driver core: Introduce device_create_groups
device_create_groups lets callers create devices as well as associated
sysfs attributes with a single call. This avoids race conditions seen
if sysfs attributes on new devices are created later.
[fixed up comment block placement and add checks for printk buffer
formats - gregkh]
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index f207a8f..bd5931e 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -938,6 +938,11 @@
struct device *device_create(struct class *cls, struct device *parent,
dev_t devt, void *drvdata,
const char *fmt, ...);
+extern __printf(6, 7)
+struct device *device_create_with_groups(struct class *cls,
+ struct device *parent, dev_t devt, void *drvdata,
+ const struct attribute_group **groups,
+ const char *fmt, ...);
extern void device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
/*