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-rw-r--r--lib/kobject.c60
-rw-r--r--lib/kobject_uevent.c2
-rw-r--r--lib/kref.c7
-rw-r--r--lib/string.c1
4 files changed, 60 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index efe67fa96a71..25204a41a9b0 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -194,6 +194,17 @@ int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
unlink(kobj);
if (parent)
kobject_put(parent);
+
+ /* be noisy on error issues */
+ if (error == -EEXIST)
+ printk("kobject_add failed for %s with -EEXIST, "
+ "don't try to register things with the "
+ "same name in the same directory.\n",
+ kobject_name(kobj));
+ else
+ printk("kobject_add failed for %s (%d)\n",
+ kobject_name(kobj), error);
+ dump_stack();
}
return error;
@@ -207,18 +218,13 @@ int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
int kobject_register(struct kobject * kobj)
{
- int error = 0;
+ int error = -EINVAL;
if (kobj) {
kobject_init(kobj);
error = kobject_add(kobj);
- if (error) {
- printk("kobject_register failed for %s (%d)\n",
- kobject_name(kobj),error);
- dump_stack();
- } else
+ if (!error)
kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
- } else
- error = -EINVAL;
+ }
return error;
}
@@ -379,6 +385,44 @@ void kobject_put(struct kobject * kobj)
}
+static void dir_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+ kfree(kobj);
+}
+
+static struct kobj_type dir_ktype = {
+ .release = dir_release,
+ .sysfs_ops = NULL,
+ .default_attrs = NULL,
+};
+
+/**
+ * kobject_add_dir - add sub directory of object.
+ * @parent: object in which a directory is created.
+ * @name: directory name.
+ *
+ * Add a plain directory object as child of given object.
+ */
+struct kobject *kobject_add_dir(struct kobject *parent, const char *name)
+{
+ struct kobject *k;
+
+ if (!parent)
+ return NULL;
+
+ k = kzalloc(sizeof(*k), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!k)
+ return NULL;
+
+ k->parent = parent;
+ k->ktype = &dir_ktype;
+ kobject_set_name(k, name);
+ kobject_register(k);
+
+ return k;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_add_dir);
+
/**
* kset_init - initialize a kset for use
* @k: kset
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 086a0c6e888e..982226daf939 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
#define NUM_ENVP 32 /* number of env pointers */
#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET)
+u64 uevent_seqnum;
+char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
static struct sock *uevent_sock;
diff --git a/lib/kref.c b/lib/kref.c
index 0d07cc31c818..4a467faf1367 100644
--- a/lib/kref.c
+++ b/lib/kref.c
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
WARN_ON(release == NULL);
WARN_ON(release == (void (*)(struct kref *))kfree);
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount)) {
+ /*
+ * if current count is one, we are the last user and can release object
+ * right now, avoiding an atomic operation on 'refcount'
+ */
+ if ((atomic_read(&kref->refcount) == 1) ||
+ (atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount))) {
release(kref);
return 1;
}
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 037a48acedbb..b3c28a3f6332 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -403,7 +403,6 @@ char *strpbrk(const char *cs, const char *ct)
}
return NULL;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(strpbrk);
#endif
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSEP