linux-kernel - [patch 1/2] sysfs: allow removal of nonexistent sysfs groups.

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Date:	Mon, 9 Oct 2006 09:29:20 +0200
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
	Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...tin.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 1/2] sysfs: allow removal of nonexistent sysfs groups.

From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>

This patch makes it safe to call sysfs_remove_group() with a name group
that doesn't exist. Needed to make fix cpu hotplug stuff in topology code.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/group.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6/fs/sysfs/group.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/sysfs/group.c	2006-10-09 09:15:25.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/sysfs/group.c	2006-10-09 09:25:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -68,9 +68,12 @@
 {
 	struct dentry * dir;
 
-	if (grp->name)
+	if (grp->name) {
+		if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(kobj->dentry->d_fsdata, grp->name))
+			return;
 		dir = lookup_one_len(grp->name, kobj->dentry,
 				strlen(grp->name));
+	}
 	else
 		dir = dget(kobj->dentry);
 
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