powerpc: use non-racy method for proc entries creation
Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data
be setup before gluing PDE to main tree.
Add correct ->owner to proc_fops to fix reading/module unloading race.
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
index 627f126..0a5e22b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
@@ -704,18 +704,11 @@
static struct proc_dir_entry *create_flash_pde(const char *filename,
const struct file_operations *fops)
{
- struct proc_dir_entry *ent = NULL;
-
- ent = create_proc_entry(filename, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, NULL);
- if (ent != NULL) {
- ent->proc_fops = fops;
- ent->owner = THIS_MODULE;
- }
-
- return ent;
+ return proc_create(filename, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, NULL, fops);
}
static const struct file_operations rtas_flash_operations = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.read = rtas_flash_read,
.write = rtas_flash_write,
.open = rtas_excl_open,
@@ -723,6 +716,7 @@
};
static const struct file_operations manage_flash_operations = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.read = manage_flash_read,
.write = manage_flash_write,
.open = rtas_excl_open,
@@ -730,6 +724,7 @@
};
static const struct file_operations validate_flash_operations = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.read = validate_flash_read,
.write = validate_flash_write,
.open = rtas_excl_open,
