From c516865cfbac0d862d4888df91793ad1e74ffd58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maneesh Soni Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 19:40:14 +0530 Subject: [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 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/sysfs/symlink.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/sysfs/symlink.c') diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c index e38d6338a20d..fe23f47f6e43 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c @@ -82,12 +82,13 @@ exit1: 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; } -- cgit v1.2.3