Re: Linux 2.6.37-rc1 (libipw remove_proc_entry warning)

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On 11/05/10 15:24, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> This bug seems to be due to commit 27ae60f8f7aac ("ipw2x00: replace
> "ieee80211" with "libipw" where appropriate"), where Pavel did this:
> 
> -       libipw_proc = proc_mkdir(DRV_NAME, init_net.proc_net);
> +       libipw_proc = proc_mkdir("ieee80211", init_net.proc_net);
> 
> but then the cleanup was kept as
> 
>         remove_proc_entry(DRV_NAME, init_net.proc_net);
> 
> in both places (both in the failure case and in the unload case). The
> error string is also total crap, and says
> 
>      "Unable to create " DRV_NAME " proc directory\n");
> 
> Even though it doesn't actually create a proc directory named DRV_NAME at all.
> 
> So that patch looks like total and utter crap to me. The commit message says
> 
>   "Keep /proc/net/ieee80211 under the original name to avoid breaking user
>     interface."
> 
> but the thing is, it really didn't fix anything but that one create
> thing. It needs to fix all the other cases too.
> 
> Totally UNTESTED patch attached. It may or may not compile. And maybe
> it doesn't catch all cases, but it should catch the obvious ones.

That works for me.

Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>


thanks,
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~Randy
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