1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 3675ef4bac90..f645adb57534 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -1974,14 +1974,29 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_property);
 /*
  * Add a property to a node
  */
-void prom_add_property(struct device_node* np, struct property* prop)
+int prom_add_property(struct device_node* np, struct property* prop)
 {
-        struct property **next = &np->properties;
+        struct property **next;
 
         prop->next = NULL;      
-        while (*next)
+        write_lock(&devtree_lock);
+        next = &np->properties;
+        while (*next) {
+                if (strcmp(prop->name, (*next)->name) == 0) {
+                        /* duplicate ! don't insert it */
+                        write_unlock(&devtree_lock);
+                        return -1;
+                }
                 next = &(*next)->next;
+        }
         *next = prop;
+        write_unlock(&devtree_lock);
+
+        /* try to add to proc as well if it was initialized */
+        if (np->pde)
+                proc_device_tree_add_prop(np->pde, prop);
+
+        return 0;
 }
 
 /* I quickly hacked that one, check against spec ! */