summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/include/linux/device_cgroup.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/device_cgroup.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/device_cgroup.h3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/device_cgroup.h b/include/linux/device_cgroup.h
index 9a72214496e5..d02f32b7514e 100644
--- a/include/linux/device_cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/device_cgroup.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ static inline int devcgroup_inode_mknod(int mode, dev_t dev)
if (!S_ISBLK(mode) && !S_ISCHR(mode))
return 0;
+ if (S_ISCHR(mode) && dev == WHITEOUT_DEV)
+ return 0;
+
if (S_ISBLK(mode))
type = DEVCG_DEV_BLOCK;
else