1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 5d4b7e04471..641c0c42bb4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -197,6 +197,35 @@ static ssize_t store_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
         return count;
 }
 
+static int device_add_groups(struct device *dev)
+{
+        int i;
+        int error = 0;
+
+        if (dev->groups) {
+                for (i = 0; dev->groups[i]; i++) {
+                        error = sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, dev->groups[i]);
+                        if (error) {
+                                while (--i >= 0)
+                                        sysfs_remove_group(&dev->kobj, dev->groups[i]);
+                                goto out;
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+out:
+        return error;
+}
+
+static void device_remove_groups(struct device *dev)
+{
+        int i;
+        if (dev->groups) {
+                for (i = 0; dev->groups[i]; i++) {
+                        sysfs_remove_group(&dev->kobj, dev->groups[i]);
+                }
+        }
+}
+
 static ssize_t show_dev(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
                         char *buf)
 {
@@ -350,6 +379,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
                 sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj, &dev->kobj, class_name);
         }
 
+        if ((error = device_add_groups(dev)))
+                goto GroupError;
         if ((error = device_pm_add(dev)))
                 goto PMError;
         if ((error = bus_add_device(dev)))
@@ -376,6 +407,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
  BusError:
         device_pm_remove(dev);
  PMError:
+        device_remove_groups(dev);
+ GroupError:
         if (dev->devt_attr) {
                 device_remove_file(dev, dev->devt_attr);
                 kfree(dev->devt_attr);
@@ -470,6 +503,7 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
                 up(&dev->class->sem);
         }
         device_remove_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+        device_remove_groups(dev);
 
         /* Notify the platform of the removal, in case they
          * need to do anything...