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-rw-r--r--fs/sysfs/file.c10
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 146f1dedec84..95c165101c98 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ fill_write_buffer(struct sysfs_buffer * buffer, const char __user * buf, size_t
count = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
error = copy_from_user(buffer->page,buf,count);
buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
+ /* if buf is assumed to contain a string, terminate it by \0,
+ so e.g. sscanf() can scan the string easily */
+ buffer->page[count] = 0;
return error ? -EFAULT : count;
}
@@ -483,17 +486,12 @@ int sysfs_update_file(struct kobject * kobj, const struct attribute * attr)
(victim->d_parent->d_inode == dir->d_inode)) {
victim->d_inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
fsnotify_modify(victim);
-
- /**
- * Drop reference from initial sysfs_get_dentry().
- */
- dput(victim);
res = 0;
} else
d_drop(victim);
/**
- * Drop the reference acquired from sysfs_get_dentry() above.
+ * Drop the reference acquired from lookup_one_len() above.
*/
dput(victim);
}