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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/sysfs/symlink.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c index d2eac3ceed5..f50e3cc2ded 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ */ #include <linux/fs.h> +#include <linux/mount.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/kobject.h> #include <linux/namei.h> @@ -82,10 +83,19 @@ exit1: */ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char * name) { - struct dentry * dentry = kobj->dentry; + struct dentry *dentry = NULL; int error = -EEXIST; - BUG_ON(!kobj || !kobj->dentry || !name); + BUG_ON(!name); + + if (!kobj) { + if (sysfs_mount && sysfs_mount->mnt_sb) + dentry = sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root; + } else + dentry = kobj->dentry; + + if (!dentry) + return -EFAULT; mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(dentry->d_fsdata, name)) |