linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/15] sysfs: make bin attr open get active reference of parent too

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Message-Id: <11902719101974-git-send-email-htejun@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:05:10 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, cornelia.huck@...ibm.com, greg@...ah.com,
	stern@...land.harvard.edu, kay.sievers@...y.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, htejun@...il.com
Cc:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/15] sysfs: make bin attr open get active reference of parent too

All bin attr operations require active references of itself and its
parent.  There's no reason to allow open when its parent has been
deactivated and allowing it is inconsistent with regular sysfs file.
Use sysfs_get_active_two() in bin attribute open function.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
---
 fs/sysfs/bin.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index e93fe5e..9c8f882 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = NULL;
 	int error;
 
-	/* need attr_sd for attr */
-	if (!sysfs_get_active(attr_sd))
+	/* binary file operations requires both @sd and its parent */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	error = -EACCES;
@@ -193,12 +193,12 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	mutex_init(&bb->mutex);
 	file->private_data = bb;
 
-	/* open succeeded, put active reference */
-	sysfs_put_active(attr_sd);
+	/* open succeeded, put active references */
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 	return 0;
 
  err_out:
-	sysfs_put_active(attr_sd);
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 	kfree(bb);
 	return error;
 }
-- 
1.5.0.3


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