diff -aurpN -X /home/fletch/.diff.exclude 654-sysfs_backing_store4/fs/sysfs/symlink.c 655-sysfs_backing_store5/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
--- 654-sysfs_backing_store4/fs/sysfs/symlink.c	Mon Nov 17 18:28:19 2003
+++ 655-sysfs_backing_store5/fs/sysfs/symlink.c	Wed Feb 11 10:16:53 2004
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ static int init_symlink(struct inode * i
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int sysfs_symlink(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char * symname)
+int sysfs_symlink(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char * symname)
 {
 	int error;
 
@@ -63,6 +63,27 @@ static void fill_object_path(struct kobj
 	}
 }
 
+static int sysfs_add_link(struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd, char * name, char * target)
+{
+	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
+	char ** link_names;
+
+	link_names = kmalloc(sizeof(char *) * 2, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!link_names)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	link_names[0] = name;
+	link_names[1] = target;
+	
+	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(parent_sd, link_names, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
+	if (!sd) {
+		kfree(link_names);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  *	sysfs_create_link - create symlink between two objects.
  *	@kobj:	object whose directory we're creating the link in.
@@ -72,7 +93,6 @@ static void fill_object_path(struct kobj
 int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, char * name)
 {
 	struct dentry * dentry = kobj->dentry;
-	struct dentry * d;
 	int error = 0;
 	int size;
 	int depth;
@@ -97,14 +117,10 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * k
 	pr_debug("%s: path = '%s'\n",__FUNCTION__,path);
 
 	down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
-	d = sysfs_get_dentry(dentry,name);
-	if (!IS_ERR(d))
-		error = sysfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode,d,path);
-	else
-		error = PTR_ERR(d);
-	dput(d);
+	error = sysfs_add_link(dentry->d_fsdata, name, path);
 	up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
-	kfree(path);
+	if (error)
+		kfree(path);
 	return error;
 }