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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-11-05 15:32:38 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-11-05 15:32:38 -0800
commit1873499e13648a2dd01a394ed3217c9290921b3d (patch)
tree3a662aadb3c02bbce2e9231a90da6e98b54d33d4 /fs/sysfs
parent3460b01b12aaf0011cb30f6f502edd05752f70eb (diff)
parentba94c3ff20c9c179f2a80f0e4c71e1571ebbf5c7 (diff)
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Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security
Pull security subsystem update from James Morris: "This is mostly maintenance updates across the subsystem, with a notable update for TPM 2.0, and addition of Jarkko Sakkinen as a maintainer of that" * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security: (40 commits) apparmor: clarify CRYPTO dependency selinux: Use a kmem_cache for allocation struct file_security_struct selinux: ioctl_has_perm should be static selinux: use sprintf return value selinux: use kstrdup() in security_get_bools() selinux: use kmemdup in security_sid_to_context_core() selinux: remove pointless cast in selinux_inode_setsecurity() selinux: introduce security_context_str_to_sid selinux: do not check open perm on ftruncate call selinux: change CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_CHECKREQPROT_VALUE default KEYS: Merge the type-specific data with the payload data KEYS: Provide a script to extract a module signature KEYS: Provide a script to extract the sys cert list from a vmlinux file keys: Be more consistent in selection of union members used certs: add .gitignore to stop git nagging about x509_certificate_list KEYS: use kvfree() in add_key Smack: limited capability for changing process label TPM: remove unnecessary little endian conversion vTPM: support little endian guests char: Drop owner assignment from i2c_driver ...
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/sysfs')
-rw-r--r--fs/sysfs/group.c44
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index 39a0199..e123659 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -352,3 +352,47 @@ void sysfs_remove_link_from_group(struct kobject *kobj, const char *group_name,
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_link_from_group);
+
+/**
+ * __compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj - add a symlink to a kobject pointing
+ * to a group or an attribute
+ * @kobj: The kobject containing the group.
+ * @target_kobj: The target kobject.
+ * @target_name: The name of the target group or attribute.
+ */
+int __compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobject *target_kobj,
+ const char *target_name)
+{
+ struct kernfs_node *target;
+ struct kernfs_node *entry;
+ struct kernfs_node *link;
+
+ /*
+ * We don't own @target_kobj and it may be removed at any time.
+ * Synchronize using sysfs_symlink_target_lock. See sysfs_remove_dir()
+ * for details.
+ */
+ spin_lock(&sysfs_symlink_target_lock);
+ target = target_kobj->sd;
+ if (target)
+ kernfs_get(target);
+ spin_unlock(&sysfs_symlink_target_lock);
+ if (!target)
+ return -ENOENT;
+
+ entry = kernfs_find_and_get(target_kobj->sd, target_name);
+ if (!entry) {
+ kernfs_put(target);
+ return -ENOENT;
+ }
+
+ link = kernfs_create_link(kobj->sd, target_name, entry);
+ if (IS_ERR(link) && PTR_ERR(link) == -EEXIST)
+ sysfs_warn_dup(kobj->sd, target_name);
+
+ kernfs_put(entry);
+ kernfs_put(target);
+ return IS_ERR(link) ? PTR_ERR(link) : 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj);
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