The patch titled lost content of /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lost-content-of-proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: lost content of /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@xxxxxxxxxx> /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc dentry disappeared during d_revalidate. d_revalidate only dentries from shadowed one and below. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9504 Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Marcus Better <marcus@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Marcus Better <marcus@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/generic.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/proc/generic.c~lost-content-of-proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc fs/proc/generic.c --- a/fs/proc/generic.c~lost-content-of-proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc +++ a/fs/proc/generic.c @@ -380,12 +380,17 @@ static int proc_revalidate_dentry(struct return 0; } -static struct dentry_operations proc_dentry_operations = +static struct dentry_operations proc_dentry_shadow_operations = { .d_delete = proc_delete_dentry, .d_revalidate = proc_revalidate_dentry, }; +static struct dentry_operations proc_dentry_operations = +{ + .d_delete = proc_delete_dentry, +}; + /* * Don't create negative dentries here, return -ENOENT by hand * instead. @@ -394,6 +399,7 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode { struct inode *inode = NULL; struct proc_dir_entry * de; + int use_shadow = 0; int error = -ENOENT; lock_kernel(); @@ -406,8 +412,10 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode if (!memcmp(dentry->d_name.name, de->name, de->namelen)) { unsigned int ino; - if (de->shadow_proc) + if (de->shadow_proc) { de = de->shadow_proc(current, de); + use_shadow = 1; + } ino = de->low_ino; de_get(de); spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock); @@ -423,6 +431,8 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode if (inode) { dentry->d_op = &proc_dentry_operations; + dentry->d_op = use_shadow ? + &proc_dentry_shadow_operations : dentry->d_parent->d_op; d_add(dentry, inode); return NULL; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from den@xxxxxxxxxx are lost-content-of-proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.patch git-net.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html