linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/7] driver core: make device_{add|remove}

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:24:31 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     htejun@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/7] driver core: make device_{add|remove}_groups() public

Many drivers create additional driver-specific device attributes when
binding to the device. To avoid them calling SYSFS API directly, let's
export these helpers.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
---
 drivers/base/base.h    | 5 -----
 drivers/base/core.c    | 2 ++
 include/linux/device.h | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index e19b1008e5fb..539432a14b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -126,11 +126,6 @@ extern int driver_add_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
 extern void driver_remove_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
 				 const struct attribute_group **groups);
 
-extern int device_add_groups(struct device *dev,
-			     const struct attribute_group **groups);
-extern void device_remove_groups(struct device *dev,
-				 const struct attribute_group **groups);
-
 extern char *make_class_name(const char *name, struct kobject *kobj);
 
 extern int devres_release_all(struct device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index bbecaf9293be..14f8cf5c8b05 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1026,12 +1026,14 @@ int device_add_groups(struct device *dev, const struct attribute_group **groups)
 {
 	return sysfs_create_groups(&dev->kobj, groups);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_add_groups);
 
 void device_remove_groups(struct device *dev,
 			  const struct attribute_group **groups)
 {
 	sysfs_remove_groups(&dev->kobj, groups);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_remove_groups);
 
 static int device_add_attrs(struct device *dev)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 9ef518af5515..10cf209a4e82 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1200,6 +1200,11 @@ struct device *device_create_with_groups(struct class *cls,
 			     const char *fmt, ...);
 extern void device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
 
+extern int __must_check device_add_groups(struct device *dev,
+					const struct attribute_group **groups);
+extern void device_remove_groups(struct device *dev,
+				 const struct attribute_group **groups);
+
 /*
  * Platform "fixup" functions - allow the platform to have their say
  * about devices and actions that the general device layer doesn't
-- 
2.14.0.rc0.284.gd933b75aa4-goog