This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Subject: sysfs: Implement sysfs_rename_link to my gregkh-2.6 tree. Its filename is sysfs-implement-sysfs_rename_link.patch This tree can be found at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/patches/ >From ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx Tue Jun 2 15:34:06 2009 From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:19:11 -0700 Subject: sysfs: Implement sysfs_rename_link To: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>, Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx>, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@xxxxxxxx>, Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <1243628376-22905-1-git-send-email-ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Because of rename ordering problems we occassionally give false warnings about invalid sysfs operations, so implement a helper function for this common sysfs idiom. This is a stripped down version of an earlier patch that also added sysfs_delete_link. Cc: Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> --- fs/sysfs/symlink.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ include/linux/sysfs.h | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+) --- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c @@ -122,6 +122,22 @@ void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject * sysfs_hash_and_remove(parent_sd, name); } +/** + * sysfs_rename_link - rename symlink in object's directory. + * @kobj: object we're acting for. + * @targ: object we're pointing to. + * @old: previous name of the symlink. + * @new: new name of the symlink. + * + * A helper function for the common rename symlink idiom. + */ +int sysfs_rename_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *targ, + const char *old, const char *new) +{ + sysfs_remove_link(kobj, old); + return sysfs_create_link(kobj, targ, new); +} + static int sysfs_get_target_path(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd, struct sysfs_dirent *target_sd, char *path) { --- a/include/linux/sysfs.h +++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h @@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ int __must_check sysfs_create_link_nowar const char *name); void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name); +int sysfs_rename_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target, + const char *old_name, const char *new_name); + int __must_check sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute_group *grp); int sysfs_update_group(struct kobject *kobj, @@ -202,6 +205,12 @@ static inline void sysfs_remove_link(str { } +static inline int sysfs_rename_link(struct kobject *k, struct kobject *t, + const char *old_name, const char *new_name) +{ + return 0; +} + static inline int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute_group *grp) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html