From: Amit Shah Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:06:43 +0000 (+0530) Subject: virtio: console: Generate a kobject CHANGE event on adding 'name' attribute X-Git-Tag: v5.15~30019^2~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ec64213c4d482ee4d15b34511441eaecdd002adf;p=mirror_ubuntu-kernels.git virtio: console: Generate a kobject CHANGE event on adding 'name' attribute When the host lets us know what 'name' a port is assigned, we create the sysfs 'name' attribute. Generate a 'change' event after this so that udev wakes up and acts on the rules for virtio-ports (currently there's only one rule that creates a symlink from the 'name' to the actual char device). Signed-off-by: Amit Shah Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin --- diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c index f404ccfc9c20..67b474b4167c 100644 --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c @@ -947,11 +947,18 @@ static void handle_control_message(struct ports_device *portdev, */ err = sysfs_create_group(&port->dev->kobj, &port_attribute_group); - if (err) + if (err) { dev_err(port->dev, "Error %d creating sysfs device attributes\n", err); - + } else { + /* + * Generate a udev event so that appropriate + * symlinks can be created based on udev + * rules. + */ + kobject_uevent(&port->dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE); + } break; case VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_REMOVE: /*