Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joern/misc

[linux-2.6] / fs / sysfs / file.c

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 98b0910ad80c43795456d56bd061966499bf7fa7..8d4d839a9d887eb4a753da824e55a98542b26f21 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -501,6 +501,30 @@ int sysfs_create_file(struct kobject * kobj, const struct attribute * attr)
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * sysfs_add_file_to_group - add an attribute file to a pre-existing group.
+ * @kobj: object we're acting for.
+ * @attr: attribute descriptor.
+ * @group: group name.
+ */
+int sysfs_add_file_to_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+               const struct attribute *attr, const char *group)
+{
+       struct dentry *dir;
+       int error;
+
+       dir = lookup_one_len(group, kobj->dentry, strlen(group));
+       if (IS_ERR(dir))
+               error = PTR_ERR(dir);
+       else {
+               error = sysfs_add_file(dir, attr, SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR);
+               dput(dir);
+       }
+       return error;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_add_file_to_group);
+
+
 /**
  * sysfs_update_file - update the modified timestamp on an object attribute.
  * @kobj: object we're acting for.
@@ -586,6 +610,26 @@ void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject * kobj, const struct attribute * attr)
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * sysfs_remove_file_from_group - remove an attribute file from a group.
+ * @kobj: object we're acting for.
+ * @attr: attribute descriptor.
+ * @group: group name.
+ */
+void sysfs_remove_file_from_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+               const struct attribute *attr, const char *group)
+{
+       struct dentry *dir;
+
+       dir = lookup_one_len(group, kobj->dentry, strlen(group));
+       if (!IS_ERR(dir)) {
+               sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir, attr->name);
+               dput(dir);
+       }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_file_from_group);
+
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_create_file);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_file);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_update_file);