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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/core.c | 55 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/device.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 56 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index f1228f25efe..0db47561331 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -736,3 +736,58 @@ void device_destroy(struct class *class, dev_t devt) device_unregister(dev); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_destroy); + +/** + * device_rename - renames a device + * @dev: the pointer to the struct device to be renamed + * @new_name: the new name of the device + */ +int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name) +{ + char *old_class_name = NULL; + char *new_class_name = NULL; + char *old_symlink_name = NULL; + int error; + + dev = get_device(dev); + if (!dev) + return -EINVAL; + + pr_debug("DEVICE: renaming '%s' to '%s'\n", dev->bus_id, new_name); + + if ((dev->class) && (dev->parent)) + old_class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj); + + if (dev->class) { + old_symlink_name = kmalloc(BUS_ID_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!old_symlink_name) + return -ENOMEM; + strlcpy(old_symlink_name, dev->bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE); + } + + strlcpy(dev->bus_id, new_name, BUS_ID_SIZE); + + error = kobject_rename(&dev->kobj, new_name); + + if (old_class_name) { + new_class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj); + if (new_class_name) { + sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj, &dev->kobj, + new_class_name); + sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj, old_class_name); + } + } + if (dev->class) { + sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kset.kobj, + old_symlink_name); + sysfs_create_link(&dev->class->subsys.kset.kobj, &dev->kobj, + dev->bus_id); + } + put_device(dev); + + kfree(old_class_name); + kfree(new_class_name); + kfree(old_symlink_name); + + return error; +} diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h index 3122bd25ce4..3400e09bf45 100644 --- a/include/linux/device.h +++ b/include/linux/device.h @@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ extern int device_add(struct device * dev); extern void device_del(struct device * dev); extern int device_for_each_child(struct device *, void *, int (*fn)(struct device *, void *)); +extern int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name); /* * Manual binding of a device to driver. See drivers/base/bus.c |