linux-kernel - Re: kobject link failure

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:32:21 +0200
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>,
	Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@...gutronix.de>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kay.sievers@...y.org
Subject: Re: kobject link failure

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:00:59 -0700,
Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> 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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