linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/47] SYSFS: allow sysfs_create_link to create symlinks in the root of sysfs

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Message-Id: <11592491082990-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:37:28 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 8/47] SYSFS: allow sysfs_create_link to create symlinks in the root of sysfs

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

This is needed to make the compatible link for /sys/block in the future.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 fs/sysfs/symlink.c |   14 ++++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index d2eac3c..f50e3cc 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
@@ -82,10 +83,19 @@ exit1:
  */
 int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char * name)
 {
-	struct dentry * dentry = kobj->dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
 	int error = -EEXIST;
 
-	BUG_ON(!kobj || !kobj->dentry || !name);
+	BUG_ON(!name);
+
+	if (!kobj) {
+		if (sysfs_mount && sysfs_mount->mnt_sb)
+			dentry = sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
+	} else
+		dentry = kobj->dentry;
+
+	if (!dentry)
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(dentry->d_fsdata, name))
-- 
1.4.2.1

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