3 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 03f808c5b79d..6149e4b58c88 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -473,6 +473,10 @@ int rescan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev)
                 return 0;
         if (IS_ERR(state))      /* I/O error reading the partition table */
                 return -EIO;
+
+        /* tell userspace that the media / partition table may have changed */
+        kobject_uevent(&disk->dev.kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
+
         for (p = 1; p < state->limit; p++) {
                 sector_t size = state->parts[p].size;
                 sector_t from = state->parts[p].from;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 4948d9bc405d..a1c3a1fab7f0 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 DEFINE_MUTEX(sysfs_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index baa663e69388..ade9a7e6a757 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ sysfs_read_file(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
         ssize_t retval = 0;
 
         mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
-        if (buffer->needs_read_fill) {
+        if (buffer->needs_read_fill || *ppos == 0) {
                 retval = fill_read_buffer(file->f_path.dentry,buffer);
                 if (retval)
                         goto out;
@@ -409,8 +410,7 @@ static int sysfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
  * return POLLERR|POLLPRI, and select will return the fd whether
  * it is waiting for read, write, or exceptions.
  * Once poll/select indicates that the value has changed, you
- * need to close and re-open the file, as simply seeking and reading
- * again will not get new data, or reset the state of 'poll'.
+ * need to close and re-open the file, or seek to 0 and read again.
  * Reminder: this only works for attributes which actively support
  * it, and it is not possible to test an attribute from userspace
  * to see if it supports poll (Neither 'poll' nor 'select' return