2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Peter Oberparleiter commit 0f58b44582001c8bcdb75f36cf85ebbe5170e959 upstream. 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 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/sysfs/dir.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c @@ -914,8 +914,10 @@ 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: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/