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diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
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+/*
+ * fs/sysfs/group.c - Operations for adding/removing multiple files at once.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003 Patrick Mochel
+ * Copyright (c) 2003 Open Source Development Lab
+ *
+ * This file is released undert the GPL v2. 
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include "sysfs.h"
+
+
+static void remove_files(struct dentry * dir, 
+			 const struct attribute_group * grp)
+{
+	struct attribute *const* attr;
+
+	for (attr = grp->attrs; *attr; attr++)
+		sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir,(*attr)->name);
+}
+
+static int create_files(struct dentry * dir,
+			const struct attribute_group * grp)
+{
+	struct attribute *const* attr;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	for (attr = grp->attrs; *attr && !error; attr++) {
+		error = sysfs_add_file(dir, *attr, SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR);
+	}
+	if (error)
+		remove_files(dir,grp);
+	return error;
+}
+
+
+int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject * kobj, 
+		       const struct attribute_group * grp)
+{
+	struct dentry * dir;
+	int error;
+
+	BUG_ON(!kobj || !kobj->dentry);
+
+	if (grp->name) {
+		error = sysfs_create_subdir(kobj,grp->name,&dir);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	} else
+		dir = kobj->dentry;
+	dir = dget(dir);
+	if ((error = create_files(dir,grp))) {
+		if (grp->name)
+			sysfs_remove_subdir(dir);
+	}
+	dput(dir);
+	return error;
+}
+
+void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject * kobj, 
+			const struct attribute_group * grp)
+{
+	struct dentry * dir;
+
+	if (grp->name)
+		dir = sysfs_get_dentry(kobj->dentry,grp->name);
+	else
+		dir = dget(kobj->dentry);
+
+	remove_files(dir,grp);
+	if (grp->name)
+		sysfs_remove_subdir(dir);
+	/* release the ref. taken in this routine */
+	dput(dir);
+}
+
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_create_group);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_group);