Re: [03/07] I2C: Fix incorrect sysfs file permissions in it87 and via686a drivers

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Wed Apr 27 2005 - 14:50:45 EST


On 4/27/05, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 4/27/05, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> >
>
> While the patch is correct I'd have something like this as well:
>
> --- linux-2.6.11.orig/fs/sysfs/file.c
> +++ linux-2.6.11/fs/sysfs/file.c
> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ subsys_attr_store(struct kobject * kobj,
> {
> struct subsystem * s = to_subsys(kobj);
> struct subsys_attribute * sattr = to_sattr(attr);
> - ssize_t ret = 0;
> + ssize_t ret = -ENOSYS;
>
> if (sattr->store)
> ret = sattr->store(s,page,count);
>
> So writes without store handler would return "not implemented".
>

Obviously driver_sysfs_ops, bus_sysfs_ops, etc need the same treatment...

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Dmitry
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