[PATCH] Driver core: add generic "subsystem" link to all devices

Like the SUBSYTEM= key we find in the environment of the uevent, this
creates a generic "subsystem" link in sysfs for every device. Userspace
usually doesn't care at all if its a "class" or a "bus" device. This
provides an unified way to determine the subsytem of a device, regardless
of the way the driver core has created it.

Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 5a8d3bf02f17..8d7339511e5e 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 
-static struct subsystem block_subsys;
-
+struct subsystem block_subsys;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(block_subsys_lock);
 
 /*
@@ -511,9 +510,7 @@ static struct kset_uevent_ops block_uevent_ops = {
         .uevent         = block_uevent,
 };
 
-/* declare block_subsys. */
-static decl_subsys(block, &ktype_block, &block_uevent_ops);
-
+decl_subsys(block, &ktype_block, &block_uevent_ops);
 
 /*
  * aggregate disk stat collector.  Uses the same stats that the sysfs