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1 files changed, 64 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 7ce6dc138e9..2782f49e906 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ static int populate_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
return error;
}
-static int create_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
+static int create_dir(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *shadow_parent)
{
int error = 0;
if (kobject_name(kobj)) {
- error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
+ error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj, shadow_parent);
if (!error) {
if ((error = populate_dir(kobj)))
sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
@@ -97,11 +97,12 @@ static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
}
/**
- * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj
- * and kset pair. The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
+ * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
*
* @kobj: kobject in question, with which to build the path
* @gfp_mask: the allocation type used to allocate the path
+ *
+ * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
*/
char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path);
*/
void kobject_init(struct kobject * kobj)
{
+ if (!kobj)
+ return;
kref_init(&kobj->kref);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
init_waitqueue_head(&kobj->poll);
@@ -156,9 +159,10 @@ static void unlink(struct kobject * kobj)
/**
* kobject_add - add an object to the hierarchy.
* @kobj: object.
+ * @shadow_parent: sysfs directory to add to.
*/
-int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
+int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *shadow_parent)
{
int error = 0;
struct kobject * parent;
@@ -189,12 +193,11 @@ int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
}
kobj->parent = parent;
- error = create_dir(kobj);
+ error = create_dir(kobj, shadow_parent);
if (error) {
/* unlink does the kobject_put() for us */
unlink(kobj);
- if (parent)
- kobject_put(parent);
+ kobject_put(parent);
/* be noisy on error issues */
if (error == -EEXIST)
@@ -211,6 +214,15 @@ int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
return error;
}
+/**
+ * kobject_add - add an object to the hierarchy.
+ * @kobj: object.
+ */
+int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
+{
+ return kobject_shadow_add(kobj, NULL);
+}
+
/**
* kobject_register - initialize and add an object.
@@ -303,7 +315,29 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
if (!kobj)
return -EINVAL;
- error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
+ if (!kobj->parent)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, kobj->parent->dentry, new_name);
+ kobject_put(kobj);
+
+ return error;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
+ * @kobj: object in question.
+ * @new_name: object's new name
+ */
+
+int kobject_shadow_rename(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *new_parent,
+ const char *new_name)
+{
+ int error = 0;
+
+ kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
+ if (!kobj)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_parent, new_name);
kobject_put(kobj);
return error;
@@ -312,7 +346,7 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
/**
* kobject_move - move object to another parent
* @kobj: object in question.
- * @new_parent: object's new parent
+ * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
*/
int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
@@ -328,8 +362,8 @@ int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
return -EINVAL;
new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
if (!new_parent) {
- error = -EINVAL;
- goto out;
+ if (kobj->kset)
+ new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
}
/* old object path */
devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -366,6 +400,8 @@ out:
void kobject_del(struct kobject * kobj)
{
+ if (!kobj)
+ return;
sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
unlink(kobj);
}
@@ -377,6 +413,8 @@ void kobject_del(struct kobject * kobj)
void kobject_unregister(struct kobject * kobj)
{
+ if (!kobj)
+ return;
pr_debug("kobject %s: unregistering\n",kobject_name(kobj));
kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
kobject_del(kobj);
@@ -414,8 +452,7 @@ void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject * kobj)
t->release(kobj);
if (s)
kset_put(s);
- if (parent)
- kobject_put(parent);
+ kobject_put(parent);
}
static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
@@ -523,6 +560,8 @@ int kset_add(struct kset * k)
int kset_register(struct kset * k)
{
+ if (!k)
+ return -EINVAL;
kset_init(k);
return kset_add(k);
}
@@ -535,6 +574,8 @@ int kset_register(struct kset * k)
void kset_unregister(struct kset * k)
{
+ if (!k)
+ return;
kobject_unregister(&k->kobj);
}
@@ -586,6 +627,9 @@ int subsystem_register(struct subsystem * s)
{
int error;
+ if (!s)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
subsystem_init(s);
pr_debug("subsystem %s: registering\n",s->kset.kobj.name);
@@ -598,6 +642,8 @@ int subsystem_register(struct subsystem * s)
void subsystem_unregister(struct subsystem * s)
{
+ if (!s)
+ return;
pr_debug("subsystem %s: unregistering\n",s->kset.kobj.name);
kset_unregister(&s->kset);
}
@@ -612,6 +658,10 @@ void subsystem_unregister(struct subsystem * s)
int subsys_create_file(struct subsystem * s, struct subsys_attribute * a)
{
int error = 0;
+
+ if (!s || !a)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (subsys_get(s)) {
error = sysfs_create_file(&s->kset.kobj,&a->attr);
subsys_put(s);