Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:16:46 +0200 | From | Cornelia Huck <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sysfs: kill an extra put in sysfs_create_link() failure path |
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:14:45 +0900, Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is a subtle bug in sysfs_create_link() failure path. When > symlink creation fails because there's already a node with the same > name, the target sysfs_dirent is put twice - once by failure path of > sysfs_create_link() and once more when the symlink is released. > > Fix it by making only the symlink node responsible for putting > target_sd. > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> > --- > Gabriel, Miles, please verify this fixes your problem. Thanks. > > fs/sysfs/symlink.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c > index 2f86e04..d056e96 100644 > --- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c > +++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c > @@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char > sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK); > if (!sd) > goto out_put; > + > sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd = target_sd; > + target_sd = NULL; /* reference is now owned by the symlink */ > > sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd); >
A subtle bug indeed. The patch looks sane to me.
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