Driver core: create devices/virtual/ tree
This change creates a devices/virtual/CLASS_NAME tree for struct devices
that belong to a class, yet do not have a "real" struct device for a
parent. It automatically creates the directories on the fly as needed.
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 0db4756..e21a65f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -378,6 +378,13 @@
if (!dev || !strlen(dev->bus_id))
goto Error;
+ /* if this is a class device, and has no parent, create one */
+ if ((dev->class) && (dev->parent == NULL)) {
+ error = virtual_device_parent(dev);
+ if (error)
+ goto Error;
+ }
+
parent = get_device(dev->parent);
pr_debug("DEV: registering device: ID = '%s'\n", dev->bus_id);