3 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index d1972374655a..0871c3dadce1 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -16,25 +16,31 @@
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 
-static void remove_files(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd,
+static void remove_files(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, struct kobject *kobj,
                          const struct attribute_group *grp)
 {
         struct attribute *const* attr;
+        int i;
 
-        for (attr = grp->attrs; *attr; attr++)
-                sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir_sd, (*attr)->name);
+        for (i = 0, attr = grp->attrs; *attr; i++, attr++)
+                if (!grp->is_visible ||
+                    grp->is_visible(kobj, *attr, i))
+                        sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir_sd, (*attr)->name);
 }
 
-static int create_files(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd,
+static int create_files(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, struct kobject *kobj,
                         const struct attribute_group *grp)
 {
         struct attribute *const* attr;
-        int error = 0;
+        int error = 0, i;
 
-        for (attr = grp->attrs; *attr && !error; attr++)
-                error = sysfs_add_file(dir_sd, *attr, SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR);
+        for (i = 0, attr = grp->attrs; *attr && !error; i++, attr++)
+                if (!grp->is_visible ||
+                    grp->is_visible(kobj, *attr, i))
+                        error |=
+                                sysfs_add_file(dir_sd, *attr, SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR);
         if (error)
-                remove_files(dir_sd, grp);
+                remove_files(dir_sd, kobj, grp);
         return error;
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject * kobj,
         } else
                 sd = kobj->sd;
         sysfs_get(sd);
-        error = create_files(sd, grp);
+        error = create_files(sd, kobj, grp);
         if (error) {
                 if (grp->name)
                         sysfs_remove_subdir(sd);
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject * kobj,
         } else
                 sd = sysfs_get(dir_sd);
 
-        remove_files(sd, grp);
+        remove_files(sd, kobj, grp);
         if (grp->name)
                 sysfs_remove_subdir(sd);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 149ab62329e2..802710438a9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ struct attribute {
 
 struct attribute_group {
         const char              *name;
+        int                     (*is_visible)(struct kobject *,
+                                              struct attribute *, int);
         struct attribute        **attrs;
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 7686417ee00e..dfef46474e55 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ param_sysfs_setup(struct module_kobject *mk,
                         sizeof(mp->grp.attrs[0]));
         size[1] = (valid_attrs + 1) * sizeof(mp->grp.attrs[0]);
 
-        mp = kmalloc(size[0] + size[1], GFP_KERNEL);
+        mp = kzalloc(size[0] + size[1], GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!mp)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);