if (!*kobj->k_name) {
pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
WARN_ON(1);
+ kobject_put(kobj);
return -EINVAL;
}
parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
{
int error = 0;
+ const char *devpath = NULL;
+ char *devpath_string = NULL;
+ char *envp[2];
kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
if (!kobj)
return -EINVAL;
if (!kobj->parent)
return -EINVAL;
+
+ devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!devpath) {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!devpath_string) {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
+ envp[0] = devpath_string;
+ envp[1] = NULL;
+ /* Note : if we want to send the new name alone, not the full path,
+ * we could probably use kobject_name(kobj); */
+
error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, kobj->parent->dentry, new_name);
+
+ /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
+ * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
+ * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
+ if (!error)
+ kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
+
+out:
+ kfree(devpath_string);
+ kfree(devpath);
kobject_put(kobj);
return error;
void subsystem_init(struct subsystem * s)
{
- init_rwsem(&s->rwsem);
kset_init(&s->kset);
}
* @s: the subsystem we're registering.
*
* Once we register the subsystem, we want to make sure that
- * the kset points back to this subsystem for correct usage of
- * the rwsem.
+ * the kset points back to this subsystem.
*/
int subsystem_register(struct subsystem * s)