ubi: Fix race condition between ubi device creation and udev
Install the UBI device object before we arm sysfs.
Otherwise udev tries to read sysfs attributes before UBI is ready and
udev rules will not match.
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Iosif Harutyunov <iharutyunov@sonicwall.com>
[rw: massaged commit message]
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index ef36182..5d524a0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -992,6 +992,9 @@
goto out_detach;
}
+ /* Make device "available" before it becomes accessible via sysfs */
+ ubi_devices[ubi_num] = ubi;
+
err = uif_init(ubi, &ref);
if (err)
goto out_detach;
@@ -1036,7 +1039,6 @@
wake_up_process(ubi->bgt_thread);
spin_unlock(&ubi->wl_lock);
- ubi_devices[ubi_num] = ubi;
ubi_notify_all(ubi, UBI_VOLUME_ADDED, NULL);
return ubi_num;
@@ -1047,6 +1049,7 @@
ubi_assert(ref);
uif_close(ubi);
out_detach:
+ ubi_devices[ubi_num] = NULL;
ubi_wl_close(ubi);
ubi_free_internal_volumes(ubi);
vfree(ubi->vtbl);