sysfs: Add sysfs_merge_group() and sysfs_unmerge_group()
This patch (as1420) adds sysfs_merge_group() and sysfs_unmerge_group()
functions, allowing drivers easily to add and remove sets of
attributes to a pre-existing attribute group directory.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 96eb576..30b8815 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@
const struct attribute *attr, const char *group);
void sysfs_remove_file_from_group(struct kobject *kobj,
const struct attribute *attr, const char *group);
+int sysfs_merge_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+ const struct attribute_group *grp);
+void sysfs_unmerge_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+ const struct attribute_group *grp);
void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *kobj, const char *dir, const char *attr);
void sysfs_notify_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
@@ -302,6 +306,17 @@
{
}
+static inline int sysfs_merge_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+ const struct attribute_group *grp)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void sysfs_unmerge_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+ const struct attribute_group *grp)
+{
+}
+
static inline void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *kobj, const char *dir,
const char *attr)
{