sysfs_readdir patch for 2.6.16.53

From: Miloslav Semler
Date: Fri Sep 21 2007 - 13:31:39 EST


Hello everybody,
so there is some backport of sysfs_readdir patch from 2.6.22.6 to 2.6.16.53. It is not well tested but it is actually working on my kernel.

Miloslav diff -Nrp linux-2.6.16.53/fs/sysfs/dir.c linux-2.6.16.53-pretel/fs/sysfs/dir.c
*** linux-2.6.16.53/fs/sysfs/dir.c 2007-07-25 23:05:45.000000000 +0200
--- linux-2.6.16.53-pretel/fs/sysfs/dir.c 2007-08-21 20:48:26.000000000 +0200
*************** static struct dentry_operations sysfs_de
*** 29,34 ****
--- 29,42 ----
.d_iput = sysfs_d_iput,
};

+ static unsigned int sysfs_inode_counter;
+ ino_t sysfs_get_inum(void)
+ {
+ if (unlikely(sysfs_inode_counter < 3))
+ sysfs_inode_counter = 3;
+ return sysfs_inode_counter++;
+ }
+
/*
* Allocates a new sysfs_dirent and links it to the parent sysfs_dirent
*/
*************** static struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_new_d
*** 40,47 ****
--- 48,57 ----
sd = kmem_cache_alloc(sysfs_dir_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!sd)
return NULL;
+

memset(sd, 0, sizeof(*sd));
+ sd->s_ino = sysfs_get_inum();
atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_children);
list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &parent_sd->s_children);
*************** static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * f
*** 385,391 ****

switch (i) {
case 0:
! ino = dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
break;
filp->f_pos++;
--- 395,401 ----

switch (i) {
case 0:
! ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
break;
filp->f_pos++;
*************** static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * f
*** 415,424 ****

name = sysfs_get_name(next);
len = strlen(name);
! if (next->s_dentry)
! ino = next->s_dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
! else
! ino = iunique(sysfs_sb, 2);

if (filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino,
dt_type(next)) < 0)
--- 425,431 ----

name = sysfs_get_name(next);
len = strlen(name);
! ino = next->s_ino;

if (filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino,
dt_type(next)) < 0)
diff -Nrp linux-2.6.16.53/fs/sysfs/inode.c linux-2.6.16.53-pretel/fs/sysfs/inode.c
*** linux-2.6.16.53/fs/sysfs/inode.c 2007-07-25 23:05:45.000000000 +0200
--- linux-2.6.16.53-pretel/fs/sysfs/inode.c 2007-08-21 20:16:22.000000000 +0200
*************** struct inode * sysfs_new_inode(mode_t mo
*** 119,124 ****
--- 119,125 ----
inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysfs_aops;
inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &sysfs_backing_dev_info;
inode->i_op = &sysfs_inode_operations;
+ inode->i_ino = sd->s_ino;

if (sd->s_iattr) {
/* sysfs_dirent has non-default attributes
diff -Nrp linux-2.6.16.53/fs/sysfs/mount.c linux-2.6.16.53-pretel/fs/sysfs/mount.c
*** linux-2.6.16.53/fs/sysfs/mount.c 2007-07-25 23:05:45.000000000 +0200
--- linux-2.6.16.53-pretel/fs/sysfs/mount.c 2007-08-17 10:48:50.000000000 +0200
*************** static struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root =
*** 29,34 ****
--- 29,35 ----
.s_element = NULL,
.s_type = SYSFS_ROOT,
.s_iattr = NULL,
+ .s_ino = 1,
};

static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
diff -Nrp linux-2.6.16.53/include/linux/sysfs.h linux-2.6.16.53-pretel/include/linux/sysfs.h
*** linux-2.6.16.53/include/linux/sysfs.h 2007-07-25 23:05:45.000000000 +0200
--- linux-2.6.16.53-pretel/include/linux/sysfs.h 2007-08-17 10:50:42.000000000 +0200
*************** struct sysfs_dirent {
*** 72,77 ****
--- 72,78 ----
void * s_element;
int s_type;
umode_t s_mode;
+ ino_t s_ino;
struct dentry * s_dentry;
struct iattr * s_iattr;
};