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-rw-r--r--include/linux/module.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c17
-rw-r--r--kernel/params.c4
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index b87e7625a98c..1c30087a2d81 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct module_version_attribute {
extern ssize_t __modver_version_show(struct module_attribute *,
struct module_kobject *, char *);
+extern struct module_attribute module_uevent;
/* These are either module local, or the kernel's dummy ones. */
extern int init_module(void);
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index a4295e67dd83..04379f92f843 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -975,10 +975,27 @@ static struct module_attribute initstate = {
.show = show_initstate,
};
+static ssize_t store_uevent(struct module_attribute *mattr,
+ struct module_kobject *mk,
+ const char *buffer, size_t count)
+{
+ enum kobject_action action;
+
+ if (kobject_action_type(buffer, count, &action) == 0)
+ kobject_uevent(&mk->kobj, action);
+ return count;
+}
+
+struct module_attribute module_uevent = {
+ .attr = { .name = "uevent", .mode = 0200 },
+ .store = store_uevent,
+};
+
static struct module_attribute *modinfo_attrs[] = {
&modinfo_version,
&modinfo_srcversion,
&initstate,
+ &module_uevent,
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
&refcnt,
#endif
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 37e9b20a718b..22df3e0d142a 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -730,6 +730,10 @@ static struct module_kobject * __init locate_module_kobject(const char *name)
mk->kobj.kset = module_kset;
err = kobject_init_and_add(&mk->kobj, &module_ktype, NULL,
"%s", name);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+ if (!err)
+ err = sysfs_create_file(&mk->kobj, &module_uevent.attr);
+#endif
if (err) {
kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
printk(KERN_ERR