3 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 8813990304fe..85a668680f82 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ int sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
 	new_parent_dentry = new_parent ?
 		new_parent->dentry : sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
 
+	if (old_parent_dentry->d_inode == new_parent_dentry->d_inode)
+		return 0;	/* nothing to move */
 again:
 	mutex_lock(&old_parent_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&new_parent_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex)) {
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 98b0910ad80c..8d4d839a9d88 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -502,6 +502,30 @@ int sysfs_create_file(struct kobject * kobj, const struct attribute * attr)
 
 
 /**
+ * sysfs_add_file_to_group - add an attribute file to a pre-existing group.
+ * @kobj: object we're acting for.
+ * @attr: attribute descriptor.
+ * @group: group name.
+ */
+int sysfs_add_file_to_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+		const struct attribute *attr, const char *group)
+{
+	struct dentry *dir;
+	int error;
+
+	dir = lookup_one_len(group, kobj->dentry, strlen(group));
+	if (IS_ERR(dir))
+		error = PTR_ERR(dir);
+	else {
+		error = sysfs_add_file(dir, attr, SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR);
+		dput(dir);
+	}
+	return error;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_add_file_to_group);
+
+
+/**
  * sysfs_update_file - update the modified timestamp on an object attribute.
  * @kobj: object we're acting for.
  * @attr: attribute descriptor.
@@ -586,6 +610,26 @@ void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject * kobj, const struct attribute * attr)
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * sysfs_remove_file_from_group - remove an attribute file from a group.
+ * @kobj: object we're acting for.
+ * @attr: attribute descriptor.
+ * @group: group name.
+ */
+void sysfs_remove_file_from_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+		const struct attribute *attr, const char *group)
+{
+	struct dentry *dir;
+
+	dir = lookup_one_len(group, kobj->dentry, strlen(group));
+	if (!IS_ERR(dir)) {
+		sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir, attr->name);
+		dput(dir);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_file_from_group);
+
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_create_file);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_file);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_update_file);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index d976b0005549..a77c57e5a6d5 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+struct sysfs_dirent {
+	atomic_t		s_count;
+	struct list_head	s_sibling;
+	struct list_head	s_children;
+	void 			* s_element;
+	int			s_type;
+	umode_t			s_mode;
+	struct dentry		* s_dentry;
+	struct iattr		* s_iattr;
+	atomic_t		s_event;
+};
 
 extern struct vfsmount * sysfs_mount;
 extern struct kmem_cache *sysfs_dir_cachep;