Adding kobject_add_dir() function which creates a subdirectory for a given kobject. Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura include/linux/kobject.h | 2 ++ lib/kobject.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/linux/kobject.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.16-rc5.orig/include/linux/kobject.h 2006-03-14 18:22:24.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/linux/kobject.h 2006-03-14 18:25:51.000000000 +0000 @@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ extern void kobject_unregister(struct ko extern struct kobject * kobject_get(struct kobject *); extern void kobject_put(struct kobject *); +extern struct kobject * kobject_add_dir(struct kobject *, const char *); + extern char * kobject_get_path(struct kobject *, gfp_t); struct kobj_type { Index: linux-2.6.16-rc5/lib/kobject.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.16-rc5.orig/lib/kobject.c 2006-03-14 18:22:24.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.16-rc5/lib/kobject.c 2006-03-14 18:25:51.000000000 +0000 @@ -379,6 +379,43 @@ void kobject_put(struct kobject * kobj) } +static void dir_release(struct kobject *kobj) +{ + kfree(kobj); +} + +static struct kobj_type dir_ktype = { + .release = dir_release, + .sysfs_ops = NULL, + .default_attrs = NULL, +}; + +/** + * kobject_add_dir - add sub directory of object. + * @parent: object in which a directory is created. + * @name: directory name. + * + * Add a plain directory object as child of given object. + */ +struct kobject *kobject_add_dir(struct kobject *parent, const char *name) +{ + struct kobject *k; + + if (!parent) + return NULL; + + k = kzalloc(sizeof(*k), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!k) + return NULL; + + k->parent = parent; + k->ktype = &dir_ktype; + kobject_set_name(k, name); + kobject_register(k); + + return k; +} + /** * kset_init - initialize a kset for use * @k: kset