Re: kobject link failure

From: Cornelia Huck
Date: Fri Jul 20 2007 - 05:32:35 EST


On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:00:59 -0700,
Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote:


> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ static struct kset_uevent_ops device_uev
> .uevent = dev_uevent,
> };
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
> static ssize_t show_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> char *buf)
> {
> @@ -330,6 +331,23 @@ out:
> static struct device_attribute uevent_attr =
> __ATTR(uevent, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_uevent, store_uevent);
>
> +static int device_add_uevent_attr(struct device *dev)
> +{
> + return device_create_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
> +}
> +
> +static void device_remove_uevent_attr(struct device *dev)
> +{
> + device_remove_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
> +}
> +
> +#else /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG */
> +
> +static inline int device_add_uevent_attr(struct device *dev) { return 0; }
> +static inline void device_remove_uevent_attr(struct device *dev) { }
> +
> +#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG */
> +
> static int device_add_attributes(struct device *dev,
> struct device_attribute *attrs)
> {
> @@ -787,7 +805,7 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
> blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
> BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE, dev);
>
> - error = device_create_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
> + error = device_add_uevent_attr(dev);
> if (error)
> goto attrError;
>
> @@ -861,7 +879,7 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
> }
> }
> ueventattrError:
> - device_remove_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
> + device_remove_uevent_attr(dev);
> attrError:
> kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
> kobject_del(&dev->kobj);
> @@ -994,7 +1012,7 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
> up(&dev->class->sem);
> }
> }
> - device_remove_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
> + device_remove_uevent_attr(dev);
> device_remove_attrs(dev);
> bus_remove_device(dev);
>

Hm, this would be an interface change (the uevent attribute used to
exist even for !CONFIG_HOTPLUG, it just triggered nothing). How about
moving kobject_actions[] out of the #ifdef (maybe next to
kobject_action)?
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