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authorDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>2008-04-29 10:02:26 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-29 17:06:22 +0200
commit667471386d4068e75a6a55b615701ced61eb6333 (patch)
tree2bf51dfa6209ca6637c1cff084b15c132b280ab0 /arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
parentparisc: use non-racy method for /proc/pcxl_dma creation (diff)
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powerpc: use non-racy method for proc entries creation
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Add correct ->owner to proc_fops to fix reading/module unloading race. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
index 1ffacc698ffb..1e656b43ad7f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/lparcfg.c
@@ -591,10 +591,8 @@ int __init lparcfg_init(void)
!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_ISERIES))
mode |= S_IWUSR;
- ent = create_proc_entry("ppc64/lparcfg", mode, NULL);
- if (ent) {
- ent->proc_fops = &lparcfg_fops;
- } else {
+ ent = proc_create("ppc64/lparcfg", mode, NULL, &lparcfg_fops);
+ if (!ent) {
printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to create ppc64/lparcfg\n");
return -EIO;
}