[PATCH] add sysfs attr to re-emit device hotplug event

[linux-2.6.git] / drivers / base / class.c

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 73d44cf..3cf6eb3 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -442,6 +442,13 @@ static ssize_t show_dev(struct class_device *class_dev, char *buf)
        return print_dev_t(buf, class_dev->devt);
 }
 
+static ssize_t store_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev,
+                           const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+       kobject_hotplug(&class_dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+       return count;
+}
+
 void class_device_initialize(struct class_device *class_dev)
 {
        kobj_set_kset_s(class_dev, class_obj_subsys);
@@ -497,6 +504,12 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device *class_dev)
                goto register_done;
 
        /* add the needed attributes to this device */
+       class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
+       class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
+       class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = parent->owner;
+       class_dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
+       class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
+
        if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt)) {
                struct class_device_attribute *attr;
                attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -505,12 +518,10 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device *class_dev)
                        kobject_del(&class_dev->kobj);
                        goto register_done;
                }
-
                attr->attr.name = "dev";
                attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
                attr->attr.owner = parent->owner;
                attr->show = show_dev;
-               attr->store = NULL;
                class_device_create_file(class_dev, attr);
                class_dev->devt_attr = attr;
        }
@@ -621,6 +632,7 @@ void class_device_del(struct class_device *class_dev)
                sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "device");
                sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
        }
+       class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
        if (class_dev->devt_attr)
                class_device_remove_file(class_dev, class_dev->devt_attr);
        class_device_remove_attrs(class_dev);