[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/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index e38d633..fe23f47 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -82,12 +82,13 @@
int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char * name)
{
struct dentry * dentry = kobj->dentry;
- int error = 0;
+ int error = -EEXIST;
BUG_ON(!kobj || !kobj->dentry || !name);
mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
- error = sysfs_add_link(dentry, name, target);
+ if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(dentry->d_fsdata, name))
+ error = sysfs_add_link(dentry, name, target);
mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
return error;
}