[PATCH] sysfs: fix problem with duplicate sysfs directories and files
The following patch checks for existing sysfs_dirent before
preparing new one while creating sysfs directories and files.
Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index e21f402..5e83e72 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -361,10 +361,12 @@
{
struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
umode_t mode = (attr->mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
- int error = 0;
+ int error = -EEXIST;
mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
- error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *) attr, mode, type);
+ if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(parent_sd, attr->name))
+ error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *)attr,
+ mode, type);
mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
return error;