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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/core.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 282025770429..fb4bc4f5151c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
int retval;
if (dev->class) {
+ static DEFINE_MUTEX(gdp_mutex);
struct kobject *kobj = NULL;
struct kobject *parent_kobj;
struct kobject *k;
@@ -623,6 +624,8 @@ static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
else
parent_kobj = &parent->kobj;
+ mutex_lock(&gdp_mutex);
+
/* find our class-directory at the parent and reference it */
spin_lock(&dev->class->p->class_dirs.list_lock);
list_for_each_entry(k, &dev->class->p->class_dirs.list, entry)
@@ -631,20 +634,26 @@ static struct kobject *get_device_parent(struct device *dev,
break;
}
spin_unlock(&dev->class->p->class_dirs.list_lock);
- if (kobj)
+ if (kobj) {
+ mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
return kobj;
+ }
/* or create a new class-directory at the parent device */
k = kobject_create();
- if (!k)
+ if (!k) {
+ mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
return NULL;
+ }
k->kset = &dev->class->p->class_dirs;
retval = kobject_add(k, parent_kobj, "%s", dev->class->name);
if (retval < 0) {
+ mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
kobject_put(k);
return NULL;
}
/* do not emit an uevent for this simple "glue" directory */
+ mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
return k;
}