From b9d9c82b4d081feb464f62dfc786c8621d09ecd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Sievers Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:31:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Driver core: add generic "subsystem" link to all devices Like the SUBSYTEM= key we find in the environment of the uevent, this creates a generic "subsystem" link in sysfs for every device. Userspace usually doesn't care at all if its a "class" or a "bus" device. This provides an unified way to determine the subsytem of a device, regardless of the way the driver core has created it. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/class.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/base/class.c') diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c index 50e841a33af..9aa12746026 100644 --- a/drivers/base/class.c +++ b/drivers/base/class.c @@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device *class_dev) goto out2; /* add the needed attributes to this device */ + sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->kobj, &parent_class->subsys.kset.kobj, "subsystem"); class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent"; class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR; class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = parent_class->owner; @@ -737,6 +738,7 @@ void class_device_del(struct class_device *class_dev) sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "device"); sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name); } + sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "subsystem"); class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr); if (class_dev->devt_attr) class_device_remove_file(class_dev, class_dev->devt_attr); -- cgit v1.2.3