This allows udev to trigger rules when a parent device is registered or unregistered from mdev. Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v3: Add Connie's R-b Add comment clarifying expected device requirements for unreg drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c index ae23151442cb..23976db6c6c7 100644 --- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c @@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops) { int ret; struct mdev_parent *parent; + char *env_string = "MDEV_STATE=registered"; + char *envp[] = { env_string, NULL }; /* check for mandatory ops */ if (!ops || !ops->create || !ops->remove || !ops->supported_type_groups) @@ -197,6 +199,8 @@ int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops) mutex_unlock(&parent_list_lock); dev_info(dev, "MDEV: Registered\n"); + kobject_uevent_env(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp); + return 0; add_dev_err: @@ -220,6 +224,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdev_register_device); void mdev_unregister_device(struct device *dev) { struct mdev_parent *parent; + char *env_string = "MDEV_STATE=unregistered"; + char *envp[] = { env_string, NULL }; mutex_lock(&parent_list_lock); parent = __find_parent_device(dev); @@ -243,6 +249,9 @@ void mdev_unregister_device(struct device *dev) up_write(&parent->unreg_sem); mdev_put_parent(parent); + + /* We still have the caller's reference to use for the uevent */ + kobject_uevent_env(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdev_unregister_device);