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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/sysfs/symlink.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/sysfs/symlink.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c index 22ea2f5..1a23681 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c @@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ static int sysfs_do_create_link_sd(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd, BUG_ON(!name || !parent_sd); - /* target->sd can go away beneath us but is protected with - * sysfs_assoc_lock. Fetch target_sd from it. + /* + * We don't own @target and it may be removed at any time. + * Synchronize using sysfs_symlink_target_lock. See + * sysfs_remove_dir() for details. */ - spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock); + spin_lock(&sysfs_symlink_target_lock); if (target->sd) target_sd = sysfs_get(target->sd); - spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock); + spin_unlock(&sysfs_symlink_target_lock); error = -ENOENT; if (!target_sd) @@ -140,10 +142,16 @@ void sysfs_delete_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *targ, const char *name) { const void *ns = NULL; - spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock); + + /* + * We don't own @target 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); if (targ->sd) ns = targ->sd->s_ns; - spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock); + spin_unlock(&sysfs_symlink_target_lock); sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->sd, name, ns); } |
