From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:36:30 +0000 (+0900)
Subject: sysfs: Introduce sysfs_rename_mutex
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.24-rc1~1394^2~29
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sysfs: Introduce sysfs_rename_mutex

Looking carefully at the rename code we have a subtle dependency
that the structure of sysfs not change while we are performing
a rename.  If the parent directory of the object we are renaming
changes while the rename is being performed nasty things could
happen when we go to release our locks.

So introduce a sysfs_rename_mutex to prevent this highly
unlikely theoretical issue.

In addition hold sysfs_rename_mutex over all calls to
sysfs_get_dentry. Allowing sysfs_get_dentry to be simplified
in the future.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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