[PATCH] Driver core: allow struct device to have a dev_t
This is the first step in moving class_device to being replaced by
struct device. It allows struct device to export a dev_t and makes it
easy to dynamically create and destroy struct device as long as they are
associated with a specific class.
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 ade10dd..b473f42 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
struct subsystem subsys;
struct list_head children;
+ struct list_head devices;
struct list_head interfaces;
struct semaphore sem; /* locks both the children and interfaces lists */
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@
struct kobject kobj;
char bus_id[BUS_ID_SIZE]; /* position on parent bus */
struct device_attribute uevent_attr;
+ struct device_attribute *devt_attr;
struct semaphore sem; /* semaphore to synchronize calls to
* its driver.
@@ -332,6 +334,11 @@
struct dma_coherent_mem *dma_mem; /* internal for coherent mem
override */
+ /* class_device migration path */
+ struct list_head node;
+ struct class *class; /* optional*/
+ dev_t devt; /* dev_t, creates the sysfs "dev" */
+
void (*release)(struct device * dev);
};
@@ -373,6 +380,13 @@
extern void driver_attach(struct device_driver * drv);
extern void device_reprobe(struct device *dev);
+/*
+ * Easy functions for dynamically creating devices on the fly
+ */
+extern struct device *device_create(struct class *cls, struct device *parent,
+ dev_t devt, char *fmt, ...)
+ __attribute__((format(printf,4,5)));
+extern void device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
/*
* Platform "fixup" functions - allow the platform to have their say