The patch titled
Subject: initramfs-clean-old-path-before-creating-a-hardlink-fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
initramfs-clean-old-path-before-creating-a-hardlink-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/initramfs-clean-old-path-before-creating-a-hardlink-fix.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/initramfs-clean-old-path-before-creating-a-hardlink-fix.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: initramfs-clean-old-path-before-creating-a-hardlink-fix
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Zhijian <zhijianx.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Philip Li <philip.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/init/initramfs.c~initramfs-clean-old-path-before-creating-a-hardlink-fix
+++ a/init/initramfs.c
@@ -291,7 +291,17 @@ static int __init do_reset(void)
return 1;
}
-static void __init clean_path(char *path, umode_t fmode);
+static void __init clean_path(char *path, umode_t fmode)
+{
+ struct kstat st;
+
+ if (!vfs_lstat(path, &st) && (st.mode ^ fmode) & S_IFMT) {
+ if (S_ISDIR(st.mode))
+ ksys_rmdir(path);
+ else
+ ksys_unlink(path);
+ }
+}
static int __init maybe_link(void)
{
@@ -305,18 +315,6 @@ static int __init maybe_link(void)
return 0;
}
-static void __init clean_path(char *path, umode_t fmode)
-{
- struct kstat st;
-
- if (!vfs_lstat(path, &st) && (st.mode ^ fmode) & S_IFMT) {
- if (S_ISDIR(st.mode))
- ksys_rmdir(path);
- else
- ksys_unlink(path);
- }
-}
-
static __initdata int wfd;
static int __init do_name(void)
_
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mm-page_owner-clamp-read-count-to-page_size-fix.patch
mm-hotplug-optimize-clear_hwpoisoned_pages-fix.patch
mm-ksm-do-not-block-on-page-lock-when-searching-stable-tree-fix.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-print-reason-for-the-offlining-failure-fix.patch
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mm-convert-totalram_pages-and-totalhigh_pages-variables-to-atomic-checkpatch-fixes.patch
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autofs-improve-ioctl-sbi-checks-fix.patch
exec-separate-mm_anonpages-and-rlimit_stack-accounting-checkpatch-fixes.patch
initramfs-clean-old-path-before-creating-a-hardlink-fix.patch
ipc-allow-boot-time-extension-of-ipcmni-from-32k-to-8m-checkpatch-fixes.patch
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