Notify file on deactivation so that the pollers get event when the polled file dies, which is very easy to implement with sd based interface.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- fs/sysfs/dir.c | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c index a74ca4a..d50d3ac 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c @@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ static void sysfs_deactivate(struct sysfs_dirent *sd) */ v = atomic_add_return(SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS, &sd->s_active); + /* file is dying, notify pollers */ + if (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_FILE) + sysfs_notify_file(sd); + if (v != SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS) wait_for_completion(&wait); -- 1.5.0.3 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/