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-rw-r--r--fs/sysfs/symlink.c23
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index f71246bebfe..44bca5f49cd 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static int sysfs_do_create_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target,
struct sysfs_dirent *target_sd = NULL;
struct sysfs_dirent *sd = NULL;
struct sysfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
+ enum kobj_ns_type ns_type;
int error;
BUG_ON(!name);
@@ -58,16 +59,28 @@ static int sysfs_do_create_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target,
if (!sd)
goto out_put;
- if (sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd))
+ ns_type = sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd);
+ if (ns_type)
sd->s_ns = target->ktype->namespace(target);
sd->s_symlink.target_sd = target_sd;
target_sd = NULL; /* reference is now owned by the symlink */
sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd);
- if (warn)
- error = sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
- else
- error = __sysfs_add_one(&acxt, 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 (warn)
+ error = sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
+ else
+ error = __sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
+ } else {
+ error = -EINVAL;
+ WARN(1, KERN_WARNING
+ "sysfs: symlink across ns_types %s/%s -> %s/%s\n",
+ parent_sd->s_name,
+ sd->s_name,
+ sd->s_symlink.target_sd->s_parent->s_name,
+ sd->s_symlink.target_sd->s_name);
+ }
sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt);
if (error)