[PATCH] Revert "mtd: switch open_mtd_by_chdev() to use of vfs_stat()"

Richard Weinberger richard at nod.at
Sun Jun 12 15:49:03 PDT 2016


This reverts commit 87f15d4add758fb7fc76655721af94be57a4c17d.

vfs_stat() can only be used on user supplied buffers.

Cc: Al Viro <viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard at nod.at>
---
 drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index 16baeb5..7091fca 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -1147,19 +1147,22 @@ int ubi_detach_mtd_dev(int ubi_num, int anyway)
  */
 static struct mtd_info * __init open_mtd_by_chdev(const char *mtd_dev)
 {
-	struct kstat stat;
-	int err, minor;
+	int err, major, minor, mode;
+	struct path path;
 
 	/* Probably this is an MTD character device node path */
-	err = vfs_stat(mtd_dev, &stat);
+	err = kern_path(mtd_dev, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
 	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))
+	major = imajor(d_backing_inode(path.dentry));
+	minor = iminor(d_backing_inode(path.dentry));
+	mode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry)->i_mode;
+	path_put(&path);
+	if (major != MTD_CHAR_MAJOR || !S_ISCHR(mode))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	minor = MINOR(stat.rdev);
 	if (minor & 1)
 		/*
 		 * Just do not think the "/dev/mtdrX" devices support is need,
-- 
2.7.3




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