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Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>,
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>,
Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>,
Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Subject: [patch 03/28] Driver core: allow nesting classes
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Driver core: allow nesting classes

This will allow unclutter /sys/classes directory, combining
classes related to the same subsystem "under one roof".

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
---

drivers/base/class.c | 8 +++++++-
include/linux/device.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: work/drivers/base/class.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/base/class.c
+++ work/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ static void remove_class_attrs(struct cl

int class_register(struct class * cls)
{
+ struct class *parent;
int error;

pr_debug("device class '%s': registering\n", cls->name);
@@ -146,7 +147,11 @@ int class_register(struct class * cls)
if (error)
return error;

- subsys_set_kset(cls, class_subsys);
+ parent = class_get(cls->parent);
+ if (parent)
+ subsys_set_kset(cls, parent->subsys);
+ else
+ subsys_set_kset(cls, class_subsys);

error = subsystem_register(&cls->subsys);
if (!error) {
@@ -161,6 +166,7 @@ void class_unregister(struct class * cls
pr_debug("device class '%s': unregistering\n", cls->name);
remove_class_attrs(cls);
subsystem_unregister(&cls->subsys);
+ class_put(cls->parent);
}

static void class_create_release(struct class *cls)
Index: work/include/linux/device.h
===================================================================
--- work.orig/include/linux/device.h
+++ work/include/linux/device.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ struct class {
struct module * owner;

struct subsystem subsys;
+ struct class * parent;
struct list_head children;
struct list_head interfaces;
struct semaphore sem; /* locks both the children and interfaces lists */
-
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