[BUG] sunrpc as module and bad proc/sys link count

[Jiri Slaby]

Hello.
When sunrpc is as module, sysctl adds to proc fs proc/sys/sunrpc, adds 1 
to number of proc/sys link (see later), but when it's ls-ed, there is 
still old count.
I.e.
my proc/sys before modprobe-ing sunrpc:
# ls -la /proc/sys
celkem 0
dr-xr-xr-x    9 root root 0 srp  5 12:43 .
dr-xr-xr-x  114 root root 0 srp  5  2005 ..
dr-xr-xr-x    2 root root 0 srp  5 14:33 debug
dr-xr-xr-x    4 root root 0 srp  5 14:33 dev
dr-xr-xr-x    5 root root 0 srp  5 12:43 fs
drwxr-xr-x    5 root root 0 srp  5 14:33 kernel
dr-xr-xr-x    7 root root 0 srp  5 14:33 net
dr-xr-xr-x    2 root root 0 srp  5 14:33 proc
dr-xr-xr-x    2 root root 0 srp  5 14:33 vm
# stat /proc/sys
 File: `/proc/sys'
 Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 1024   directory
Device: 3h/3d   Inode: -268435429  Links: 9
*[BTW This seems like bad interpretation of the un/signed number (real 
inode from ls out is 4026531867.]*
Access: (0555/dr-xr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2005-08-05 12:43:12.066160750 +0200
Modify: 2005-08-05 12:43:12.066160750 +0200
Change: 2005-08-05 12:43:12.066160750 +0200

after:
#modprobe sunrpc
#ls -la /proc/sys
celkem 0
dr-xr-xr-x    9 root root 0 srp  5 12:43 . <-- The 9 here should be now 10
dr-xr-xr-x  114 root root 0 srp  5  2005 ..
dr-xr-xr-x    2 root root 0 srp  5 14:35 debug
dr-xr-xr-x    4 root root 0 srp  5 14:35 dev
dr-xr-xr-x    5 root root 0 srp  5 12:43 fs
drwxr-xr-x    5 root root 0 srp  5 14:35 kernel
dr-xr-xr-x    7 root root 0 srp  5 14:35 net
dr-xr-xr-x    2 root root 0 srp  5 14:35 proc
dr-xr-xr-x    2 root root 0 srp  5 14:35 sunrpc
dr-xr-xr-x    2 root root 0 srp  5 14:35 vm
# stat /proc/sys
 File: `/proc/sys'
 Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 1024   directory
Device: 3h/3d   Inode: -268435429  Links: 9
Access: (0555/dr-xr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2005-08-05 12:43:12.066160750 +0200
Modify: 2005-08-05 12:43:12.066160750 +0200
Change: 2005-08-05 12:43:12.066160750 +0200

When I add printk to proc/generic.c into create_proc_entry before and 
after proc_register, it prints 9 and after 10 (so the nlink is added here).

On the other side, when sunrpc is in the kernel (not as module) it works 
fine, and the count returned by proc fs is 10, so ok.

This appears in kernels 2.6.11.12 through 2.6.13-rc4-mm1, maybe in older 
kernels too.

--
Jiri Slaby         www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby
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