1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 739da701ae7b..9a64045ff845 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -319,6 +319,14 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part)
         put_device(&p->dev);
 }
 
+static ssize_t whole_disk_show(struct device *dev,
+                               struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+        return 0;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(whole_disk, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH,
+                   whole_disk_show, NULL);
+
 void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len, int flags)
 {
         struct hd_struct *p;
@@ -352,13 +360,8 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len,
         device_add(&p->dev);
         partition_sysfs_add_subdir(p);
         p->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
-        if (flags & ADDPART_FLAG_WHOLEDISK) {
-                static struct attribute addpartattr = {
-                        .name = "whole_disk",
-                        .mode = S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH,
-                };
-                err = sysfs_create_file(&p->dev.kobj, &addpartattr);
-        }
+        if (flags & ADDPART_FLAG_WHOLEDISK)
+                err = device_create_file(&p->dev, &dev_attr_whole_disk);
 
         /* suppress uevent if the disk supresses it */
         if (!disk->dev.uevent_suppress)