[PATCH] Driver Core: Add /sys/hypervisor when needed
To have a home for all hypervisors, this patch creates /sys/hypervisor.
A new config option SYS_HYPERVISOR is introduced, which should to be set
by architecture dependent hypervisors (e.g. s390 or Xen).
Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index f0eff3d..80502dc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -38,3 +38,7 @@
If you are unsure about this, say N here.
endmenu
+
+config SYS_HYPERVISOR
+ bool
+ default n
diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index e99471d..659cde6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA) += node.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG) += memory.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += topology.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SYS_HYPERVISOR) += hypervisor.o
ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER),y)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DDEBUG
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 122498a..79115ef 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
extern int buses_init(void);
extern int classes_init(void);
extern int firmware_init(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_HYPERVISOR
+extern int hypervisor_init(void);
+#else
+static inline int hypervisor_init(void) { return 0; }
+#endif
extern int platform_bus_init(void);
extern int system_bus_init(void);
extern int cpu_dev_init(void);
diff --git a/drivers/base/hypervisor.c b/drivers/base/hypervisor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c85e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/hypervisor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * hypervisor.c - /sys/hypervisor subsystem.
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+
+#include "base.h"
+
+decl_subsys(hypervisor, NULL, NULL);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hypervisor_subsys);
+
+int __init hypervisor_init(void)
+{
+ return subsystem_register(&hypervisor_subsys);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/base/init.c b/drivers/base/init.c
index c648914..3713815 100644
--- a/drivers/base/init.c
+++ b/drivers/base/init.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
buses_init();
classes_init();
firmware_init();
+ hypervisor_init();
/* These are also core pieces, but must come after the
* core core pieces.
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index c187c53..2d22932 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@
/* The global /sys/kernel/ subsystem for people to chain off of */
extern struct subsystem kernel_subsys;
+/* The global /sys/hypervisor/ subsystem */
+extern struct subsystem hypervisor_subsys;
/**
* Helpers for setting the kset of registered objects.