Re: [PATCH 1/2] cciss: fix sysfs regression, obsoletes previous patch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:29:56 -0500
Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> wrote:

> 
> Patch 1 of 2
> 
> This patch obsoletes the one I sent yesterday. It fixes a broken symlink in
> sysfs. The previous patch appeared to work but was wrong as reported by Alan
> Brunelle.
> Please consider this for inclusion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> index 1e1f915..0f367b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> @@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ static void cciss_add_disk(ctlr_info_t *h, struct gendisk *disk,
>  	disk->first_minor = drv_index << NWD_SHIFT;
>  	disk->fops = &cciss_fops;
>  	disk->private_data = &h->drv[drv_index];
> +	disk->driverfs_dev = &h->pdev->dev;
>  
>  	/* Set up queue information */
>  	blk_queue_bounce_limit(disk->queue, h->pdev->dma_mask);

Without knowing what caused this regression nor when it occurred, I am
unable to determine whether this fix is needed in 2.6.27.x.  Or indeed
2.6.26.x, etc.