[PATCH] sysfs: fix sysfs_chmod_file
authorManeesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>
Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:13:35 +0000 (12:13 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:12:49 +0000 (13:12 -0700)
o sysfs_chmod_file() must update the new iattr field in sysfs_dirent else
  the mode change will not be persistent in case of inode evacuation from
  cache.

Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
fs/sysfs/file.c

index 335288b9be0f1301c42838b98d760ca0c33c4344..4013d7905e84a665dc1861f1ffada553ee488933 100644 (file)
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@ int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
 {
        struct dentry *dir = kobj->dentry;
        struct dentry *victim;
-       struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
-       umode_t umode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
+       struct inode * inode;
+       struct iattr newattrs;
        int res = -ENOENT;
 
        down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
@@ -446,13 +446,15 @@ int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
        if (!IS_ERR(victim)) {
                if (victim->d_inode &&
                    (victim->d_parent->d_inode == dir->d_inode)) {
-                       sd = victim->d_fsdata;
-                       attr->mode = mode;
-                       sd->s_mode = umode;
-                       victim->d_inode->i_mode = umode;
-                       dput(victim);
-                       res = 0;
+                       inode = victim->d_inode;
+                       down(&inode->i_sem);
+                       newattrs.ia_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) |
+                                               (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO);
+                       newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME;
+                       res = notify_change(victim, &newattrs);
+                       up(&inode->i_sem);
                }
+               dput(victim);
        }
        up(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);