@@ -1147,22 +1147,26 @@ int ubi_detach_mtd_dev(int ubi_num, int anyway)
*/
static struct mtd_info * __init open_mtd_by_chdev(const char *mtd_dev)
{
- int err, major, minor, mode;
+ int err, minor;
struct path path;
+ struct kstat stat;
/* Probably this is an MTD character device node path */
err = kern_path(mtd_dev, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
if (err)
return ERR_PTR(err);
- /* MTD device number is defined by the major / minor numbers */
- major = imajor(d_backing_inode(path.dentry));
- minor = iminor(d_backing_inode(path.dentry));
- mode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry)->i_mode;
+ err = vfs_getattr(&path, &stat);
path_put(&path);
- if (major != MTD_CHAR_MAJOR || !S_ISCHR(mode))
+ if (err)
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+ /* MTD device number is defined by the major / minor numbers */
+ if (MAJOR(stat.rdev) != MTD_CHAR_MAJOR || !S_ISCHR(stat.mode))
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ minor = MINOR(stat.rdev);
+
if (minor & 1)
/*
* Just do not think the "/dev/mtdrX" devices support is need,
@@ -301,9 +301,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ubi_open_volume_nm);
*/
struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume_path(const char *pathname, int mode)
{
- int error, ubi_num, vol_id, mod;
- struct inode *inode;
+ int error, ubi_num, vol_id;
struct path path;
+ struct kstat stat;
dbg_gen("open volume %s, mode %d", pathname, mode);
@@ -314,14 +314,17 @@ struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume_path(const char *pathname, int mode)
if (error)
return ERR_PTR(error);
- inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
- mod = inode->i_mode;
- ubi_num = ubi_major2num(imajor(inode));
- vol_id = iminor(inode) - 1;
+ error = vfs_getattr(&path, &stat);
path_put(&path);
+ if (error)
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
- if (!S_ISCHR(mod))
+ if (!S_ISCHR(stat.mode))
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+ ubi_num = ubi_major2num(MAJOR(stat.rdev));
+ vol_id = MINOR(stat.rdev) - 1;
+
if (vol_id >= 0 && ubi_num >= 0)
return ubi_open_volume(ubi_num, vol_id, mode);
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
Directly accessing inode fields bypasses ->getattr() and can cause problems when the underlying filesystem does not have the default ->getattr() implementation. So instead of obtaining the backing inode via d_backing_inode() use vfs_getattr() and obtain what we need from the kstat struct. Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> --- drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c | 16 ++++++++++------ drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c | 17 ++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)