From: Miklos Szeredi sysfs_chmod_file() calls notify_change() to change the permission bits on a sysfs file. Replace with explicit call to sysfs_setattr() and fsnotify_change(). This is equivalent, except that security_inode_setattr() is not called. This function is called by drivers, so the security checks do not make any sense. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/sysfs/file.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/sysfs/file.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/sysfs/file.c 2008-05-06 11:04:29.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/fs/sysfs/file.c 2008-05-06 11:04:34.000000000 +0200 @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include "sysfs.h" @@ -585,9 +586,11 @@ int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kob newattrs.ia_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO); newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME; - rc = notify_change(victim, &newattrs); + newattrs.ia_ctime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb); + rc = sysfs_setattr(victim, &newattrs); if (rc == 0) { + fsnotify_change(victim, newattrs.ia_valid); mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex); victim_sd->s_mode = newattrs.ia_mode; mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex); -- -- 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/