The patch titled
sysvipc: use non-racy method for proc entries creation
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sysvipc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
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Subject: sysvipc: use non-racy method for proc entries creation
From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@xxxxxxxxxx>
Use proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup
before gluing PDE to main tree.
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pierre Peiffer <peifferp@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/util.c | 13 ++++++-------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff -puN ipc/util.c~sysvipc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation ipc/util.c
--- a/ipc/util.c~sysvipc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation
+++ a/ipc/util.c
@@ -165,13 +165,12 @@ void __init ipc_init_proc_interface(cons
iface->ids = ids;
iface->show = show;
- pde = create_proc_entry(path,
- S_IRUGO, /* world readable */
- NULL /* parent dir */);
- if (pde) {
- pde->data = iface;
- pde->proc_fops = &sysvipc_proc_fops;
- } else {
+ pde = proc_create_data(path,
+ S_IRUGO, /* world readable */
+ NULL, /* parent dir */
+ &sysvipc_proc_fops,
+ iface);
+ if (!pde) {
kfree(iface);
}
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from den@xxxxxxxxxx are
git-net.patch
proc-introduce-proc_create_data-to-setup-de-data.patch
nfsd-use-proc_create-to-setup-de-proc_fops.patch
nfs-use-proc_create-to-setup-de-proc_fops.patch
afs-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
ext4-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
reiserfs-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
jbd2-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
sysvipc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
mm-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-swaps-creation.patch
sound-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-driver-snd-page-alloc-creation.patch
zorro-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
samples-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-marker-example-creation.patch
scsi-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
usb-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
s390-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
arm-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-davinci_clocks-creation.patch
avr32-proc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-tlb-creation.patch
cris-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-system_profile-creation.patch
ia64-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
parisc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-pcxl_dma-creation.patch
powerpc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
acpi-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
netdev-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
isdn-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
kernel-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
parisc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch
drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation-2.patch
sysctl-merge-equal-proc_sys_read-and-proc_sys_write.patch
sysctl-clean-from-unneeded-extern-and-forward-declarations.patch
sysctl-add-the-permissions-callback-on-the-ctl_table_root.patch
proc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-page_owner-creation-page_owner.patch
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