[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/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 3110919..ac4b5fd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@
.hotplug = dev_hotplug,
};
+static ssize_t store_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ kobject_hotplug(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+ return count;
+}
+
/**
* device_subsys - structure to be registered with kobject core.
*/
@@ -259,6 +266,14 @@
if ((error = kobject_add(&dev->kobj)))
goto Error;
+
+ dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
+ dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
+ if (dev->driver)
+ dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = dev->driver->owner;
+ dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
+ device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+
kobject_hotplug(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
if ((error = device_pm_add(dev)))
goto PMError;
@@ -350,6 +365,7 @@
if (parent)
klist_del(&dev->knode_parent);
+ device_remove_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
/* Notify the platform of the removal, in case they
* need to do anything...