[PATCH 1/2] sysfs: Allow sysfs_move_dir(..., NULL) again.

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>

As device_move() and kobject_move() both handle a NULL destination,
sysfs_move_dir() should do this as well (again) and fall back to
sysfs_root in that case.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 0050fc4..5fad489 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -894,7 +894,8 @@ int sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent_kobj)
 
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_rename_mutex);
 	BUG_ON(!sd->s_parent);
-	new_parent_sd = new_parent_kobj->sd ? new_parent_kobj->sd : &sysfs_root;
+	new_parent_sd = (new_parent_kobj && new_parent_kobj->sd) ?
+		new_parent_kobj->sd : &sysfs_root;
 
 	error = 0;
 	if (sd->s_parent == new_parent_sd)
-- 
1.6.4.2

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