[PATCH] sysfs: reinstate exclusion between method calls and attribute unregistration
This patch (as869) reinstates the mutual exclusion between sysfs
attribute method calls and attribute unregistration. The
previously-reported deadlocks have been fixed, and this exclusion is
by far the simplest way to avoid races during driver unbinding.
The check for orphaned read-buffers has been moved down slightly, so
that the remainder of a partially-read buffer will still be available
to userspace even after the attribute has been unregistered.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 1bafdf6..fc46333 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@
ssize_t retval = 0;
down(&buffer->sem);
- if (buffer->orphaned) {
- retval = -ENODEV;
- goto out;
- }
if (buffer->needs_read_fill) {
- if ((retval = fill_read_buffer(file->f_path.dentry,buffer)))
+ if (buffer->orphaned)
+ retval = -ENODEV;
+ else
+ retval = fill_read_buffer(file->f_path.dentry,buffer);
+ if (retval)
goto out;
}
pr_debug("%s: count = %zd, ppos = %lld, buf = %s\n",