1 files changed, 41 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index 138676463336c..d22ad67a0f329 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ static void remove_files(struct kernfs_node *parent,
 			kernfs_remove_by_name(parent, (*bin_attr)->attr.name);
 }
 
+static umode_t __first_visible(const struct attribute_group *grp, struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	if (grp->attrs && grp->attrs[0] && grp->is_visible)
+		return grp->is_visible(kobj, grp->attrs[0], 0);
+
+	if (grp->bin_attrs && grp->bin_attrs[0] && grp->is_bin_visible)
+		return grp->is_bin_visible(kobj, grp->bin_attrs[0], 0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int create_files(struct kernfs_node *parent, struct kobject *kobj,
 			kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid,
 			const struct attribute_group *grp, int update)
@@ -52,6 +63,7 @@ static int create_files(struct kernfs_node *parent, struct kobject *kobj,
 				kernfs_remove_by_name(parent, (*attr)->name);
 			if (grp->is_visible) {
 				mode = grp->is_visible(kobj, *attr, i);
+				mode &= ~SYSFS_GROUP_INVISIBLE;
 				if (!mode)
 					continue;
 			}
@@ -81,6 +93,7 @@ static int create_files(struct kernfs_node *parent, struct kobject *kobj,
 						(*bin_attr)->attr.name);
 			if (grp->is_bin_visible) {
 				mode = grp->is_bin_visible(kobj, *bin_attr, i);
+				mode &= ~SYSFS_GROUP_INVISIBLE;
 				if (!mode)
 					continue;
 			}
@@ -127,16 +140,31 @@ static int internal_create_group(struct kobject *kobj, int update,
 
 	kobject_get_ownership(kobj, &uid, &gid);
 	if (grp->name) {
+		umode_t mode = __first_visible(grp, kobj);
+
+		if (mode & SYSFS_GROUP_INVISIBLE)
+			mode = 0;
+		else
+			mode = S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
+
 		if (update) {
 			kn = kernfs_find_and_get(kobj->sd, grp->name);
 			if (!kn) {
-				pr_warn("Can't update unknown attr grp name: %s/%s\n",
-					kobj->name, grp->name);
-				return -EINVAL;
+				pr_debug("attr grp %s/%s not created yet\n",
+					 kobj->name, grp->name);
+				/* may have been invisible prior to this update */
+				update = 0;
+			} else if (!mode) {
+				sysfs_remove_group(kobj, grp);
+				kernfs_put(kn);
+				return 0;
 			}
-		} else {
-			kn = kernfs_create_dir_ns(kobj->sd, grp->name,
-						  S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
+		}
+
+		if (!update) {
+			if (!mode)
+				return 0;
+			kn = kernfs_create_dir_ns(kobj->sd, grp->name, mode,
 						  uid, gid, kobj, NULL);
 			if (IS_ERR(kn)) {
 				if (PTR_ERR(kn) == -EEXIST)
@@ -279,9 +307,8 @@ void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 	if (grp->name) {
 		kn = kernfs_find_and_get(parent, grp->name);
 		if (!kn) {
-			WARN(!kn, KERN_WARNING
-			     "sysfs group '%s' not found for kobject '%s'\n",
-			     grp->name, kobject_name(kobj));
+			pr_debug("sysfs group '%s' not found for kobject '%s'\n",
+				 grp->name, kobject_name(kobj));
 			return;
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -318,13 +345,13 @@ void sysfs_remove_groups(struct kobject *kobj,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_groups);
 
 /**
- * sysfs_merge_group - merge files into a pre-existing attribute group.
+ * sysfs_merge_group - merge files into a pre-existing named attribute group.
  * @kobj:	The kobject containing the group.
  * @grp:	The files to create and the attribute group they belong to.
  *
- * This function returns an error if the group doesn't exist or any of the
- * files already exist in that group, in which case none of the new files
- * are created.
+ * This function returns an error if the group doesn't exist, the .name field is
+ * NULL or any of the files already exist in that group, in which case none of
+ * the new files are created.
  */
 int sysfs_merge_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 		       const struct attribute_group *grp)
@@ -356,7 +383,7 @@ int sysfs_merge_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_merge_group);
 
 /**
- * sysfs_unmerge_group - remove files from a pre-existing attribute group.
+ * sysfs_unmerge_group - remove files from a pre-existing named attribute group.
  * @kobj:	The kobject containing the group.
  * @grp:	The files to remove and the attribute group they belong to.
  */