Driver core: create devices/virtual/ tree
This change creates a devices/virtual/CLASS_NAME tree for struct devices
that belong to a class, yet do not have a "real" struct device for a
parent. It automatically creates the directories on the fly as needed.
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 3400e09..bbb0d6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@
struct list_head interfaces;
struct semaphore sem; /* locks both the children and interfaces lists */
+ struct kobject *virtual_dir;
+
struct class_attribute * class_attrs;
struct class_device_attribute * class_dev_attrs;
struct device_attribute * dev_attrs;
@@ -291,7 +293,6 @@
__attribute__((format(printf,5,6)));
extern void class_device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
-
/* interface for exporting device attributes */
struct device_attribute {
struct attribute attr;
@@ -400,6 +401,8 @@
__attribute__((format(printf,4,5)));
extern void device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
+extern int virtual_device_parent(struct device *dev);
+
/*
* Platform "fixup" functions - allow the platform to have their say
* about devices and actions that the general device layer doesn't