Re: [PATCH v2] cuse: do not register multiple devices with the samename

[Tejun Heo]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 01:23:17PM +0100, David Herrmann wrote:
> We do not check whether we already registered a CUSE device with a given
> name so we might end up with two devices with the same name. Sysfs will
> then complain as it cannot create suitable directories.
> 
> This patch makes the init-command fail if there is already a device with
> the given name. To avoid race-conditions, we protect the whole
> registration with a mutex now.
> 
> Following the sysfs warnings when registering two devices with the same
> name:
...
> Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

But it probably would be better to separate out mutex conversion as a
separate patch.

Thanks!

-- 
tejun
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