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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-04-03 15:49:14 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-04-03 15:49:14 -0700
commit87e8b821ed8db3dab03d96cd542e29666bf210aa (patch)
tree0027060473aafbbb125655ba027319c8a1a665fc /drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
parent33cd9dfa3a13e3d8e41aef225a9f98169816723b (diff)
parent5e11611a5d22252f3f9c169a3c9377eac0c32033 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/devtmpfs.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/devtmpfs.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index 42ae452b36b0..dac478c6e460 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -301,6 +301,19 @@ int devtmpfs_delete_node(struct device *dev)
if (dentry->d_inode) {
err = vfs_getattr(nd.path.mnt, dentry, &stat);
if (!err && dev_mynode(dev, dentry->d_inode, &stat)) {
+ struct iattr newattrs;
+ /*
+ * before unlinking this node, reset permissions
+ * of possible references like hardlinks
+ */
+ newattrs.ia_uid = 0;
+ newattrs.ia_gid = 0;
+ newattrs.ia_mode = stat.mode & ~0777;
+ newattrs.ia_valid =
+ ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID|ATTR_MODE;
+ mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
+ mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
err = vfs_unlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,
dentry);
if (!err || err == -ENOENT)