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-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kobject.h | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/kobject.c | 38 |
2 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h index 7ece63f8abbd..4cb1214ec290 100644 --- a/include/linux/kobject.h +++ b/include/linux/kobject.h @@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ extern void kobject_unregister(struct kobject *); extern struct kobject * kobject_get(struct kobject *); extern void kobject_put(struct kobject *); +extern struct kobject *kobject_add_dir(struct kobject *, const char *); + extern char * kobject_get_path(struct kobject *, gfp_t); struct kobj_type { diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c index 36668c8c3ea1..25204a41a9b0 100644 --- a/lib/kobject.c +++ b/lib/kobject.c @@ -385,6 +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 |