From c516865cfbac0d862d4888df91793ad1e74ffd58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maneesh Soni Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 19:40:14 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] sysfs: fix problem with duplicate sysfs directories and files The following patch checks for existing sysfs_dirent before preparing new one while creating sysfs directories and files. Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/sysfs/file.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/sysfs/file.c') diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c index e21f4022feb8..5e83e7246788 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/file.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c @@ -361,10 +361,12 @@ int sysfs_add_file(struct dentry * dir, const struct attribute * attr, int type) { struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata; umode_t mode = (attr->mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG; - int error = 0; + int error = -EEXIST; mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex); - error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *) attr, mode, type); + if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(parent_sd, attr->name)) + error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *)attr, + mode, type); mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex); return error; -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151