+ sysfs-fail-dentry-revalidation-after-namespace-change-fix.patch added to -mm tree

+ sysfs-fail-dentry-revalidation-after-namespace-change-fix.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: sysfs-fail-dentry-revalidation-after-namespace-change-fix
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     sysfs-fail-dentry-revalidation-after-namespace-change-fix.patch

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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: sysfs-fail-dentry-revalidation-after-namespace-change-fix

don't assume that KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE==0.  Also save a test-n-branch.

Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/sysfs/dir.c |    8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/sysfs/dir.c~sysfs-fail-dentry-revalidation-after-namespace-change-fix fs/sysfs/dir.c
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c~sysfs-fail-dentry-revalidation-after-namespace-change-fix
+++ a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -329,10 +329,12 @@ static int sysfs_dentry_revalidate(struc
 
 	/* The sysfs dirent has been moved to a different namespace */
 	type = KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE;
-	if (sd->s_parent)
+	if (sd->s_parent) {
 		type = sysfs_ns_type(sd->s_parent);
-	if (type && (sysfs_info(dentry->d_sb)->ns[type] != sd->s_ns))
-		goto out_bad;
+		if (type != KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE &&
+				sysfs_info(dentry->d_sb)->ns[type] != sd->s_ns)
+			goto out_bad;
+	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
 out_valid:
_
Subject: Subject: sysfs-fail-dentry-revalidation-after-namespace-change-fix

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