Merge tag 'driver-core-5.15-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core fixes from Greg KH:
 "Here are some small driver core fixes for 5.15-rc6, all of which have
  been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues.

  They include:

   - kernfs negative dentry bugfix

   - simple pm bus fixes to resolve reported issues"

* tag 'driver-core-5.15-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core:
  drivers: bus: Delete CONFIG_SIMPLE_PM_BUS
  drivers: bus: simple-pm-bus: Add support for probing simple bus only devices
  driver core: Reject pointless SYNC_STATE_ONLY device links
  kernfs: don't create a negative dentry if inactive node exists

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index cfc3ce8b815a..8e0a1378a4b1 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,14 @@ static struct dentry *kernfs_iop_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 
 	kn = kernfs_find_ns(parent, dentry->d_name.name, ns);
 	/* attach dentry and inode */
-	if (kn && kernfs_active(kn)) {
+	if (kn) {
+		/* Inactive nodes are invisible to the VFS so don't
+		 * create a negative.
+		 */
+		if (!kernfs_active(kn)) {
+			up_read(&kernfs_rwsem);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		inode = kernfs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, kn);
 		if (!inode)
 			inode = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);