From d33002129eee4717a92e320b0b764a784bbcad3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:12:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] sysfs: allow creating symlinks from untagged to tagged directories Supporting symlinks from untagged to tagged directories is reasonable, and needed to support CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED. So don't fail a prior allowing that case to work. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/sysfs/symlink.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c index 660383321347..a7ac78f8e67a 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c @@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ static int sysfs_do_create_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target, sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd); /* Symlinks must be between directories with the same ns_type */ - if (ns_type == sysfs_ns_type(sd->s_symlink.target_sd->s_parent)) { + if (!ns_type || + (ns_type == sysfs_ns_type(sd->s_symlink.target_sd->s_parent))) { if (warn) error = sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd); else