From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Makes it easier for devices to create and remove binary attribute files so they don't have to call directly into sysfs. This is needed to help with the conversion from struct class_device to struct device. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- drivers/base/core.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/device.h | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index 1d3d358..bc9f35c 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -319,6 +319,32 @@ void device_remove_file(struct device * } } +/** + * device_create_bin_file - create sysfs binary attribute file for device. + * @dev: device. + * @attr: device binary attribute descriptor. + */ +int device_create_bin_file(struct device *dev, struct bin_attribute *attr) +{ + int error = -EINVAL; + if (dev) + error = sysfs_create_bin_file(&dev->kobj, attr); + return error; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create_bin_file); + +/** + * device_remove_bin_file - remove sysfs binary attribute file + * @dev: device. + * @attr: device binary attribute descriptor. + */ +void device_remove_bin_file(struct device *dev, struct bin_attribute *attr) +{ + if (dev) + sysfs_remove_bin_file(&dev->kobj, attr); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_remove_bin_file); + static void klist_children_get(struct klist_node *n) { struct device *dev = container_of(n, struct device, knode_parent); diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h index e0fae0e..7d447d7 100644 --- a/include/linux/device.h +++ b/include/linux/device.h @@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ struct device_attribute dev_attr_##_name extern int device_create_file(struct device *device, struct device_attribute * entry); extern void device_remove_file(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute * attr); +extern int __must_check device_create_bin_file(struct device *dev, + struct bin_attribute *attr); +extern void device_remove_bin_file(struct device *dev, + struct bin_attribute *attr); struct device { struct klist klist_children; struct klist_node knode_parent; /* node in sibling list */ -- 1.4.2.1 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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