1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 56f5eaf10ea9..0777b3f57ae6 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ enum kobject_action {
         KOBJ_MAX
 };
 
-/* The list of strings defining the valid kobject actions as specified above */
-extern const char *kobject_actions[];
-
 struct kobject {
         const char              * k_name;
         struct kref             kref;
@@ -241,6 +238,9 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 
 int add_uevent_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env, const char *format, ...)
         __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+
+int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
+                        enum kobject_action *type);
 #else
 static inline int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
 { return 0; }
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ static inline int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj,
 
 static inline int add_uevent_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env, const char *format, ...)
 { return 0; }
+
+static inline int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
+                        enum kobject_action *type)
+{ return -EINVAL; }
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */