linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/29] sysctl: Make the directories have nlink == 1

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:51:41 -0800
From:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	<linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lucian.grijincu@...il.com>,
	Damien Millescamps <damien.millescamps@...nd.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH 05/29] sysctl: Make the directories have nlink == 1

I goofed when I made sysctl directories have nlink == 0.
nlink == 0 means the directory has been deleted.
nlink == 1 meands a directory does not count subdirectories.

Use the default nlink == 1 for sysctl directories.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 06e6f10..f6aa751 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 		inode->i_fop = &proc_sys_file_operations;
 	} else {
 		inode->i_mode |= S_IFDIR;
-		clear_nlink(inode);
 		inode->i_op = &proc_sys_dir_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &proc_sys_dir_file_operations;
 	}
-- 
1.7.2.5

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