some modules creating sysfs entries under /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/ need to know the parent sysfs entry to make devices under them. This will just return the sysfs entry for a given cpu. sysfs entries showing under each cpu sysfs can be easily created if such entries can be created by registering a sysfs driver for cpuclass. The issue is when the entry is created the CPU may not be online, hence we would need to defer the creation until the online notification comes. Current users: cache entries for Intel CPU's and cpufreq subsystem. Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi ---------------------------------------------------- drivers/base/cpu.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++ include/linux/cpu.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6.14-rc4-mm1/drivers/base/cpu.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14-rc4-mm1.orig/drivers/base/cpu.c +++ linux-2.6.14-rc4-mm1/drivers/base/cpu.c @@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ #include #include +static struct sys_device *cpu_sys_devices[NR_CPUS]; + +struct sys_device *get_cpu_sysdev(int cpu) +{ + if (cpu < NR_CPUS) + return cpu_sys_devices[cpu]; + else + return NULL; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_cpu_sysdev); struct sysdev_class cpu_sysdev_class = { set_kset_name("cpu"), @@ -64,12 +74,15 @@ static void __devinit register_cpu_contr void unregister_cpu(struct cpu *cpu, struct node *root) { + int logical_cpu = cpu->sysdev.id; + if (root) sysfs_remove_link(&root->sysdev.kobj, kobject_name(&cpu->sysdev.kobj)); sysdev_remove_file(&cpu->sysdev, &attr_online); sysdev_unregister(&cpu->sysdev); + cpu_sys_devices[logical_cpu] = NULL; return; } @@ -102,6 +115,10 @@ int __devinit register_cpu(struct cpu *c kobject_name(&cpu->sysdev.kobj)); if (!error && !cpu->no_control) register_cpu_control(cpu); + + if (!error) + cpu_sys_devices[num] = &cpu->sysdev; + return error; } Index: linux-2.6.14-rc4-mm1/include/linux/cpu.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14-rc4-mm1.orig/include/linux/cpu.h +++ linux-2.6.14-rc4-mm1/include/linux/cpu.h @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct cpu { }; extern int register_cpu(struct cpu *, int, struct node *); +extern struct sys_device *get_cpu_sysdev(int cpu); #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU extern void unregister_cpu(struct cpu *, struct node *); #endif --