[PATCH 02/15] ps3vram: Use proc_create_data() instead of proc_create()

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Fri May 08 2009 - 10:02:56 EST


Use proc_create_data() to avoid race conditions.

Reported-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jim Paris <jim@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/ps3vram.c | 8 +++-----
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/ps3vram.c b/drivers/block/ps3vram.c
index 2e79d2c..6e73868 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ps3vram.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ps3vram.c
@@ -546,12 +546,10 @@ static void __devinit ps3vram_proc_init(struct ps3_system_bus_device *dev)
struct ps3vram_priv *priv = dev->core.driver_data;
struct proc_dir_entry *pde;

- pde = proc_create(DEVICE_NAME, 0444, NULL, &ps3vram_proc_fops);
- if (!pde) {
+ pde = proc_create_data(DEVICE_NAME, 0444, NULL, &ps3vram_proc_fops,
+ priv);
+ if (!pde)
dev_warn(&dev->core, "failed to create /proc entry\n");
- return;
- }
- pde->data = priv;
}

static int ps3vram_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
--
1.6.2.4

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