+
+/**
+ * sysfs_make_shadowed_dir - Setup so a directory can be shadowed
+ * @kobj: object we're creating shadow of.
+ */
+
+int sysfs_make_shadowed_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
+ void * (*follow_link)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *))
+{
+ struct inode *inode;
+ struct inode_operations *i_op;
+
+ inode = kobj->dentry->d_inode;
+ if (inode->i_op != &sysfs_dir_inode_operations)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ i_op = kmalloc(sizeof(*i_op), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!i_op)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ memcpy(i_op, &sysfs_dir_inode_operations, sizeof(*i_op));
+ i_op->follow_link = follow_link;
+
+ /* Locking of inode->i_op?
+ * Since setting i_op is a single word write and they
+ * are atomic we should be ok here.
+ */
+ inode->i_op = i_op;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * sysfs_create_shadow_dir - create a shadow directory for an object.
+ * @kobj: object we're creating directory for.
+ *
+ * sysfs_make_shadowed_dir must already have been called on this
+ * directory.
+ */
+
+struct dentry *sysfs_create_shadow_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+ struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
+ struct dentry *parent, *dir, *shadow;
+ struct inode *inode;
+
+ dir = kobj->dentry;
+ inode = dir->d_inode;
+ parent = dir->d_parent;
+ shadow = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ if (!sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(inode))
+ goto out;
+
+ shadow = d_alloc(parent, &dir->d_name);
+ if (!shadow)
+ goto nomem;
+
+ sd = __sysfs_make_dirent(shadow, kobj, inode->i_mode, SYSFS_DIR);
+ if (!sd)
+ goto nomem;
+
+ d_instantiate(shadow, igrab(inode));
+ inc_nlink(inode);
+ inc_nlink(parent->d_inode);
+ shadow->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
+
+ dget(shadow); /* Extra count - pin the dentry in core */
+
+out:
+ return shadow;
+nomem:
+ dput(shadow);
+ shadow = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ goto out;
+}
+
+/**
+ * sysfs_remove_shadow_dir - remove an object's directory.
+ * @shadow: dentry of shadow directory
+ *
+ * The only thing special about this is that we remove any files in
+ * the directory before we remove the directory, and we've inlined
+ * what used to be sysfs_rmdir() below, instead of calling separately.
+ */
+
+void sysfs_remove_shadow_dir(struct dentry *shadow)
+{
+ __sysfs_remove_dir(shadow);
+}
+