extern struct super_block * sysfs_sb;
-static struct address_space_operations sysfs_aops = {
+static const struct address_space_operations sysfs_aops = {
.readpage = simple_readpage,
.prepare_write = simple_prepare_write,
.commit_write = simple_commit_write
inode->i_ctime = iattr->ia_ctime;
}
+
+/*
+ * sysfs has a different i_mutex lock order behavior for i_mutex than other
+ * filesystems; sysfs i_mutex is called in many places with subsystem locks
+ * held. At the same time, many of the VFS locking rules do not apply to
+ * sysfs at all (cross directory rename for example). To untangle this mess
+ * (which gives false positives in lockdep), we're giving sysfs inodes their
+ * own class for i_mutex.
+ */
+static struct lock_class_key sysfs_inode_imutex_key;
+
struct inode * sysfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
{
struct inode * inode = new_inode(sysfs_sb);
if (inode) {
- inode->i_blksize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
inode->i_blocks = 0;
inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysfs_aops;
inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &sysfs_backing_dev_info;
inode->i_op = &sysfs_inode_operations;
+ lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_mutex, &sysfs_inode_imutex_key);
if (sd->s_iattr) {
/* sysfs_dirent has non-default attributes