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diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index c288e41ba331..aa2fe22b1baa 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -36,15 +36,24 @@ extern char uevent_helper[];
/* counter to tag the uevent, read only except for the kobject core */
extern u64 uevent_seqnum;
-/* the actions here must match the proper string in lib/kobject_uevent.c */
-typedef int __bitwise kobject_action_t;
+/*
+ * The actions here must match the index to the string array
+ * in lib/kobject_uevent.c
+ *
+ * Do not add new actions here without checking with the driver-core
+ * maintainers. Action strings are not meant to express subsystem
+ * or device specific properties. In most cases you want to send a
+ * kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, env) with additional event
+ * specific variables added to the event environment.
+ */
enum kobject_action {
- KOBJ_ADD = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x01, /* exclusive to core */
- KOBJ_REMOVE = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x02, /* exclusive to core */
- KOBJ_CHANGE = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x03, /* device state change */
- KOBJ_OFFLINE = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x04, /* device offline */
- KOBJ_ONLINE = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x05, /* device online */
- KOBJ_MOVE = (__force kobject_action_t) 0x06, /* device move */
+ KOBJ_ADD,
+ KOBJ_REMOVE,
+ KOBJ_CHANGE,
+ KOBJ_MOVE,
+ KOBJ_ONLINE,
+ KOBJ_OFFLINE,
+ KOBJ_MAX
};
struct kobject {
@@ -55,7 +64,7 @@ struct kobject {
struct kobject * parent;
struct kset * kset;
struct kobj_type * ktype;
- struct dentry * dentry;
+ struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
wait_queue_head_t poll;
};
@@ -71,13 +80,14 @@ extern void kobject_init(struct kobject *);
extern void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *);
extern int __must_check kobject_add(struct kobject *);
-extern int __must_check kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *, struct dentry *);
+extern int __must_check kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_parent);
extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *);
extern int __must_check kobject_rename(struct kobject *, const char *new_name);
extern int __must_check kobject_shadow_rename(struct kobject *kobj,
- struct dentry *new_parent,
- const char *new_name);
+ struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent,
+ const char *new_name);
extern int __must_check kobject_move(struct kobject *, struct kobject *);
extern int __must_check kobject_register(struct kobject *);
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