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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/core.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index 6de33d7a29b..ec86d6fc236 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ static ssize_t show_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, /* let the kset specific function add its keys */ pos = data; + memset(envp, 0, sizeof(envp)); retval = kset->uevent_ops->uevent(kset, &dev->kobj, envp, ARRAY_SIZE(envp), pos, PAGE_SIZE); @@ -585,9 +586,13 @@ void device_initialize(struct device *dev) static struct kobject * get_device_parent(struct device *dev, struct device *parent) { - /* Set the parent to the class, not the parent device */ - /* this keeps sysfs from having a symlink to make old udevs happy */ - if (dev->class) + /* + * Set the parent to the class, not the parent device + * for topmost devices in class hierarchy. + * This keeps sysfs from having a symlink to make old + * udevs happy + */ + if (dev->class && (!parent || parent->class != dev->class)) return &dev->class->subsys.kobj; else if (parent) return &parent->kobj; |