ChangeSet 1.1375, 2003/07/03 17:43:34-07:00, greg@kroah.com [PATCH] kobject: add kobject_rename() Based on a patch written by Dan Aloni include/linux/kobject.h | 2 ++ lib/kobject.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) diff -Nru a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h --- a/include/linux/kobject.h Thu Jul 3 18:15:44 2003 +++ b/include/linux/kobject.h Thu Jul 3 18:15:44 2003 @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ extern int kobject_add(struct kobject *); extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *); +extern void kobject_rename(struct kobject *, char *new_name); + extern int kobject_register(struct kobject *); extern void kobject_unregister(struct kobject *); diff -Nru a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c --- a/lib/kobject.c Thu Jul 3 18:15:44 2003 +++ b/lib/kobject.c Thu Jul 3 18:15:44 2003 @@ -314,6 +314,21 @@ } /** + * kobject_rename - change the name of an object + * @kobj: object in question. + * @new_name: object's new name + */ + +void kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, char *new_name) +{ + kobj = kobject_get(kobj); + if (!kobj) + return; + sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name); + kobject_put(kobj); +} + +/** * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy. * @kobj: object. */