Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6

* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: (47 commits)
  Driver core: Don't call put methods while holding a spinlock
  Driver core: Remove unneeded routines from driver core
  Driver core: Fix potential deadlock in driver core
  PCI: enable driver multi-threaded probe
  Driver Core: add ability for drivers to do a threaded probe
  sysfs: add proper sysfs_init() prototype
  drivers/base: check errors
  drivers/base: Platform notify needs to occur before drivers attach to the device
  v4l-dev2: handle __must_check
  add CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK
  add __must_check to device management code
  Driver core: fixed add_bind_files() definition
  Driver core: fix comments in drivers/base/power/resume.c
  sysfs_remove_bin_file: no return value, dump_stack on error
  kobject: must_check fixes
  Driver core: add ability for devices to create and remove bin files
  Class: add support for class interfaces for devices
  Driver core: create devices/virtual/ tree
  Driver core: add device_rename function
  Driver core: add ability for classes to handle devices properly
  ...

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index d2eac3ceed5f..f50e3cc2ded8 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
@@ -82,10 +83,19 @@ exit1:
  */
 int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char * name)
 {
-        struct dentry * dentry = kobj->dentry;
+        struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
         int error = -EEXIST;
 
-        BUG_ON(!kobj || !kobj->dentry || !name);
+        BUG_ON(!name);
+
+        if (!kobj) {
+                if (sysfs_mount && sysfs_mount->mnt_sb)
+                        dentry = sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
+        } else
+                dentry = kobj->dentry;
+
+        if (!dentry)
+                return -EFAULT;
 
         mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
         if (!sysfs_dirent_exist(dentry->d_fsdata, name))