From: Tejun Heo Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:05:10 +0000 (+0900) Subject: sysfs: fix sysfs_chmod_file() such that it updates sd->s_mode too X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f88123eaf953f13a0c597dde54745d28f81236de;p=linux-beck.git sysfs: fix sysfs_chmod_file() such that it updates sd->s_mode too sysfs_chmod_file() looked and updated only inode of the target file. Dentry and inode are reclaimable and the update mode data will go away when the inode is reclaimed. This patch makes sysfs_chmod_file() update sd->s_mode too such that the change is permanent. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Acked-by: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c index ff93c92164b3..9fdf8dae0dcd 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/file.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c @@ -521,10 +521,19 @@ int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode) } inode = victim->d_inode; + mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); + newattrs.ia_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO); newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME; rc = notify_change(victim, &newattrs); + + if (rc == 0) { + mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex); + victim_sd->s_mode = newattrs.ia_mode; + mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex); + } + mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); out: dput(victim);