[PATCH] add sysfs attr to re-emit device hotplug event
A "coldplug + udevstart" can be simple like this:
for i in /sys/block/*/*/uevent; do echo 1 > $i; done
for i in /sys/class/*/*/uevent; do echo 1 > $i; done
for i in /sys/bus/*/devices/*/uevent; do echo 1 > $i; done
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 73d44cf..3cf6eb3 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -442,6 +442,13 @@
return print_dev_t(buf, class_dev->devt);
}
+static ssize_t store_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ kobject_hotplug(&class_dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+ return count;
+}
+
void class_device_initialize(struct class_device *class_dev)
{
kobj_set_kset_s(class_dev, class_obj_subsys);
@@ -497,6 +504,12 @@
goto register_done;
/* add the needed attributes to this device */
+ class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
+ class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
+ class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = parent->owner;
+ class_dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
+ class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
+
if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt)) {
struct class_device_attribute *attr;
attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -505,12 +518,10 @@
kobject_del(&class_dev->kobj);
goto register_done;
}
-
attr->attr.name = "dev";
attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
attr->attr.owner = parent->owner;
attr->show = show_dev;
- attr->store = NULL;
class_device_create_file(class_dev, attr);
class_dev->devt_attr = attr;
}
@@ -621,6 +632,7 @@
sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "device");
sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
}
+ 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);
class_device_remove_attrs(class_dev);