1 files changed, 47 insertions, 41 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 27df635b786a..ff605d3f4d33 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -11,50 +11,49 @@
 
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
-static int object_depth(struct kobject * kobj)
+static int object_depth(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
-	struct kobject * p = kobj;
 	int depth = 0;
-	do { depth++; } while ((p = p->parent));
+
+	for (; sd->s_parent; sd = sd->s_parent)
+		depth++;
+
 	return depth;
 }
 
-static int object_path_length(struct kobject * kobj)
+static int object_path_length(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
-	struct kobject * p = kobj;
 	int length = 1;
-	do {
-		length += strlen(kobject_name(p)) + 1;
-		p = p->parent;
-	} while (p);
+
+	for (; sd->s_parent; sd = sd->s_parent)
+		length += strlen(sd->s_name) + 1;
+
 	return length;
 }
 
-static void fill_object_path(struct kobject * kobj, char * buffer, int length)
+static void fill_object_path(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, char *buffer, int length)
 {
-	struct kobject * p;
-
 	--length;
-	for (p = kobj; p; p = p->parent) {
-		int cur = strlen(kobject_name(p));
+	for (; sd->s_parent; sd = sd->s_parent) {
+		int cur = strlen(sd->s_name);
 
 		/* back up enough to print this bus id with '/' */
 		length -= cur;
-		strncpy(buffer + length,kobject_name(p),cur);
+		strncpy(buffer + length, sd->s_name, cur);
 		*(buffer + --length) = '/';
 	}
 }
 
-static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobject * target)
+static int sysfs_add_link(struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd, const char * name,
+			  struct sysfs_dirent * target_sd)
 {
-	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = parent->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
 	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
 	if (!sd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sd->s_elem.symlink.target_kobj = kobject_get(target);
+	sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd = target_sd;
 	sysfs_attach_dirent(sd, parent_sd, NULL);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -68,6 +67,8 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobj
 int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char * name)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = NULL;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *target_sd = NULL;
 	int error = -EEXIST;
 
 	BUG_ON(!name);
@@ -80,11 +81,27 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char
 
 	if (!dentry)
 		return -EFAULT;
+	parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	/* target->dentry can go away beneath us but is protected with
+	 * kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock.  Fetch target_sd from it.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock);
+	if (target->dentry)
+		target_sd = sysfs_get(target->dentry->d_fsdata);
+	spin_unlock(&kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock);
+
+	if (!target_sd)
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(dentry->d_fsdata, name))
-		error = sysfs_add_link(dentry, name, target);
+		error = sysfs_add_link(parent_sd, name, target_sd);
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	if (error)
+		sysfs_put(target_sd);
+
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -100,14 +117,14 @@ void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject * kobj, const char * name)
 	sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->dentry,name);
 }
 
-static int sysfs_get_target_path(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target,
-				 char *path)
+static int sysfs_get_target_path(struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd,
+				 struct sysfs_dirent * target_sd, char *path)
 {
 	char * s;
 	int depth, size;
 
-	depth = object_depth(kobj);
-	size = object_path_length(target) + depth * 3 - 1;
+	depth = object_depth(parent_sd);
+	size = object_path_length(target_sd) + depth * 3 - 1;
 	if (size > PATH_MAX)
 		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 
@@ -116,7 +133,7 @@ static int sysfs_get_target_path(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target,
 	for (s = path; depth--; s += 3)
 		strcpy(s,"../");
 
-	fill_object_path(target, path, size);
+	fill_object_path(target_sd, path, size);
 	pr_debug("%s: path = '%s'\n", __FUNCTION__, path);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -124,27 +141,16 @@ static int sysfs_get_target_path(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target,
 
 static int sysfs_getlink(struct dentry *dentry, char * path)
 {
-	struct kobject *kobj, *target_kobj;
-	int error = 0;
-
-	kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(dentry->d_parent);
-	if (!kobj)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	target_kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(dentry);
-	if (!target_kobj) {
-		kobject_put(kobj);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = sd->s_parent;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *target_sd = sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd;
+	int error;
 
 	down_read(&sysfs_rename_sem);
-	error = sysfs_get_target_path(kobj, target_kobj, path);
+	error = sysfs_get_target_path(parent_sd, target_sd, path);
 	up_read(&sysfs_rename_sem);
-	
-	kobject_put(kobj);
-	kobject_put(target_kobj);
-	return error;
 
+	return error;
 }
 
 static void *sysfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)