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sysfs-reference-sysfs_dirent-from-sysfs-inodes-fix
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sysfs-reference-sysfs_dirent-from-sysfs-inodes-fix.patch
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Subject: sysfs-reference-sysfs_dirent-from-sysfs-inodes-fix
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/sysfs/inode.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff -puN fs/sysfs/inode.c~sysfs-reference-sysfs_dirent-from-sysfs-inodes-fix fs/sysfs/inode.c
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c~sysfs-reference-sysfs_dirent-from-sysfs-inodes-fix
+++ a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -215,6 +215,13 @@ struct inode * sysfs_get_inode(struct sy
return inode;
}
+/*
+ * The sysfs_dirent serves as both an inode and a directory entry for sysfs.
+ * To prevent the sysfs inode numbers from being freed prematurely we take a
+ * reference to sysfs_dirent from the sysfs inode. A
+ * super_operations.delete_inode() implementation is needed to drop that
+ * reference upon inode destruction.
+ */
void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
{
struct sysfs_dirent *sd = inode->i_private;
_
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