Re: [PATCH 22/20] sysfs: Make sysfs_rename_link atomic

From: Kay Sievers
Date: Sat May 23 2009 - 19:21:45 EST


On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 23:32, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 22:13, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Use the existing sysfs_rename to make sysfs_rename_link an atomic
>> operation that does less work. ÂWhile I am at add additional sanity
>> checking to ensure it is a symlink I am renaming.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Looks great, and so much better than the remove and re-create thing.

Do you have your git tree public somewhere, or do you mind sending me
an all-in-one patch? I like to give it a try here.

Thanks,
Kay
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