linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] sysfs: fix hardlink count on device

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:44:37 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	stable <stable@...nel.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] sysfs: fix hardlink count on device_move

From: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Update directory hardlink count when moving kobjects to a new parent.
Fixes the following problem which occurs when several devices are
moved to the same parent and then unregistered:

> ls -laF /sys/devices/css0/defunct/
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x 4294967295 root root    0 2009-07-14 17:02 ./
> drwxr-xr-x        114 root root    0 2009-07-14 17:02 ../
> drwxr-xr-x          2 root root    0 2009-07-14 17:01 power/
> -rw-r--r--          1 root root 4096 2009-07-14 17:01 uevent

Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: stable <stable@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index d88d0fa..14f2d71 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -939,8 +939,10 @@ again:
 	/* Remove from old parent's list and insert into new parent's list. */
 	sysfs_unlink_sibling(sd);
 	sysfs_get(new_parent_sd);
+	drop_nlink(old_parent->d_inode);
 	sysfs_put(sd->s_parent);
 	sd->s_parent = new_parent_sd;
+	inc_nlink(new_parent->d_inode);
 	sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
 
  out_unlock:
-- 
1.6.3.2

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