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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index 7091fca0fb44..ef3618299494 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -1147,22 +1147,26 @@ int ubi_detach_mtd_dev(int ubi_num, int anyway)
*/
static struct mtd_info * __init open_mtd_by_chdev(const char *mtd_dev)
{
- int err, major, minor, mode;
+ int err, minor;
struct path path;
+ struct kstat stat;
/* Probably this is an MTD character device node path */
err = kern_path(mtd_dev, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
if (err)
return ERR_PTR(err);
- /* MTD device number is defined by the major / minor numbers */
- major = imajor(d_backing_inode(path.dentry));
- minor = iminor(d_backing_inode(path.dentry));
- mode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry)->i_mode;
+ err = vfs_getattr(&path, &stat);
path_put(&path);
- if (major != MTD_CHAR_MAJOR || !S_ISCHR(mode))
+ if (err)
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+ /* MTD device number is defined by the major / minor numbers */
+ if (MAJOR(stat.rdev) != MTD_CHAR_MAJOR || !S_ISCHR(stat.mode))
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ minor = MINOR(stat.rdev);
+
if (minor & 1)
/*
* Just do not think the "/dev/mtdrX" devices support is need,