struct device *dev,
diff --git a/lib/test_kmod.c b/lib/test_kmod.c
index 337f408b4de6..e372b97eee13 100644
--- a/lib/test_kmod.c
+++ b/lib/test_kmod.c
@@ -694,8 +694,7 @@ static ssize_t config_test_driver_show(struct device *dev,
 	return config_test_show_str(&test_dev->config_mutex, buf,
 				    config->test_driver);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(config_test_driver, 0644, config_test_driver_show,
-		   config_test_driver_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(config_test_driver);
 
 static ssize_t config_test_fs_store(struct device *dev,
 				    struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -726,8 +725,7 @@ static ssize_t config_test_fs_show(struct device *dev,
 	return config_test_show_str(&test_dev->config_mutex, buf,
 				    config->test_fs);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(config_test_fs, 0644, config_test_fs_show,
-		   config_test_fs_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(config_test_fs);
 
 static int trigger_config_run_type(struct kmod_test_device *test_dev,
 				   enum kmod_test_case test_case,
@@ -1012,8 +1010,7 @@ static ssize_t config_num_threads_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	return test_dev_config_show_int(test_dev, buf, config->num_threads);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(config_num_threads, 0644, config_num_threads_show,
-		   config_num_threads_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(config_num_threads);
 
 static ssize_t config_test_case_store(struct device *dev,
 				      struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -1037,8 +1034,7 @@ static ssize_t config_test_case_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	return test_dev_config_show_uint(test_dev, buf, config->test_case);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(config_test_case, 0644, config_test_case_show,
-		   config_test_case_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(config_test_case);
 
 static ssize_t test_result_show(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -1049,7 +1045,7 @@ static ssize_t test_result_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	return test_dev_config_show_int(test_dev, buf, config->test_result);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(test_result, 0644, test_result_show, test_result_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(test_result);
 
 #define TEST_KMOD_DEV_ATTR(name)		&dev_attr_##name.attr
 
diff --git a/samples/kobject/kobject-example.c b/samples/kobject/kobject-example.c
index 2e0740f06cd7..9e383fdbaa00 100644
--- a/samples/kobject/kobject-example.c
+++ b/samples/kobject/kobject-example.c
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Sample kobject implementation
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Novell Inc.
- *
- * Released under the GPL version 2 only.
- *
  */
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
diff --git a/samples/kobject/kset-example.c b/samples/kobject/kset-example.c
index a55bff52bde3..401328fd687d 100644
--- a/samples/kobject/kset-example.c
+++ b/samples/kobject/kset-example.c
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Sample kset and ktype implementation
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Novell Inc.
- *
- * Released under the GPL version 2 only.
- *
  */
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
index 7a54e3083203..79d4dc785e5c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ unlock:
 	return size;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(dma_op_mode, 0644, dma_op_mode_show, dma_op_mode_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(dma_op_mode);
 
 static const struct attribute *additional_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_max_tx_thres.attr,
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ out:
 	return size;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(st_taps, 0644, st_taps_show, st_taps_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(st_taps);
 
 static const struct attribute *sidetone_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_st_taps.attr,
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index d1f7e639d5b1..328c3b2d8326 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static ssize_t codec_reg_show(struct device *dev,
 	return soc_codec_reg_show(rtd->codec, buf, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(codec_reg, 0444, codec_reg_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(codec_reg);
 
 static ssize_t pmdown_time_show(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
index a10b21cfc31e..d1977ced895f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
@@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@ static ssize_t dapm_widget_show(struct device *dev,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(dapm_widget, 0444, dapm_widget_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(dapm_widget);
 
 struct attribute *soc_dapm_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_dapm_widget.attr,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_fallback.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_fallback.sh
index 34a42c68ebfb..722cad91df74 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_fallback.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_fallback.sh
@@ -175,96 +175,118 @@ trap "test_finish" EXIT
 echo "ABCD0123" >"$FW"
 NAME=$(basename "$FW")
 
-DEVPATH="$DIR"/"nope-$NAME"/loading
-
-# Test failure when doing nothing (timeout works).
-echo -n 2 >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
-echo -n "nope-$NAME" >"$DIR"/trigger_request 2>/dev/null &
-
-# Give the kernel some time to load the loading file, must be less
-# than the timeout above.
-sleep 1
-if [ ! -f $DEVPATH ]; then
-	echo "$0: fallback mechanism immediately cancelled"
-	echo ""
-	echo "The file never appeared: $DEVPATH"
-	echo ""
-	echo "This might be a distribution udev rule setup by your distribution"
-	echo "to immediately cancel all fallback requests, this must be"
-	echo "removed before running these tests. To confirm look for"
-	echo "a firmware rule like /lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules"
-	echo "and see if you have something like this:"
-	echo ""
-	echo "SUBSYSTEM==\"firmware\", ACTION==\"add\", ATTR{loading}=\"-1\""
-	echo ""
-	echo "If you do remove this file or comment out this line before"
-	echo "proceeding with these tests."
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
-	echo "$0: firmware was not expected to match" >&2
-	exit 1
-else
-	echo "$0: timeout works"
-fi
-
-# Put timeout high enough for us to do work but not so long that failures
-# slow down this test too much.
-echo 4 >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
+test_syfs_timeout()
+{
+	DEVPATH="$DIR"/"nope-$NAME"/loading
+
+	# Test failure when doing nothing (timeout works).
+	echo -n 2 >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
+	echo -n "nope-$NAME" >"$DIR"/trigger_request 2>/dev/null &
+
+	# Give the kernel some time to load the loading file, must be less
+	# than the timeout above.
+	sleep 1
+	if [ ! -f $DEVPATH ]; then
+		echo "$0: fallback mechanism immediately cancelled"
+		echo ""
+		echo "The file never appeared: $DEVPATH"
+		echo ""
+		echo "This might be a distribution udev rule setup by your distribution"
+		echo "to immediately cancel all fallback requests, this must be"
+		echo "removed before running these tests. To confirm look for"
+		echo "a firmware rule like /lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules"
+		echo "and see if you have something like this:"
+		echo ""
+		echo "SUBSYSTEM==\"firmware\", ACTION==\"add\", ATTR{loading}=\"-1\""
+		echo ""
+		echo "If you do remove this file or comment out this line before"
+		echo "proceeding with these tests."
+		exit 1
+	fi
 
-# Load this script instead of the desired firmware.
-load_fw "$NAME" "$0"
-if diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
-	echo "$0: firmware was not expected to match" >&2
-	exit 1
-else
-	echo "$0: firmware comparison works"
-fi
+	if diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
+		echo "$0: firmware was not expected to match" >&2
+		exit 1
+	else
+		echo "$0: timeout works"
+	fi
+}
 
-# Do a proper load, which should work correctly.
-load_fw "$NAME" "$FW"
-if ! diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
-	echo "$0: firmware was not loaded" >&2
-	exit 1
-else
-	echo "$0: fallback mechanism works"
-fi
+run_sysfs_main_tests()
+{
+	test_syfs_timeout
+	# Put timeout high enough for us to do work but not so long that failures
+	# slow down this test too much.
+	echo 4 >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
 
-load_fw_cancel "nope-$NAME" "$FW"
-if diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
-	echo "$0: firmware was expected to be cancelled" >&2
-	exit 1
-else
-	echo "$0: cancelling fallback mechanism works"
-fi
+	# Load this script instead of the desired firmware.
+	load_fw "$NAME" "$0"
+	if diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
+		echo "$0: firmware was not expected to match" >&2
+		exit 1
+	else
+		echo "$0: firmware comparison works"
+	fi
 
-if load_fw_custom "$NAME" "$FW" ; then
+	# Do a proper load, which should work correctly.
+	load_fw "$NAME" "$FW"
 	if ! diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
 		echo "$0: firmware was not loaded" >&2
 		exit 1
 	else
-		echo "$0: custom fallback loading mechanism works"
+		echo "$0: fallback mechanism works"
 	fi
-fi
 
-if load_fw_custom_cancel "nope-$NAME" "$FW" ; then
+	load_fw_cancel "nope-$NAME" "$FW"
 	if diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
 		echo "$0: firmware was expected to be cancelled" >&2
 		exit 1
 	else
-		echo "$0: cancelling custom fallback mechanism works"
+		echo "$0: cancelling fallback mechanism works"
 	fi
-fi
 
-set +e
-load_fw_fallback_with_child "nope-signal-$NAME" "$FW"
-if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
-	echo "$0: SIGCHLD on sync ignored as expected" >&2
-else
-	echo "$0: error - sync firmware request cancelled due to SIGCHLD" >&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-set -e
+	set +e
+	load_fw_fallback_with_child "nope-signal-$NAME" "$FW"
+	if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "$0: SIGCHLD on sync ignored as expected" >&2
+	else
+		echo "$0: error - sync firmware request cancelled due to SIGCHLD" >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	set -e
+}
+
+run_sysfs_custom_load_tests()
+{
+	if load_fw_custom "$NAME" "$FW" ; then
+		if ! diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
+			echo "$0: firmware was not loaded" >&2
+			exit 1
+		else
+			echo "$0: custom fallback loading mechanism works"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if load_fw_custom "$NAME" "$FW" ; then
+		if ! diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
+			echo "$0: firmware was not loaded" >&2
+			exit 1
+		else
+			echo "$0: custom fallback loading mechanism works"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if load_fw_custom_cancel "nope-$NAME" "$FW" ; then
+		if diff -q "$FW" /dev/test_firmware >/dev/null ; then
+			echo "$0: firmware was expected to be cancelled" >&2
+			exit 1
+		else
+			echo "$0: cancelling custom fallback mechanism works"
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+run_sysfs_main_tests
+run_sysfs_custom_load_tests
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
index b1f20fef36c7..f9508e1a4058 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ test_finish()
 	if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
 		echo "$OLD_TIMEOUT" >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
 	fi
-	echo -n "$OLD_PATH" >/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
+	if [ "$OLD_FWPATH" = "" ]; then
+		OLD_FWPATH=" "
+	fi
+	echo -n "$OLD_FWPATH" >/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
 	rm -f "$FW"
 	rmdir "$FWPATH"
 }