[PATCH] add sysfs attr to re-emit device hotplug event

A "coldplug + udevstart" can be simple like this:
  for i in /sys/block/*/*/uevent; do echo 1 > $i; done
  for i in /sys/class/*/*/uevent; do echo 1 > $i; done
  for i in /sys/bus/*/devices/*/uevent; do echo 1 > $i; done

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

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 73d44cf53db0..3cf6eb36f3d8 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -442,6 +442,13 @@ static ssize_t show_dev(struct class_device *class_dev, char *buf)
         return print_dev_t(buf, class_dev->devt);
 }
 
+static ssize_t store_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev,
+                            const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+        kobject_hotplug(&class_dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+        return count;
+}
+
 void class_device_initialize(struct class_device *class_dev)
 {
         kobj_set_kset_s(class_dev, class_obj_subsys);
@@ -497,6 +504,12 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device *class_dev)
                 goto register_done;
 
         /* add the needed attributes to this device */
+        class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
+        class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
+        class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = parent->owner;
+        class_dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
+        class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
+
         if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt)) {
                 struct class_device_attribute *attr;
                 attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -505,12 +518,10 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device *class_dev)
                         kobject_del(&class_dev->kobj);
                         goto register_done;
                 }
-
                 attr->attr.name = "dev";
                 attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
                 attr->attr.owner = parent->owner;
                 attr->show = show_dev;
-                attr->store = NULL;
                 class_device_create_file(class_dev, attr);
                 class_dev->devt_attr = attr;
         }
@@ -621,6 +632,7 @@ void class_device_del(struct class_device *class_dev)
                 sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "device");
                 sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
         }
+        class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
         if (class_dev->devt_attr)
                 class_device_remove_file(class_dev, class_dev->devt_attr);
         class_device_remove_attrs(class_dev);