driver core: Introduce device_create_groups
authorGuenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Sun, 14 Jul 2013 23:05:57 +0000 (16:05 -0700)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Fri, 20 Feb 2015 00:49:37 +0000 (00:49 +0000)
commitdf56561b21ede181eb2a4888dbba060e648feccd
treea9f43fb54acbfb46f9965456686744fce80e73f1
parentd4cf625cc1965ccf4433bce0bfb62c9d5c2ef436
driver core: Introduce device_create_groups

commit 39ef311204941ddd01ea2950d6220c8ccc710d15 upstream.

device_create_groups lets callers create devices as well as associated
sysfs attributes with a single call. This avoids race conditions seen
if sysfs attributes on new devices are created later.

[fixed up comment block placement and add checks for printk buffer
formats - gregkh]

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
drivers/base/core.c
include/linux/device.h