1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index c4342a019972..2544aae6f583 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@
 DECLARE_RWSEM(sysfs_rename_sem);
 spinlock_t sysfs_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 
+void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
+{
+        if (sd->s_type & SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK) {
+                struct sysfs_symlink * sl = sd->s_element;
+                kfree(sl->link_name);
+                kobject_put(sl->target_kobj);
+                kfree(sl);
+        }
+        kfree(sd->s_iattr);
+        kmem_cache_free(sysfs_dir_cachep, sd);
+}
+
 static void sysfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry, struct inode * inode)
 {
         struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;