Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6

* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: (75 commits)
  PM: merge device power-management source files
  sysfs: add copyrights
  kobject: update the copyrights
  kset: add some kerneldoc to help describe what these strange things are
  Driver core: rename ktype_edd and ktype_efivar
  Driver core: rename ktype_driver
  Driver core: rename ktype_device
  Driver core: rename ktype_class
  driver core: remove subsystem_init()
  sysfs: move sysfs file poll implementation to sysfs_open_dirent
  sysfs: implement sysfs_open_dirent
  sysfs: move sysfs_dirent->s_children into sysfs_dirent->s_dir
  sysfs: make sysfs_root a regular directory dirent
  sysfs: open code sysfs_attach_dentry()
  sysfs: make s_elem an anonymous union
  sysfs: make bin attr open get active reference of parent too
  sysfs: kill unnecessary NULL pointer check in sysfs_release()
  sysfs: kill unnecessary sysfs_get() in open paths
  sysfs: reposition sysfs_dirent->s_mode.
  sysfs: kill sysfs_update_file()
  ...

114 files changed, 1777 insertions, 2493 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
index 9f08dab1e75..d9d832c010e 100644
--- a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-NOTE:
+NOTE:
 This is a version of Documentation/HOWTO translated into Japanese.
 This document is maintained by Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata@ab.jp.nec.com>
 and the JF Project team <www.linux.or.jp/JF>.
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ for non English (read: Japanese) speakers and is not intended as a
 fork. So if you have any comments or updates for this file, please try
 to update the original English file first.
 
-Last Updated: 2007/07/18
+Last Updated: 2007/09/23
 ==================================
 これは、
-linux-2.6.22/Documentation/HOWTO
+linux-2.6.23/Documentation/HOWTO
 の和訳です。
 
 翻訳団体： JF プロジェクト < http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/ >
-翻訳日： 2007/07/16
+翻訳日： 2007/09/19
 翻訳者： Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata at ab dot jp dot nec dot com>
 校正者： 松倉さん <nbh--mats at nifty dot com>
          小林 雅典さん (Masanori Kobayasi) <zap03216 at nifty dot ne dot jp>
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ linux-2.6.22/Documentation/HOWTO
          野口さん (Kenji Noguchi) <tokyo246 at gmail dot com>
          河内さん (Takayoshi Kochi) <t-kochi at bq dot jp dot nec dot com>
          岩本さん (iwamoto) <iwamoto.kn at ncos dot nec dot co dot jp>
+         内田さん (Satoshi Uchida) <s-uchida at ap dot jp dot nec dot com>
 ==================================
 
 Linux カーネル開発のやり方
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ Linux カーネル開発コミュニティと共に活動するやり方を学�
 手助けになります。
 
 もし、このドキュメントのどこかが古くなっていた場合には、このドキュメン
-トの最後にリストしたメンテナーにパッチを送ってください。
+トの最後にリストしたメンテナにパッチを送ってください。
 
 はじめに
 ---------
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ Linux カーネル開発コミュニティと共に活動するやり方を学�
 ネル開発者には必要です。アーキテクチャ向けの低レベル部分の開発をするの
 でなければ、(どんなアーキテクチャでも)アセンブリ(訳注: 言語)は必要あり
 ません。以下の本は、C 言語の十分な知識や何年もの経験に取って代わるもの
-ではありませんが、少なくともリファレンスとしてはいい本です。
+ではありませんが、少なくともリファレンスとしては良い本です。
  - "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie [Prentice Hall]
  -『プログラミング言語Ｃ第2版』(B.W. カーニハン/D.M. リッチー著 石田晴久訳) [共立出版]
  - "Practical C Programming" by Steve Oualline [O'Reilly]
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ Linux カーネル開発コミュニティと共に活動するやり方を学�
 ときどき、カーネルがツールチェインや C 言語拡張に置いている前提がどう
 なっているのかわかりにくいことがあり、また、残念なことに決定的なリファ
 レンスは存在しません。情報を得るには、gcc の info ページ( info gcc )を
-みてください。
+見てください。
 
 あなたは既存の開発コミュニティと一緒に作業する方法を学ぼうとしているこ
 とに留意してください。そのコミュニティは、コーディング、スタイル、
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ Linux カーネル開発コミュニティと共に活動するやり方を学�
 
 Linux カーネルのソースコードは GPL ライセンスの下でリリースされていま
 す。ライセンスの詳細については、ソースツリーのメインディレクトリに存在
-する、COPYING のファイルをみてください。もしライセンスについてさらに質
+する、COPYING のファイルを見てください。もしライセンスについてさらに質
 問があれば、Linux Kernel メーリングリストに質問するのではなく、どうぞ
 法律家に相談してください。メーリングリストの人達は法律家ではなく、法的
 問題については彼らの声明はあてにするべきではありません。
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを�
 新しいドキュメントファイルも追加することを勧めます。
 カーネルの変更が、カーネルがユーザ空間に公開しているインターフェイスの
 変更を引き起こす場合、その変更を説明するマニュアルページのパッチや情報
-をマニュアルページのメンテナ mtk-manpages@gmx.net に送ることを勧めます。
+をマニュアルページのメンテナ mtk-manpages@gmx.net に送ることを勧めま
+す。
 
 以下はカーネルソースツリーに含まれている読んでおくべきファイルの一覧で
 す-
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを�
   README
     このファイルは Linuxカーネルの簡単な背景とカーネルを設定(訳注
     configure )し、生成(訳注 build )するために必要なことは何かが書かれ
-    ています。カーネルに関して初めての人はここからスタートするとよいで
+    ています。カーネルに関して初めての人はここからスタートすると良いで
     しょう。
 
   Documentation/Changes
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを�
   Documentation/CodingStyle
     これは Linux カーネルのコーディングスタイルと背景にある理由を記述
     しています。全ての新しいコードはこのドキュメントにあるガイドライン
-    に従っていることを期待されています。大部分のメンテナーはこれらのルー
+    に従っていることを期待されています。大部分のメンテナはこれらのルー
     ルに従っているものだけを受け付け、多くの人は正しいスタイルのコード
     だけをレビューします。
 
@@ -168,16 +170,16 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを�
     支援してください。
 
   Documentation/ManagementStyle
-    このドキュメントは Linux カーネルのメンテナー達がどう行動するか、
+    このドキュメントは Linux カーネルのメンテナ達がどう行動するか、
     彼らの手法の背景にある共有されている精神について記述しています。こ
     れはカーネル開発の初心者なら（もしくは、単に興味があるだけの人でも）
-    重要です。なぜならこのドキュメントは、カーネルメンテナー達の独特な
+    重要です。なぜならこのドキュメントは、カーネルメンテナ達の独特な
     行動についての多くの誤解や混乱を解消するからです。
 
   Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
     このファイルはどのように stable カーネルのリリースが行われるかのルー
     ルが記述されています。そしてこれらのリリースの中のどこかで変更を取
-    り入れてもらいたい場合に何をすればいいかが示されています。
+    り入れてもらいたい場合に何をすれば良いかが示されています。
 
   Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
 　　カーネル開発に付随する外部ドキュメントのリストです。もしあなたが
@@ -218,9 +220,9 @@ web サイトには、コードの構成、サブシステム、現在存在す�
 ここには、また、カーネルのコンパイルのやり方やパッチの当て方などの間接
 的な基本情報も記述されています。
 
-あなたがどこからスタートしてよいかわからないが、Linux カーネル開発コミュ
+あなたがどこからスタートして良いかわからないが、Linux カーネル開発コミュ
 ニティに参加して何かすることをさがしている場合には、Linux kernel
-Janitor's プロジェクトにいけばよいでしょう -
+Janitor's プロジェクトにいけば良いでしょう -
 	http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/
 ここはそのようなスタートをするのにうってつけの場所です。ここには、
 Linux カーネルソースツリーの中に含まれる、きれいにし、修正しなければな
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーの中に含まれる、きれいにし、�
 自己参照方式で、索引がついた web 形式で、ソースコードを参照することが
 できます。この最新の素晴しいカーネルコードのリポジトリは以下で見つかり
 ます-
-	http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/
+	http://sosdg.org/~qiyong/lxr/
 
 開発プロセス
 -----------------------
@@ -265,9 +267,9 @@ Linux カーネルの開発プロセスは現在幾つかの異なるメイン�
 以下のとおり-
 
   - 新しいカーネルがリリースされた直後に、2週間の特別期間が設けられ、
-    この期間中に、メンテナー達は Linus に大きな差分を送ることができま
-    す。このような差分は通常 -mm カーネルに数週間含まれてきたパッチで
-    す。 大きな変更は git(カーネルのソース管理ツール、詳細は
+    この期間中に、メンテナ達は Linus に大きな差分を送ることができます。
+    このような差分は通常 -mm カーネルに数週間含まれてきたパッチです。
+    大きな変更は git(カーネルのソース管理ツール、詳細は
     http://git.or.cz/  参照) を使って送るのが好ましいやり方ですが、パッ
     チファイルの形式のまま送るのでも十分です。
 
@@ -285,6 +287,10 @@ Linux カーネルの開発プロセスは現在幾つかの異なるメイン�
     に安定した状態にあると判断したときにリリースされます。目標は毎週新
     しい -rc カーネルをリリースすることです。
 
+   - 以下の URL で各 -rc リリースに存在する既知の後戻り問題のリスト
+     が追跡されます-
+     http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions
+
   - このプロセスはカーネルが 「準備ができた」と考えられるまで継続しま
     す。このプロセスはだいたい 6週間継続します。
 
@@ -331,8 +337,8 @@ Andrew は個別のサブシステムカーネルツリーとパッチを全て�
 linux-kernel メーリングリストで収集された多数のパッチと同時に一つにま
 とめます。
 このツリーは新機能とパッチが検証される場となります。ある期間の間パッチ
-が -mm に入って価値を証明されたら、Andrew やサブシステムメンテナが、メ
-インラインへ入れるように Linus にプッシュします。
+が -mm に入って価値を証明されたら、Andrew やサブシステムメンテナが、
+メインラインへ入れるように Linus にプッシュします。
 
 メインカーネルツリーに含めるために Linus に送る前に、すべての新しいパッ
 チが -mm ツリーでテストされることが強く推奨されます。
@@ -460,7 +466,7 @@ MAINTAINERS ファイルにリストがありますので参照してくださ�
 せん-
 彼らはあなたのパッチの行毎にコメントを入れたいので、そのためにはそうす
 るしかありません。あなたのメールプログラムが空白やタブを圧縮しないよう
-に確認した方がいいです。最初の良いテストとしては、自分にメールを送って
+に確認した方が良いです。最初の良いテストとしては、自分にメールを送って
 みて、そのパッチを自分で当ててみることです。もしそれがうまく行かないな
 ら、あなたのメールプログラムを直してもらうか、正しく動くように変えるべ
 きです。
@@ -507,14 +513,14 @@ MAINTAINERS ファイルにリストがありますので参照してくださ�
 とも普通のことです。これはあなたのパッチが受け入れられないということで
 は *ありません*、そしてあなた自身に反対することを意味するのでも *ありま
 せん*。単に自分のパッチに対して指摘された問題を全て修正して再送すれば
-いいのです。
+良いのです。
 
 
 カーネルコミュニティと企業組織のちがい
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 カーネルコミュニティは大部分の伝統的な会社の開発環境とは異ったやり方で
-動いています。以下は問題を避けるためにできるとよいことののリストです-
+動いています。以下は問題を避けるためにできると良いことのリストです-
 
   あなたの提案する変更について言うときのうまい言い方：
 
@@ -525,7 +531,7 @@ MAINTAINERS ファイルにリストがありますので参照してくださ�
     - "以下は一連の小さなパッチ群ですが..."
     - "これは典型的なマシンでの性能を向上させます.."
 
-  やめた方がいい悪い言い方：
+  やめた方が良い悪い言い方：
 
     - このやり方で AIX/ptx/Solaris ではできたので、できるはずだ
     - 私はこれを20年もの間やってきた、だから
@@ -575,10 +581,10 @@ Linux カーネルコミュニティは、一度に大量のコードの塊を�
 
 1) 小さいパッチはあなたのパッチが適用される見込みを大きくします、カー
    ネルの人達はパッチが正しいかどうかを確認する時間や労力をかけないか
-   らです。5行のパッチはメンテナがたった1秒見るだけで適用できます。し
-   かし、500行のパッチは、正しいことをレビューするのに数時間かかるかも
-   しれません(時間はパッチのサイズなどにより指数関数に比例してかかりま
-   す)
+   らです。5行のパッチはメンテナがたった1秒見るだけで適用できます。
+   しかし、500行のパッチは、正しいことをレビューするのに数時間かかるか
+   もしれません(時間はパッチのサイズなどにより指数関数に比例してかかり
+   ます)
 
    小さいパッチは何かあったときにデバッグもとても簡単になります。パッ
    チを1個1個取り除くのは、とても大きなパッチを当てた後に(かつ、何かお
@@ -587,23 +593,23 @@ Linux カーネルコミュニティは、一度に大量のコードの塊を�
 2) 小さいパッチを送るだけでなく、送るまえに、書き直して、シンプルにす
    る(もしくは、単に順番を変えるだけでも)ことも、とても重要です。
 
-以下はカーネル開発者の Al Viro のたとえ話しです：
+以下はカーネル開発者の Al Viro のたとえ話です：
 
         "生徒の数学の宿題を採点する先生のことを考えてみてください、先
-        生は生徒が解に到達するまでの試行錯誤をみたいとは思わないでしょ
-        う。先生は簡潔な最高の解をみたいのです。良い生徒はこれを知って
+        生は生徒が解に到達するまでの試行錯誤を見たいとは思わないでしょ
+        う。先生は簡潔な最高の解を見たいのです。良い生徒はこれを知って
         おり、そして最終解の前の中間作業を提出することは決してないので
         す"
 
-        カーネル開発でもこれは同じです。メンテナー達とレビューア達は、
-        問題を解決する解の背後になる思考プロセスをみたいとは思いません。
-        彼らは単純であざやかな解決方法をみたいのです。
+        カーネル開発でもこれは同じです。メンテナ達とレビューア達は、
+        問題を解決する解の背後になる思考プロセスを見たいとは思いません。
+        彼らは単純であざやかな解決方法を見たいのです。
 
 あざやかな解を説明するのと、コミュニティと共に仕事をし、未解決の仕事を
 議論することのバランスをキープするのは難しいかもしれません。
 ですから、開発プロセスの早期段階で改善のためのフィードバックをもらうよ
-うにするのもいいですが、変更点を小さい部分に分割して全体ではまだ完成し
-ていない仕事を(部分的に)取り込んでもらえるようにすることもいいことです。
+うにするのも良いですが、変更点を小さい部分に分割して全体ではまだ完成し
+ていない仕事を(部分的に)取り込んでもらえるようにすることも良いことです。
 
 また、でき上がっていないものや、"将来直す" ようなパッチを、本流に含め
 てもらうように送っても、それは受け付けられないことを理解してください。
@@ -629,7 +635,7 @@ Linux カーネルコミュニティは、一度に大量のコードの塊を�
   - テスト結果
 
 これについて全てがどのようにあるべきかについての詳細は、以下のドキュメ
-ントの ChangeLog セクションをみてください-
+ントの ChangeLog セクションを見てください-
   "The Perfect Patch"
       http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt
 
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index f27cdd7125f..912c57c2334 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1437,6 +1437,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	pt.		[PARIDE]
 			See Documentation/paride.txt.
 
+	pty.legacy_count=
+			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
+			default number.
+
 	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
 
 	r128=		[HW,DRM]
diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt
index 8ee49ee7c96..ca86a885ad8 100644
--- a/Documentation/kobject.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kobject.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ embedded in larger data structures and replace fields they duplicate.
 
 struct kobject {
 	const char		* k_name;
-	char			name[KOBJ_NAME_LEN];
 	struct kref		kref;
 	struct list_head	entry;
 	struct kobject		* parent;
@@ -223,18 +222,15 @@ decl_subsys(devices, &ktype_device, &device_uevent_ops);
 is equivalent to doing:
 
 struct kset devices_subsys = {
-     .kobj = {
-	   .name = "devices",
-     },
      .ktype = &ktype_devices,
      .uevent_ops = &device_uevent_ops,
 };
-
+kobject_set_name(&devices_subsys, name);
 
 The objects that are registered with a subsystem that use the
 subsystem's default list must have their kset ptr set properly. These
 objects may have embedded kobjects or ksets. The
-following helpers make setting the kset easier:
+following helper makes setting the kset easier:
 
 
 kobj_set_kset_s(obj,subsys)
@@ -242,22 +238,8 @@ kobj_set_kset_s(obj,subsys)
 - Assumes that obj->kobj exists, and is a struct kobject.
 - Sets the kset of that kobject to the kset <subsys>.
 
-
-kset_set_kset_s(obj,subsys)
-
-- Assumes that obj->kset exists, and is a struct kset.
-- Sets the kset of the embedded kobject to the kset <subsys>.
-
-subsys_set_kset(obj,subsys)
-
-- Assumes obj->subsys exists, and is a struct subsystem.
-- Sets obj->subsys.kset.kobj.kset to the subsystem's embedded kset.
-
-void subsystem_init(struct kset *s);
 int subsystem_register(struct kset *s);
 void subsystem_unregister(struct kset *s);
-struct kset *subsys_get(struct kset *s);
-void kset_put(struct kset *s);
 
 These are just wrappers around the respective kset_* functions.
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/tiocx.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/tiocx.c
index 5a289e4de83..a88eba3314d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/tiocx.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/tiocx.c
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ static int tiocx_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 
 }
 
-static int tiocx_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			 char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int tiocx_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_device.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_device.c
index 89b911e83c0..8f3db32fac8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_device.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_device.c
@@ -57,26 +57,21 @@ ssize_t of_device_get_modalias(struct of_device *ofdev,
 	return tsize;
 }
 
-int of_device_uevent(struct device *dev,
-		char **envp, int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+int of_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct of_device *ofdev;
 	const char *compat;
-	int i = 0, length = 0, seen = 0, cplen, sl;
+	int seen = 0, cplen, sl;
 
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	ofdev = to_of_device(dev);
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "OF_NAME=%s", ofdev->node->name))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "OF_NAME=%s", ofdev->node->name))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "OF_TYPE=%s", ofdev->node->type))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "OF_TYPE=%s", ofdev->node->type))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
         /* Since the compatible field can contain pretty much anything
@@ -85,9 +80,7 @@ int of_device_uevent(struct device *dev,
 
 	compat = of_get_property(ofdev->node, "compatible", &cplen);
 	while (compat && *compat && cplen > 0) {
-		if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				   "OF_COMPATIBLE_%d=%s", seen, compat))
+		if (add_uevent_var(env, "OF_COMPATIBLE_%d=%s", seen, compat))
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		sl = strlen (compat) + 1;
@@ -96,25 +89,17 @@ int of_device_uevent(struct device *dev,
 		seen++;
 	}
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "OF_COMPATIBLE_N=%d", seen))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "OF_COMPATIBLE_N=%d", seen))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* modalias is trickier, we add it in 2 steps */
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "MODALIAS="))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS="))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	sl = of_device_get_modalias(ofdev, &buffer[length-1],
-					buffer_size-length);
-	if (sl >= (buffer_size-length))
+	sl = of_device_get_modalias(ofdev, &env->buf[env->buflen-1],
+				    sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen);
+	if (sl >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	length += sl;
-
-	envp[i] = NULL;
+	env->buflen += sl;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c
index cb22a3557c4..19a5656001c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c
@@ -317,30 +317,20 @@ static int vio_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 	return (ids != NULL) && (vio_match_device(ids, vio_dev) != NULL);
 }
 
-static int vio_hotplug(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int vio_hotplug(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	const struct vio_dev *vio_dev = to_vio_dev(dev);
 	struct device_node *dn;
 	const char *cp;
-	int length;
-
-	if (!num_envp)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	dn = dev->archdata.of_node;
 	if (!dn)
 		return -ENODEV;
-	cp = of_get_property(dn, "compatible", &length);
+	cp = of_get_property(dn, "compatible", NULL);
 	if (!cp)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	envp[0] = buffer;
-	length = scnprintf(buffer, buffer_size, "MODALIAS=vio:T%sS%s",
-				vio_dev->type, cp);
-	if ((buffer_size - length) <= 0)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	envp[1] = NULL;
+	add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=vio:T%sS%s", vio_dev->type, cp);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c
index 4bb634a17e4..ea0b2c79041 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c
@@ -437,18 +437,13 @@ static void ps3_system_bus_shutdown(struct device *_dev)
 	dev_dbg(&dev->core, " <- %s:%d\n", __func__, __LINE__);
 }
 
-static int ps3_system_bus_uevent(struct device *_dev, char **envp,
-				 int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int ps3_system_bus_uevent(struct device *_dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct ps3_system_bus_device *dev = ps3_dev_to_system_bus_dev(_dev);
 	int i = 0, length = 0;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-			   &length, "MODALIAS=ps3:%d",
-			   dev->match_id))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=ps3:%d", dev->match_id))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
index ed264682723..b8ddfc66f21 100644
--- a/block/bsg.c
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -1010,10 +1010,7 @@ unlock:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bsg_register_queue);
 
-static struct cdev bsg_cdev = {
-	.kobj   = {.name = "bsg", },
-	.owner  = THIS_MODULE,
-};
+static struct cdev bsg_cdev;
 
 static int __init bsg_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index c6d153de9fd..b9c518afe1f 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static elevator_t *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q,
 	eq->ops = &e->ops;
 	eq->elevator_type = e;
 	kobject_init(&eq->kobj);
-	snprintf(eq->kobj.name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "%s", "iosched");
+	kobject_set_name(&eq->kobj, "%s", "iosched");
 	eq->kobj.ktype = &elv_ktype;
 	mutex_init(&eq->sysfs_lock);
 
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 3af1e7a378d..e609996f2e7 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -540,61 +540,42 @@ static int block_uevent_filter(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
 	return ((ktype == &ktype_block) || (ktype == &ktype_part));
 }
 
-static int block_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
-			 int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int block_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
+			struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct kobj_type *ktype = get_ktype(kobj);
 	struct device *physdev;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 	struct hd_struct *part;
-	int length = 0;
-	int i = 0;
 
 	if (ktype == &ktype_block) {
 		disk = container_of(kobj, struct gendisk, kobj);
-		add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-			       &length, "MINOR=%u", disk->first_minor);
+		add_uevent_var(env, "MINOR=%u", disk->first_minor);
 	} else if (ktype == &ktype_part) {
 		disk = container_of(kobj->parent, struct gendisk, kobj);
 		part = container_of(kobj, struct hd_struct, kobj);
-		add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-			       &length, "MINOR=%u",
+		add_uevent_var(env, "MINOR=%u",
 			       disk->first_minor + part->partno);
 	} else
 		return 0;
 
-	add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-		       "MAJOR=%u", disk->major);
+	add_uevent_var(env, "MAJOR=%u", disk->major);
 
 	/* add physical device, backing this device  */
 	physdev = disk->driverfs_dev;
 	if (physdev) {
 		char *path = kobject_get_path(&physdev->kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-		add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-			       &length, "PHYSDEVPATH=%s", path);
+		add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVPATH=%s", path);
 		kfree(path);
 
 		if (physdev->bus)
-			add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				       "PHYSDEVBUS=%s",
-				       physdev->bus->name);
+			add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", physdev->bus->name);
 
 		if (physdev->driver)
-			add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				       "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s",
-				       physdev->driver->name);
+			add_uevent_var(env, physdev->driver->name);
 	}
 
-	/* terminate, set to next free slot, shrink available space */
-	envp[i] = NULL;
-	envp = &envp[i];
-	num_envp -= i;
-	buffer = &buffer[length];
-	buffer_size -= length;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index cd9d2c5d91a..d875673e76c 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 
 	init_timer(&q->unplug_timer);
 
-	snprintf(q->kobj.name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "%s", "queue");
+	kobject_set_name(&q->kobj, "%s", "queue");
 	q->kobj.ktype = &queue_ktype;
 	kobject_init(&q->kobj);
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index feab124d8e0..cbfc81579c9 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ int acpi_bus_set_power(acpi_handle handle, int state)
 
 	if (!device->flags.power_manageable) {
 		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Device `[%s]' is not power manageable\n",
-				device->dev.kobj.name));
+				kobject_name(&device->dev.kobj)));
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 64620d66874..5b4d462117c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -319,16 +319,18 @@ static int acpi_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 	return !acpi_match_device_ids(acpi_dev, acpi_drv->ids);
 }
 
-static int acpi_device_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			      char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int acpi_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct acpi_device *acpi_dev = to_acpi_device(dev);
+	int len;
 
-	strcpy(buffer, "MODALIAS=");
-	if (create_modalias(acpi_dev, buffer + 9, buffer_size - 9) > 0) {
-		envp[0] = buffer;
-		envp[1] = NULL;
-	}
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS="))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	len = create_modalias(acpi_dev, &env->buf[env->buflen - 1],
+			      sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen);
+	if (len >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	env->buflen += len;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c
index d05891f1628..b8a2095cb5e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static int acpi_video_output_get(struct output_device *od)
 {
 	unsigned long state;
 	struct acpi_video_device *vd =
-		(struct acpi_video_device *)class_get_devdata(&od->class_dev);
+		(struct acpi_video_device *)dev_get_drvdata(&od->dev);
 	acpi_video_device_get_state(vd, &state);
 	return (int)state;
 }
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static int acpi_video_output_set(struct output_device *od)
 {
 	unsigned long state = od->request_state;
 	struct acpi_video_device *vd=
-		(struct acpi_video_device *)class_get_devdata(&od->class_dev);
+		(struct acpi_video_device *)dev_get_drvdata(&od->dev);
 	return acpi_video_device_set_state(vd, state);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/amba/bus.c b/drivers/amba/bus.c
index 268e301775f..6b94fb7be5f 100644
--- a/drivers/amba/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/amba/bus.c
@@ -44,15 +44,12 @@ static int amba_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-static int amba_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int nr_env, char *buf, int bufsz)
+static int amba_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct amba_device *pcdev = to_amba_device(dev);
-	int retval = 0, i = 0, len = 0;
+	int retval = 0;
 
-	retval = add_uevent_var(envp, nr_env, &i,
-				buf, bufsz, &len,
-				"AMBA_ID=%08x", pcdev->periphid);
-	envp[i] = NULL;
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "AMBA_ID=%08x", pcdev->periphid);
 	return retval;
 }
 #else
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 5d6312e3349..d7da109c24f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 menu "Generic Driver Options"
 
+config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
+	string "path to uevent helper"
+	depends on HOTPLUG
+	default "/sbin/hotplug"
+	help
+	  Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for
+	  every uevent.
+
 config STANDALONE
 	bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware" if EXPERIMENTAL
 	default y
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 47eb02d9f1a..10b2fb6c9ce 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ extern int attribute_container_init(void);
 extern int bus_add_device(struct device * dev);
 extern void bus_attach_device(struct device * dev);
 extern void bus_remove_device(struct device * dev);
-extern struct bus_type *get_bus(struct bus_type * bus);
-extern void put_bus(struct bus_type * bus);
 
 extern int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *);
 extern void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver *);
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 61c67526a65..9a19b071c57 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@
 static int __must_check bus_rescan_devices_helper(struct device *dev,
 						void *data);
 
+static struct bus_type *bus_get(struct bus_type *bus)
+{
+	return bus ? container_of(kset_get(&bus->subsys),
+				struct bus_type, subsys) : NULL;
+}
+
+static void bus_put(struct bus_type *bus)
+{
+	kset_put(&bus->subsys);
+}
+
 static ssize_t
 drv_attr_show(struct kobject * kobj, struct attribute * attr, char * buf)
 {
@@ -78,7 +89,7 @@ static void driver_release(struct kobject * kobj)
 	 */
 }
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_driver = {
+static struct kobj_type driver_ktype = {
 	.sysfs_ops	= &driver_sysfs_ops,
 	.release	= driver_release,
 };
@@ -122,9 +133,9 @@ static struct sysfs_ops bus_sysfs_ops = {
 int bus_create_file(struct bus_type * bus, struct bus_attribute * attr)
 {
 	int error;
-	if (get_bus(bus)) {
+	if (bus_get(bus)) {
 		error = sysfs_create_file(&bus->subsys.kobj, &attr->attr);
-		put_bus(bus);
+		bus_put(bus);
 	} else
 		error = -EINVAL;
 	return error;
@@ -132,9 +143,9 @@ int bus_create_file(struct bus_type * bus, struct bus_attribute * attr)
 
 void bus_remove_file(struct bus_type * bus, struct bus_attribute * attr)
 {
-	if (get_bus(bus)) {
+	if (bus_get(bus)) {
 		sysfs_remove_file(&bus->subsys.kobj, &attr->attr);
-		put_bus(bus);
+		bus_put(bus);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -172,7 +183,7 @@ static int driver_helper(struct device *dev, void *data)
 static ssize_t driver_unbind(struct device_driver *drv,
 			     const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	struct bus_type *bus = get_bus(drv->bus);
+	struct bus_type *bus = bus_get(drv->bus);
 	struct device *dev;
 	int err = -ENODEV;
 
@@ -186,7 +197,7 @@ static ssize_t driver_unbind(struct device_driver *drv,
 		err = count;
 	}
 	put_device(dev);
-	put_bus(bus);
+	bus_put(bus);
 	return err;
 }
 static DRIVER_ATTR(unbind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_unbind);
@@ -199,7 +210,7 @@ static DRIVER_ATTR(unbind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_unbind);
 static ssize_t driver_bind(struct device_driver *drv,
 			   const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	struct bus_type *bus = get_bus(drv->bus);
+	struct bus_type *bus = bus_get(drv->bus);
 	struct device *dev;
 	int err = -ENODEV;
 
@@ -219,7 +230,7 @@ static ssize_t driver_bind(struct device_driver *drv,
 			err = -ENODEV;
 	}
 	put_device(dev);
-	put_bus(bus);
+	bus_put(bus);
 	return err;
 }
 static DRIVER_ATTR(bind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_bind);
@@ -430,7 +441,7 @@ static inline void remove_deprecated_bus_links(struct device *dev) { }
  */
 int bus_add_device(struct device * dev)
 {
-	struct bus_type * bus = get_bus(dev->bus);
+	struct bus_type * bus = bus_get(dev->bus);
 	int error = 0;
 
 	if (bus) {
@@ -459,7 +470,7 @@ out_subsys:
 out_id:
 	device_remove_attrs(bus, dev);
 out_put:
-	put_bus(dev->bus);
+	bus_put(dev->bus);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -509,7 +520,7 @@ void bus_remove_device(struct device * dev)
 		}
 		pr_debug("bus %s: remove device %s\n", dev->bus->name, dev->bus_id);
 		device_release_driver(dev);
-		put_bus(dev->bus);
+		bus_put(dev->bus);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -568,32 +579,29 @@ static void remove_bind_files(struct device_driver *drv)
 	driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_unbind);
 }
 
+static BUS_ATTR(drivers_probe, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_drivers_probe);
+static BUS_ATTR(drivers_autoprobe, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
+		show_drivers_autoprobe, store_drivers_autoprobe);
+
 static int add_probe_files(struct bus_type *bus)
 {
 	int retval;
 
-	bus->drivers_probe_attr.attr.name = "drivers_probe";
-	bus->drivers_probe_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
-	bus->drivers_probe_attr.store = store_drivers_probe;
-	retval = bus_create_file(bus, &bus->drivers_probe_attr);
+	retval = bus_create_file(bus, &bus_attr_drivers_probe);
 	if (retval)
 		goto out;
 
-	bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr.attr.name = "drivers_autoprobe";
-	bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO;
-	bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr.show = show_drivers_autoprobe;
-	bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr.store = store_drivers_autoprobe;
-	retval = bus_create_file(bus, &bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr);
+	retval = bus_create_file(bus, &bus_attr_drivers_autoprobe);
 	if (retval)
-		bus_remove_file(bus, &bus->drivers_probe_attr);
+		bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_drivers_probe);
 out:
 	return retval;
 }
 
 static void remove_probe_files(struct bus_type *bus)
 {
-	bus_remove_file(bus, &bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr);
-	bus_remove_file(bus, &bus->drivers_probe_attr);
+	bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_drivers_autoprobe);
+	bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_drivers_probe);
 }
 #else
 static inline int add_bind_files(struct device_driver *drv) { return 0; }
@@ -602,6 +610,17 @@ static inline int add_probe_files(struct bus_type *bus) { return 0; }
 static inline void remove_probe_files(struct bus_type *bus) {}
 #endif
 
+static ssize_t driver_uevent_store(struct device_driver *drv,
+				   const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	enum kobject_action action;
+
+	if (kobject_action_type(buf, count, &action) == 0)
+		kobject_uevent(&drv->kobj, action);
+	return count;
+}
+static DRIVER_ATTR(uevent, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_uevent_store);
+
 /**
  *	bus_add_driver - Add a driver to the bus.
  *	@drv:	driver.
@@ -609,7 +628,7 @@ static inline void remove_probe_files(struct bus_type *bus) {}
  */
 int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 {
-	struct bus_type * bus = get_bus(drv->bus);
+	struct bus_type * bus = bus_get(drv->bus);
 	int error = 0;
 
 	if (!bus)
@@ -632,6 +651,11 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 	klist_add_tail(&drv->knode_bus, &bus->klist_drivers);
 	module_add_driver(drv->owner, drv);
 
+	error = driver_create_file(drv, &driver_attr_uevent);
+	if (error) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: uevent attr (%s) failed\n",
+			__FUNCTION__, drv->name);
+	}
 	error = driver_add_attrs(bus, drv);
 	if (error) {
 		/* How the hell do we get out of this pickle? Give up */
@@ -649,7 +673,7 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 out_unregister:
 	kobject_unregister(&drv->kobj);
 out_put_bus:
-	put_bus(bus);
+	bus_put(bus);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -669,12 +693,13 @@ void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
 
 	remove_bind_files(drv);
 	driver_remove_attrs(drv->bus, drv);
+	driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_uevent);
 	klist_remove(&drv->knode_bus);
 	pr_debug("bus %s: remove driver %s\n", drv->bus->name, drv->name);
 	driver_detach(drv);
 	module_remove_driver(drv);
 	kobject_unregister(&drv->kobj);
-	put_bus(drv->bus);
+	bus_put(drv->bus);
 }
 
 
@@ -729,18 +754,6 @@ int device_reprobe(struct device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_reprobe);
 
-struct bus_type *get_bus(struct bus_type *bus)
-{
-	return bus ? container_of(subsys_get(&bus->subsys),
-				struct bus_type, subsys) : NULL;
-}
-
-void put_bus(struct bus_type * bus)
-{
-	subsys_put(&bus->subsys);
-}
-
-
 /**
  *	find_bus - locate bus by name.
  *	@name:	name of bus.
@@ -808,6 +821,17 @@ static void klist_devices_put(struct klist_node *n)
 	put_device(dev);
 }
 
+static ssize_t bus_uevent_store(struct bus_type *bus,
+				const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	enum kobject_action action;
+
+	if (kobject_action_type(buf, count, &action) == 0)
+		kobject_uevent(&bus->subsys.kobj, action);
+	return count;
+}
+static BUS_ATTR(uevent, S_IWUSR, NULL, bus_uevent_store);
+
 /**
  *	bus_register - register a bus with the system.
  *	@bus:	bus.
@@ -826,11 +850,16 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus)
 	if (retval)
 		goto out;
 
-	subsys_set_kset(bus, bus_subsys);
+	bus->subsys.kobj.kset = &bus_subsys;
+
 	retval = subsystem_register(&bus->subsys);
 	if (retval)
 		goto out;
 
+	retval = bus_create_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent);
+	if (retval)
+		goto bus_uevent_fail;
+
 	kobject_set_name(&bus->devices.kobj, "devices");
 	bus->devices.kobj.parent = &bus->subsys.kobj;
 	retval = kset_register(&bus->devices);
@@ -839,7 +868,7 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus)
 
 	kobject_set_name(&bus->drivers.kobj, "drivers");
 	bus->drivers.kobj.parent = &bus->subsys.kobj;
-	bus->drivers.ktype = &ktype_driver;
+	bus->drivers.ktype = &driver_ktype;
 	retval = kset_register(&bus->drivers);
 	if (retval)
 		goto bus_drivers_fail;
@@ -866,6 +895,8 @@ bus_probe_files_fail:
 bus_drivers_fail:
 	kset_unregister(&bus->devices);
 bus_devices_fail:
+	bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent);
+bus_uevent_fail:
 	subsystem_unregister(&bus->subsys);
 out:
 	return retval;
@@ -876,7 +907,7 @@ out:
  *	@bus:	bus.
  *
  *	Unregister the child subsystems and the bus itself.
- *	Finally, we call put_bus() to release the refcount
+ *	Finally, we call bus_put() to release the refcount
  */
 void bus_unregister(struct bus_type * bus)
 {
@@ -885,6 +916,7 @@ void bus_unregister(struct bus_type * bus)
 	remove_probe_files(bus);
 	kset_unregister(&bus->drivers);
 	kset_unregister(&bus->devices);
+	bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent);
 	subsystem_unregister(&bus->subsys);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 4d2222618b7..a863bb091e1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ static struct sysfs_ops class_sysfs_ops = {
 	.store	= class_attr_store,
 };
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_class = {
+static struct kobj_type class_ktype = {
 	.sysfs_ops	= &class_sysfs_ops,
 	.release	= class_release,
 };
 
 /* Hotplug events for classes go to the class_obj subsys */
-static decl_subsys(class, &ktype_class, NULL);
+static decl_subsys(class, &class_ktype, NULL);
 
 
 int class_create_file(struct class * cls, const struct class_attribute * attr)
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ void class_remove_file(struct class * cls, const struct class_attribute * attr)
 static struct class *class_get(struct class *cls)
 {
 	if (cls)
-		return container_of(subsys_get(&cls->subsys), struct class, subsys);
+		return container_of(kset_get(&cls->subsys), struct class, subsys);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
 static void class_put(struct class * cls)
 {
 	if (cls)
-		subsys_put(&cls->subsys);
+		kset_put(&cls->subsys);
 }
 
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int class_register(struct class * cls)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	subsys_set_kset(cls, class_subsys);
+	cls->subsys.kobj.kset = &class_subsys;
 
 	error = subsystem_register(&cls->subsys);
 	if (!error) {
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ static void class_device_create_release(struct class_device *class_dev)
 
 /* needed to allow these devices to have parent class devices */
 static int class_device_create_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev,
-				       char **envp, int num_envp,
-				       char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+				      struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	pr_debug("%s called for %s\n", __FUNCTION__, class_dev->class_id);
 	return 0;
@@ -324,7 +323,7 @@ static void class_dev_release(struct kobject * kobj)
 	}
 }
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_class_device = {
+static struct kobj_type class_device_ktype = {
 	.sysfs_ops	= &class_dev_sysfs_ops,
 	.release	= class_dev_release,
 };
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ static int class_uevent_filter(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	struct kobj_type *ktype = get_ktype(kobj);
 
-	if (ktype == &ktype_class_device) {
+	if (ktype == &class_device_ktype) {
 		struct class_device *class_dev = to_class_dev(kobj);
 		if (class_dev->class)
 			return 1;
@@ -403,64 +402,43 @@ static void remove_deprecated_class_device_links(struct class_device *cd)
 { }
 #endif
 
-static int class_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
-			 int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int class_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
+			struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct class_device *class_dev = to_class_dev(kobj);
 	struct device *dev = class_dev->dev;
-	int i = 0;
-	int length = 0;
 	int retval = 0;
 
 	pr_debug("%s - name = %s\n", __FUNCTION__, class_dev->class_id);
 
 	if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt)) {
-		add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			       "MAJOR=%u", MAJOR(class_dev->devt));
+		add_uevent_var(env, "MAJOR=%u", MAJOR(class_dev->devt));
 
-		add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			       "MINOR=%u", MINOR(class_dev->devt));
+		add_uevent_var(env, "MINOR=%u", MINOR(class_dev->devt));
 	}
 
 	if (dev) {
 		const char *path = kobject_get_path(&dev->kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (path) {
-			add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				       "PHYSDEVPATH=%s", path);
+			add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVPATH=%s", path);
 			kfree(path);
 		}
 
 		if (dev->bus)
-			add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				       "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", dev->bus->name);
+			add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", dev->bus->name);
 
 		if (dev->driver)
-			add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				       "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
+			add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
 	}
 
-	/* terminate, set to next free slot, shrink available space */
-	envp[i] = NULL;
-	envp = &envp[i];
-	num_envp -= i;
-	buffer = &buffer[length];
-	buffer_size -= length;
-
 	if (class_dev->uevent) {
 		/* have the class device specific function add its stuff */
-		retval = class_dev->uevent(class_dev, envp, num_envp,
-					    buffer, buffer_size);
+		retval = class_dev->uevent(class_dev, env);
 		if (retval)
 			pr_debug("class_dev->uevent() returned %d\n", retval);
 	} else if (class_dev->class->uevent) {
 		/* have the class specific function add its stuff */
-		retval = class_dev->class->uevent(class_dev, envp, num_envp,
-						   buffer, buffer_size);
+		retval = class_dev->class->uevent(class_dev, env);
 		if (retval)
 			pr_debug("class->uevent() returned %d\n", retval);
 	}
@@ -474,7 +452,7 @@ static struct kset_uevent_ops class_uevent_ops = {
 	.uevent =	class_uevent,
 };
 
-static decl_subsys(class_obj, &ktype_class_device, &class_uevent_ops);
+static decl_subsys(class_obj, &class_device_ktype, &class_uevent_ops);
 
 
 static int class_device_add_attrs(struct class_device * cd)
@@ -883,7 +861,7 @@ int __init classes_init(void)
 
 	/* ick, this is ugly, the things we go through to keep from showing up
 	 * in sysfs... */
-	subsystem_init(&class_obj_subsys);
+	kset_init(&class_obj_subsys);
 	if (!class_obj_subsys.kobj.parent)
 		class_obj_subsys.kobj.parent = &class_obj_subsys.kobj;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index ec86d6fc236..c1343414d28 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void device_release(struct kobject * kobj)
 	}
 }
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_device = {
+static struct kobj_type device_ktype = {
 	.release	= device_release,
 	.sysfs_ops	= &dev_sysfs_ops,
 };
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int dev_uevent_filter(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	struct kobj_type *ktype = get_ktype(kobj);
 
-	if (ktype == &ktype_device) {
+	if (ktype == &device_ktype) {
 		struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
 		if (dev->uevent_suppress)
 			return 0;
@@ -141,33 +141,23 @@ static const char *dev_uevent_name(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int dev_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
-			int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int dev_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
+		      struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
-	int i = 0;
-	int length = 0;
 	int retval = 0;
 
 	/* add the major/minor if present */
 	if (MAJOR(dev->devt)) {
-		add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			       "MAJOR=%u", MAJOR(dev->devt));
-		add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			       "MINOR=%u", MINOR(dev->devt));
+		add_uevent_var(env, "MAJOR=%u", MAJOR(dev->devt));
+		add_uevent_var(env, "MINOR=%u", MINOR(dev->devt));
 	}
 
 	if (dev->type && dev->type->name)
-		add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			       "DEVTYPE=%s", dev->type->name);
+		add_uevent_var(env, "DEVTYPE=%s", dev->type->name);
 
 	if (dev->driver)
-		add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			       "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
+		add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
 	if (dev->class) {
@@ -181,59 +171,43 @@ static int dev_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
 
 			path = kobject_get_path(&parent->kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (path) {
-				add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-					       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-					       "PHYSDEVPATH=%s", path);
+				add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVPATH=%s", path);
 				kfree(path);
 			}
 
-			add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				       "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", parent->bus->name);
+			add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", parent->bus->name);
 
 			if (parent->driver)
-				add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-					       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-					       "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s", parent->driver->name);
+				add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s",
+					       parent->driver->name);
 		}
 	} else if (dev->bus) {
-		add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			       "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", dev->bus->name);
+		add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", dev->bus->name);
 
 		if (dev->driver)
-			add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				       "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
+			add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
 	}
 #endif
 
-	/* terminate, set to next free slot, shrink available space */
-	envp[i] = NULL;
-	envp = &envp[i];
-	num_envp -= i;
-	buffer = &buffer[length];
-	buffer_size -= length;
-
+	/* have the bus specific function add its stuff */
 	if (dev->bus && dev->bus->uevent) {
-		/* have the bus specific function add its stuff */
-		retval = dev->bus->uevent(dev, envp, num_envp, buffer, buffer_size);
+		retval = dev->bus->uevent(dev, env);
 		if (retval)
 			pr_debug ("%s: bus uevent() returned %d\n",
 				  __FUNCTION__, retval);
 	}
 
+	/* have the class specific function add its stuff */
 	if (dev->class && dev->class->dev_uevent) {
-		/* have the class specific function add its stuff */
-		retval = dev->class->dev_uevent(dev, envp, num_envp, buffer, buffer_size);
+		retval = dev->class->dev_uevent(dev, env);
 		if (retval)
 			pr_debug("%s: class uevent() returned %d\n",
 				 __FUNCTION__, retval);
 	}
 
+	/* have the device type specific fuction add its stuff */
 	if (dev->type && dev->type->uevent) {
-		/* have the device type specific fuction add its stuff */
-		retval = dev->type->uevent(dev, envp, num_envp, buffer, buffer_size);
+		retval = dev->type->uevent(dev, env);
 		if (retval)
 			pr_debug("%s: dev_type uevent() returned %d\n",
 				 __FUNCTION__, retval);
@@ -253,22 +227,18 @@ static ssize_t show_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 {
 	struct kobject *top_kobj;
 	struct kset *kset;
-	char *envp[32];
-	char *data = NULL;
-	char *pos;
+	struct kobj_uevent_env *env = NULL;
 	int i;
 	size_t count = 0;
 	int retval;
 
 	/* search the kset, the device belongs to */
 	top_kobj = &dev->kobj;
-	if (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent) {
-		do {
-			top_kobj = top_kobj->parent;
-		} while (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent);
-	}
+	while (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent)
+		top_kobj = top_kobj->parent;
 	if (!top_kobj->kset)
 		goto out;
+
 	kset = top_kobj->kset;
 	if (!kset->uevent_ops || !kset->uevent_ops->uevent)
 		goto out;
@@ -278,43 +248,29 @@ static ssize_t show_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		if (!kset->uevent_ops->filter(kset, &dev->kobj))
 			goto out;
 
-	data = (char *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data)
+	env = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kobj_uevent_env), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!env)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* let the kset specific function add its keys */
-	pos = data;
-	memset(envp, 0, sizeof(envp));
-	retval = kset->uevent_ops->uevent(kset, &dev->kobj,
-					  envp, ARRAY_SIZE(envp),
-					  pos, PAGE_SIZE);
+	retval = kset->uevent_ops->uevent(kset, &dev->kobj, env);
 	if (retval)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* copy keys to file */
-	for (i = 0; envp[i]; i++) {
-		pos = &buf[count];
-		count += sprintf(pos, "%s\n", envp[i]);
-	}
+	for (i = 0; i < env->envp_idx; i++)
+		count += sprintf(&buf[count], "%s\n", env->envp[i]);
 out:
-	free_page((unsigned long)data);
+	kfree(env);
 	return count;
 }
 
 static ssize_t store_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			    const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	size_t len = count;
 	enum kobject_action action;
 
-	if (len && buf[len-1] == '\n')
-		len--;
-
-	for (action = 0; action < KOBJ_MAX; action++) {
-		if (strncmp(kobject_actions[action], buf, len) != 0)
-			continue;
-		if (kobject_actions[action][len] != '\0')
-			continue;
+	if (kobject_action_type(buf, count, &action) == 0) {
 		kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, action);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -449,7 +405,7 @@ static struct device_attribute devt_attr =
  *	devices_subsys - structure to be registered with kobject core.
  */
 
-decl_subsys(devices, &ktype_device, &device_uevent_ops);
+decl_subsys(devices, &device_ktype, &device_uevent_ops);
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index b24efd4e3e3..0295855a3ee 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -88,19 +88,14 @@ static CLASS_ATTR(timeout, 0644, firmware_timeout_show, firmware_timeout_store);
 
 static void fw_dev_release(struct device *dev);
 
-static int firmware_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			   char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int firmware_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-	int i = 0, len = 0;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-			   "FIRMWARE=%s", fw_priv->fw_id))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "FIRMWARE=%s", fw_priv->fw_id))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-			   "TIMEOUT=%i", loading_timeout))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "TIMEOUT=%i", loading_timeout))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -297,8 +292,7 @@ firmware_class_timeout(u_long data)
 
 static inline void fw_setup_device_id(struct device *f_dev, struct device *dev)
 {
-	/* XXX warning we should watch out for name collisions */
-	strlcpy(f_dev->bus_id, dev->bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE);
+	snprintf(f_dev->bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "firmware-%s", dev->bus_id);
 }
 
 static int fw_register_device(struct device **dev_p, const char *fw_name,
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 74b96795d2f..cb99daeae93 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ static const char *memory_uevent_name(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
 	return MEMORY_CLASS_NAME;
 }
 
-static int memory_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
-			int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int memory_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	int retval = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 869ff8c0014..fb560924148 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -160,13 +160,8 @@ static void platform_device_release(struct device *dev)
  *
  *	Create a platform device object which can have other objects attached
  *	to it, and which will have attached objects freed when it is released.
- *
- *	This device will be marked as not supporting hotpluggable drivers; no
- *	device add/remove uevents will be generated.  In the unusual case that
- *	the device isn't being dynamically allocated as a legacy "probe the
- *	hardware" driver, infrastructure code should reverse this marking.
  */
-struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, unsigned int id)
+struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id)
 {
 	struct platform_object *pa;
 
@@ -177,12 +172,6 @@ struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, unsigned int id)
 		pa->pdev.id = id;
 		device_initialize(&pa->pdev.dev);
 		pa->pdev.dev.release = platform_device_release;
-
-		/* prevent hotplug "modprobe $(MODALIAS)" from causing trouble in
-		 * legacy probe-the-hardware drivers, which don't properly split
-		 * out device enumeration logic from drivers.
-		 */
-		pa->pdev.dev.uevent_suppress = 1;
 	}
 
 	return pa ? &pa->pdev : NULL;
@@ -256,7 +245,8 @@ int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pdev->dev.bus = &platform_bus_type;
 
 	if (pdev->id != -1)
-		snprintf(pdev->dev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s.%u", pdev->name, pdev->id);
+		snprintf(pdev->dev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s.%d", pdev->name,
+			 pdev->id);
 	else
 		strlcpy(pdev->dev.bus_id, pdev->name, BUS_ID_SIZE);
 
@@ -370,7 +360,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregister);
  *	the Linux driver model.  In particular, when such drivers are built
  *	as modules, they can't be "hotplugged".
  */
-struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *name, unsigned int id,
+struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *name, int id,
 							struct resource *res, unsigned int num)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
@@ -530,7 +520,7 @@ static ssize_t
 modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *a, char *buf)
 {
 	struct platform_device	*pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-	int len = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", pdev->name);
+	int len = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "platform:%s\n", pdev->name);
 
 	return (len >= PAGE_SIZE) ? (PAGE_SIZE - 1) : len;
 }
@@ -540,13 +530,11 @@ static struct device_attribute platform_dev_attrs[] = {
 	__ATTR_NULL,
 };
 
-static int platform_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int platform_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct platform_device	*pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 
-	envp[0] = buffer;
-	snprintf(buffer, buffer_size, "MODALIAS=%s", pdev->name);
+	add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=platform:%s", pdev->name);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/Makefile b/drivers/base/power/Makefile
index 9caeaea753a..a803733c839 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/power/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 obj-y			:= shutdown.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PM_SLEEP)	+= main.o suspend.o resume.o sysfs.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PM_SLEEP)	+= main.o sysfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM_TRACE)	+= trace.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER),y)
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c
index eb9f38d0aa5..0ab4ab21f56 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
@@ -20,19 +20,24 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/pm.h>
+#include <linux/resume-trace.h>
 
+#include "../base.h"
 #include "power.h"
 
 LIST_HEAD(dpm_active);
-LIST_HEAD(dpm_off);
-LIST_HEAD(dpm_off_irq);
+static LIST_HEAD(dpm_off);
+static LIST_HEAD(dpm_off_irq);
 
-DEFINE_MUTEX(dpm_mtx);
-DEFINE_MUTEX(dpm_list_mtx);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(dpm_mtx);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(dpm_list_mtx);
 
 int (*platform_enable_wakeup)(struct device *dev, int is_on);
 
+
 int device_pm_add(struct device *dev)
 {
 	int error;
@@ -61,3 +66,334 @@ void device_pm_remove(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 
+/*------------------------- Resume routines -------------------------*/
+
+/**
+ *	resume_device - Restore state for one device.
+ *	@dev:	Device.
+ *
+ */
+
+static int resume_device(struct device * dev)
+{
+	int error = 0;
+
+	TRACE_DEVICE(dev);
+	TRACE_RESUME(0);
+
+	down(&dev->sem);
+
+	if (dev->bus && dev->bus->resume) {
+		dev_dbg(dev,"resuming\n");
+		error = dev->bus->resume(dev);
+	}
+
+	if (!error && dev->type && dev->type->resume) {
+		dev_dbg(dev,"resuming\n");
+		error = dev->type->resume(dev);
+	}
+
+	if (!error && dev->class && dev->class->resume) {
+		dev_dbg(dev,"class resume\n");
+		error = dev->class->resume(dev);
+	}
+
+	up(&dev->sem);
+
+	TRACE_RESUME(error);
+	return error;
+}
+
+
+static int resume_device_early(struct device * dev)
+{
+	int error = 0;
+
+	TRACE_DEVICE(dev);
+	TRACE_RESUME(0);
+	if (dev->bus && dev->bus->resume_early) {
+		dev_dbg(dev,"EARLY resume\n");
+		error = dev->bus->resume_early(dev);
+	}
+	TRACE_RESUME(error);
+	return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Resume the devices that have either not gone through
+ * the late suspend, or that did go through it but also
+ * went through the early resume
+ */
+static void dpm_resume(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+	while(!list_empty(&dpm_off)) {
+		struct list_head * entry = dpm_off.next;
+		struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
+
+		get_device(dev);
+		list_move_tail(entry, &dpm_active);
+
+		mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+		resume_device(dev);
+		mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+		put_device(dev);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ *	device_resume - Restore state of each device in system.
+ *
+ *	Walk the dpm_off list, remove each entry, resume the device,
+ *	then add it to the dpm_active list.
+ */
+
+void device_resume(void)
+{
+	might_sleep();
+	mutex_lock(&dpm_mtx);
+	dpm_resume();
+	mutex_unlock(&dpm_mtx);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_resume);
+
+
+/**
+ *	dpm_power_up - Power on some devices.
+ *
+ *	Walk the dpm_off_irq list and power each device up. This
+ *	is used for devices that required they be powered down with
+ *	interrupts disabled. As devices are powered on, they are moved
+ *	to the dpm_active list.
+ *
+ *	Interrupts must be disabled when calling this.
+ */
+
+static void dpm_power_up(void)
+{
+	while(!list_empty(&dpm_off_irq)) {
+		struct list_head * entry = dpm_off_irq.next;
+		struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
+
+		list_move_tail(entry, &dpm_off);
+		resume_device_early(dev);
+	}
+}
+
+
+/**
+ *	device_power_up - Turn on all devices that need special attention.
+ *
+ *	Power on system devices then devices that required we shut them down
+ *	with interrupts disabled.
+ *	Called with interrupts disabled.
+ */
+
+void device_power_up(void)
+{
+	sysdev_resume();
+	dpm_power_up();
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_power_up);
+
+
+/*------------------------- Suspend routines -------------------------*/
+
+/*
+ * The entries in the dpm_active list are in a depth first order, simply
+ * because children are guaranteed to be discovered after parents, and
+ * are inserted at the back of the list on discovery.
+ *
+ * All list on the suspend path are done in reverse order, so we operate
+ * on the leaves of the device tree (or forests, depending on how you want
+ * to look at it ;) first. As nodes are removed from the back of the list,
+ * they are inserted into the front of their destintation lists.
+ *
+ * Things are the reverse on the resume path - iterations are done in
+ * forward order, and nodes are inserted at the back of their destination
+ * lists. This way, the ancestors will be accessed before their descendents.
+ */
+
+static inline char *suspend_verb(u32 event)
+{
+	switch (event) {
+	case PM_EVENT_SUSPEND:	return "suspend";
+	case PM_EVENT_FREEZE:	return "freeze";
+	case PM_EVENT_PRETHAW:	return "prethaw";
+	default:		return "(unknown suspend event)";
+	}
+}
+
+
+static void
+suspend_device_dbg(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state, char *info)
+{
+	dev_dbg(dev, "%s%s%s\n", info, suspend_verb(state.event),
+		((state.event == PM_EVENT_SUSPEND) && device_may_wakeup(dev)) ?
+		", may wakeup" : "");
+}
+
+/**
+ *	suspend_device - Save state of one device.
+ *	@dev:	Device.
+ *	@state:	Power state device is entering.
+ */
+
+static int suspend_device(struct device * dev, pm_message_t state)
+{
+	int error = 0;
+
+	down(&dev->sem);
+	if (dev->power.power_state.event) {
+		dev_dbg(dev, "PM: suspend %d-->%d\n",
+			dev->power.power_state.event, state.event);
+	}
+
+	if (dev->class && dev->class->suspend) {
+		suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "class ");
+		error = dev->class->suspend(dev, state);
+		suspend_report_result(dev->class->suspend, error);
+	}
+
+	if (!error && dev->type && dev->type->suspend) {
+		suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "type ");
+		error = dev->type->suspend(dev, state);
+		suspend_report_result(dev->type->suspend, error);
+	}
+
+	if (!error && dev->bus && dev->bus->suspend) {
+		suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "");
+		error = dev->bus->suspend(dev, state);
+		suspend_report_result(dev->bus->suspend, error);
+	}
+	up(&dev->sem);
+	return error;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * This is called with interrupts off, only a single CPU
+ * running. We can't acquire a mutex or semaphore (and we don't
+ * need the protection)
+ */
+static int suspend_device_late(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state)
+{
+	int error = 0;
+
+	if (dev->bus && dev->bus->suspend_late) {
+		suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "LATE ");
+		error = dev->bus->suspend_late(dev, state);
+		suspend_report_result(dev->bus->suspend_late, error);
+	}
+	return error;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	device_suspend - Save state and stop all devices in system.
+ *	@state:		Power state to put each device in.
+ *
+ *	Walk the dpm_active list, call ->suspend() for each device, and move
+ *	it to the dpm_off list.
+ *
+ *	(For historical reasons, if it returns -EAGAIN, that used to mean
+ *	that the device would be called again with interrupts disabled.
+ *	These days, we use the "suspend_late()" callback for that, so we
+ *	print a warning and consider it an error).
+ *
+ *	If we get a different error, try and back out.
+ *
+ *	If we hit a failure with any of the devices, call device_resume()
+ *	above to bring the suspended devices back to life.
+ *
+ */
+
+int device_suspend(pm_message_t state)
+{
+	int error = 0;
+
+	might_sleep();
+	mutex_lock(&dpm_mtx);
+	mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+	while (!list_empty(&dpm_active) && error == 0) {
+		struct list_head * entry = dpm_active.prev;
+		struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
+
+		get_device(dev);
+		mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+
+		error = suspend_device(dev, state);
+
+		mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+
+		/* Check if the device got removed */
+		if (!list_empty(&dev->power.entry)) {
+			/* Move it to the dpm_off list */
+			if (!error)
+				list_move(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_off);
+		}
+		if (error)
+			printk(KERN_ERR "Could not suspend device %s: "
+				"error %d%s\n",
+				kobject_name(&dev->kobj), error,
+				error == -EAGAIN ? " (please convert to suspend_late)" : "");
+		put_device(dev);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+	if (error)
+		dpm_resume();
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dpm_mtx);
+	return error;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_suspend);
+
+/**
+ *	device_power_down - Shut down special devices.
+ *	@state:		Power state to enter.
+ *
+ *	Walk the dpm_off_irq list, calling ->power_down() for each device that
+ *	couldn't power down the device with interrupts enabled. When we're
+ *	done, power down system devices.
+ */
+
+int device_power_down(pm_message_t state)
+{
+	int error = 0;
+	struct device * dev;
+
+	while (!list_empty(&dpm_off)) {
+		struct list_head * entry = dpm_off.prev;
+
+		dev = to_device(entry);
+		error = suspend_device_late(dev, state);
+		if (error)
+			goto Error;
+		list_move(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_off_irq);
+	}
+
+	error = sysdev_suspend(state);
+ Done:
+	return error;
+ Error:
+	printk(KERN_ERR "Could not power down device %s: "
+		"error %d\n", kobject_name(&dev->kobj), error);
+	dpm_power_up();
+	goto Done;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_power_down);
+
+void __suspend_report_result(const char *function, void *fn, int ret)
+{
+	if (ret) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s(): ", function);
+		print_fn_descriptor_symbol("%s() returns ", (unsigned long)fn);
+		printk("%d\n", ret);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__suspend_report_result);
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/power.h b/drivers/base/power/power.h
index 8ba0830cbc0..5c4efd493fa 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/power.h
+++ b/drivers/base/power/power.h
@@ -11,32 +11,11 @@ extern void device_shutdown(void);
  * main.c
  */
 
-/*
- * Used to synchronize global power management operations.
- */
-extern struct mutex dpm_mtx;
-
-/*
- * Used to serialize changes to the dpm_* lists.
- */
-extern struct mutex dpm_list_mtx;
-
-/*
- * The PM lists.
- */
-extern struct list_head dpm_active;
-extern struct list_head dpm_off;
-extern struct list_head dpm_off_irq;
-
-
-static inline struct dev_pm_info * to_pm_info(struct list_head * entry)
-{
-	return container_of(entry, struct dev_pm_info, entry);
-}
+extern struct list_head dpm_active;	/* The active device list */
 
 static inline struct device * to_device(struct list_head * entry)
 {
-	return container_of(to_pm_info(entry), struct device, power);
+	return container_of(entry, struct device, power.entry);
 }
 
 extern int device_pm_add(struct device *);
@@ -49,19 +28,6 @@ extern void device_pm_remove(struct device *);
 extern int dpm_sysfs_add(struct device *);
 extern void dpm_sysfs_remove(struct device *);
 
-/*
- * resume.c
- */
-
-extern void dpm_resume(void);
-extern void dpm_power_up(void);
-extern int resume_device(struct device *);
-
-/*
- * suspend.c
- */
-extern int suspend_device(struct device *, pm_message_t);
-
 #else /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/resume.c b/drivers/base/power/resume.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 00fd84ae6e6..00000000000
--- a/drivers/base/power/resume.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * resume.c - Functions for waking devices up.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2003 Patrick Mochel
- * Copyright (c) 2003 Open Source Development Labs
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/resume-trace.h>
-#include "../base.h"
-#include "power.h"
-
-
-/**
- *	resume_device - Restore state for one device.
- *	@dev:	Device.
- *
- */
-
-int resume_device(struct device * dev)
-{
-	int error = 0;
-
-	TRACE_DEVICE(dev);
-	TRACE_RESUME(0);
-
-	down(&dev->sem);
-
-	if (dev->bus && dev->bus->resume) {
-		dev_dbg(dev,"resuming\n");
-		error = dev->bus->resume(dev);
-	}
-
-	if (!error && dev->type && dev->type->resume) {
-		dev_dbg(dev,"resuming\n");
-		error = dev->type->resume(dev);
-	}
-
-	if (!error && dev->class && dev->class->resume) {
-		dev_dbg(dev,"class resume\n");
-		error = dev->class->resume(dev);
-	}
-
-	up(&dev->sem);
-
-	TRACE_RESUME(error);
-	return error;
-}
-
-
-static int resume_device_early(struct device * dev)
-{
-	int error = 0;
-
-	TRACE_DEVICE(dev);
-	TRACE_RESUME(0);
-	if (dev->bus && dev->bus->resume_early) {
-		dev_dbg(dev,"EARLY resume\n");
-		error = dev->bus->resume_early(dev);
-	}
-	TRACE_RESUME(error);
-	return error;
-}
-
-/*
- * Resume the devices that have either not gone through
- * the late suspend, or that did go through it but also
- * went through the early resume
- */
-void dpm_resume(void)
-{
-	mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-	while(!list_empty(&dpm_off)) {
-		struct list_head * entry = dpm_off.next;
-		struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
-
-		get_device(dev);
-		list_move_tail(entry, &dpm_active);
-
-		mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-		resume_device(dev);
-		mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-		put_device(dev);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-}
-
-
-/**
- *	device_resume - Restore state of each device in system.
- *
- *	Walk the dpm_off list, remove each entry, resume the device,
- *	then add it to the dpm_active list.
- */
-
-void device_resume(void)
-{
-	might_sleep();
-	mutex_lock(&dpm_mtx);
-	dpm_resume();
-	mutex_unlock(&dpm_mtx);
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_resume);
-
-
-/**
- *	dpm_power_up - Power on some devices.
- *
- *	Walk the dpm_off_irq list and power each device up. This
- *	is used for devices that required they be powered down with
- *	interrupts disabled. As devices are powered on, they are moved
- *	to the dpm_active list.
- *
- *	Interrupts must be disabled when calling this.
- */
-
-void dpm_power_up(void)
-{
-	while(!list_empty(&dpm_off_irq)) {
-		struct list_head * entry = dpm_off_irq.next;
-		struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
-
-		list_move_tail(entry, &dpm_off);
-		resume_device_early(dev);
-	}
-}
-
-
-/**
- *	device_power_up - Turn on all devices that need special attention.
- *
- *	Power on system devices then devices that required we shut them down
- *	with interrupts disabled.
- *	Called with interrupts disabled.
- */
-
-void device_power_up(void)
-{
-	sysdev_resume();
-	dpm_power_up();
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_power_up);
-
-
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/suspend.c b/drivers/base/power/suspend.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 26df9b23173..00000000000
--- a/drivers/base/power/suspend.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * suspend.c - Functions for putting devices to sleep.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2003 Patrick Mochel
- * Copyright (c) 2003 Open Source Development Labs
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
-#include <linux/pm.h>
-#include "../base.h"
-#include "power.h"
-
-/*
- * The entries in the dpm_active list are in a depth first order, simply
- * because children are guaranteed to be discovered after parents, and
- * are inserted at the back of the list on discovery.
- *
- * All list on the suspend path are done in reverse order, so we operate
- * on the leaves of the device tree (or forests, depending on how you want
- * to look at it ;) first. As nodes are removed from the back of the list,
- * they are inserted into the front of their destintation lists.
- *
- * Things are the reverse on the resume path - iterations are done in
- * forward order, and nodes are inserted at the back of their destination
- * lists. This way, the ancestors will be accessed before their descendents.
- */
-
-static inline char *suspend_verb(u32 event)
-{
-	switch (event) {
-	case PM_EVENT_SUSPEND:	return "suspend";
-	case PM_EVENT_FREEZE:	return "freeze";
-	case PM_EVENT_PRETHAW:	return "prethaw";
-	default:		return "(unknown suspend event)";
-	}
-}
-
-
-static void
-suspend_device_dbg(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state, char *info)
-{
-	dev_dbg(dev, "%s%s%s\n", info, suspend_verb(state.event),
-		((state.event == PM_EVENT_SUSPEND) && device_may_wakeup(dev)) ?
-		", may wakeup" : "");
-}
-
-/**
- *	suspend_device - Save state of one device.
- *	@dev:	Device.
- *	@state:	Power state device is entering.
- */
-
-int suspend_device(struct device * dev, pm_message_t state)
-{
-	int error = 0;
-
-	down(&dev->sem);
-	if (dev->power.power_state.event) {
-		dev_dbg(dev, "PM: suspend %d-->%d\n",
-			dev->power.power_state.event, state.event);
-	}
-
-	if (dev->class && dev->class->suspend) {
-		suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "class ");
-		error = dev->class->suspend(dev, state);
-		suspend_report_result(dev->class->suspend, error);
-	}
-
-	if (!error && dev->type && dev->type->suspend) {
-		suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "type ");
-		error = dev->type->suspend(dev, state);
-		suspend_report_result(dev->type->suspend, error);
-	}
-
-	if (!error && dev->bus && dev->bus->suspend) {
-		suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "");
-		error = dev->bus->suspend(dev, state);
-		suspend_report_result(dev->bus->suspend, error);
-	}
-	up(&dev->sem);
-	return error;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * This is called with interrupts off, only a single CPU
- * running. We can't acquire a mutex or semaphore (and we don't
- * need the protection)
- */
-static int suspend_device_late(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state)
-{
-	int error = 0;
-
-	if (dev->bus && dev->bus->suspend_late) {
-		suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "LATE ");
-		error = dev->bus->suspend_late(dev, state);
-		suspend_report_result(dev->bus->suspend_late, error);
-	}
-	return error;
-}
-
-/**
- *	device_suspend - Save state and stop all devices in system.
- *	@state:		Power state to put each device in.
- *
- *	Walk the dpm_active list, call ->suspend() for each device, and move
- *	it to the dpm_off list.
- *
- *	(For historical reasons, if it returns -EAGAIN, that used to mean
- *	that the device would be called again with interrupts disabled.
- *	These days, we use the "suspend_late()" callback for that, so we
- *	print a warning and consider it an error).
- *
- *	If we get a different error, try and back out.
- *
- *	If we hit a failure with any of the devices, call device_resume()
- *	above to bring the suspended devices back to life.
- *
- */
-
-int device_suspend(pm_message_t state)
-{
-	int error = 0;
-
-	might_sleep();
-	mutex_lock(&dpm_mtx);
-	mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-	while (!list_empty(&dpm_active) && error == 0) {
-		struct list_head * entry = dpm_active.prev;
-		struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
-
-		get_device(dev);
-		mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-
-		error = suspend_device(dev, state);
-
-		mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-
-		/* Check if the device got removed */
-		if (!list_empty(&dev->power.entry)) {
-			/* Move it to the dpm_off list */
-			if (!error)
-				list_move(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_off);
-		}
-		if (error)
-			printk(KERN_ERR "Could not suspend device %s: "
-				"error %d%s\n",
-				kobject_name(&dev->kobj), error,
-				error == -EAGAIN ? " (please convert to suspend_late)" : "");
-		put_device(dev);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-	if (error)
-		dpm_resume();
-
-	mutex_unlock(&dpm_mtx);
-	return error;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_suspend);
-
-/**
- *	device_power_down - Shut down special devices.
- *	@state:		Power state to enter.
- *
- *	Walk the dpm_off_irq list, calling ->power_down() for each device that
- *	couldn't power down the device with interrupts enabled. When we're
- *	done, power down system devices.
- */
-
-int device_power_down(pm_message_t state)
-{
-	int error = 0;
-	struct device * dev;
-
-	while (!list_empty(&dpm_off)) {
-		struct list_head * entry = dpm_off.prev;
-
-		dev = to_device(entry);
-		error = suspend_device_late(dev, state);
-		if (error)
-			goto Error;
-		list_move(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_off_irq);
-	}
-
-	error = sysdev_suspend(state);
- Done:
-	return error;
- Error:
-	printk(KERN_ERR "Could not power down device %s: "
-		"error %d\n", kobject_name(&dev->kobj), error);
-	dpm_power_up();
-	goto Done;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_power_down);
-
-void __suspend_report_result(const char *function, void *fn, int ret)
-{
-	if (ret) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s(): ", function);
-		print_fn_descriptor_symbol("%s() returns ", (unsigned long)fn);
-		printk("%d\n", ret);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__suspend_report_result);
diff --git a/drivers/base/sys.c b/drivers/base/sys.c
index 18febe26caa..ac7ff6d0c6e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/sys.c
+++ b/drivers/base/sys.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int sysdev_class_register(struct sysdev_class * cls)
 		 kobject_name(&cls->kset.kobj));
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->drivers);
 	cls->kset.kobj.parent = &system_subsys.kobj;
-	kset_set_kset_s(cls, system_subsys);
+	cls->kset.kobj.kset = &system_subsys;
 	return kset_register(&cls->kset);
 }
 
@@ -153,25 +153,22 @@ void sysdev_class_unregister(struct sysdev_class * cls)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysdev_class_register);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysdev_class_unregister);
 
-
-static LIST_HEAD(sysdev_drivers);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(sysdev_drivers_lock);
 
 /**
  *	sysdev_driver_register - Register auxillary driver
- * 	@cls:	Device class driver belongs to.
+ *	@cls:	Device class driver belongs to.
  *	@drv:	Driver.
  *
- *	If @cls is valid, then @drv is inserted into @cls->drivers to be
+ *	@drv is inserted into @cls->drivers to be
  *	called on each operation on devices of that class. The refcount
  *	of @cls is incremented.
- *	Otherwise, @drv is inserted into sysdev_drivers, and called for
- *	each device.
  */
 
-int sysdev_driver_register(struct sysdev_class * cls,
-			   struct sysdev_driver * drv)
+int sysdev_driver_register(struct sysdev_class *cls, struct sysdev_driver *drv)
 {
+	int err = 0;
+
 	mutex_lock(&sysdev_drivers_lock);
 	if (cls && kset_get(&cls->kset)) {
 		list_add_tail(&drv->entry, &cls->drivers);
@@ -182,10 +179,13 @@ int sysdev_driver_register(struct sysdev_class * cls,
 			list_for_each_entry(dev, &cls->kset.list, kobj.entry)
 				drv->add(dev);
 		}
-	} else
-		list_add_tail(&drv->entry, &sysdev_drivers);
+	} else {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: invalid device class\n", __FUNCTION__);
+		WARN_ON(1);
+	}
 	mutex_unlock(&sysdev_drivers_lock);
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 
@@ -251,12 +251,6 @@ int sysdev_register(struct sys_device * sysdev)
 		 * code that should have called us.
 		 */
 
-		/* Notify global drivers */
-		list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-			if (drv->add)
-				drv->add(sysdev);
-		}
-
 		/* Notify class auxillary drivers */
 		list_for_each_entry(drv, &cls->drivers, entry) {
 			if (drv->add)
@@ -272,11 +266,6 @@ void sysdev_unregister(struct sys_device * sysdev)
 	struct sysdev_driver * drv;
 
 	mutex_lock(&sysdev_drivers_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-		if (drv->remove)
-			drv->remove(sysdev);
-	}
-
 	list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev->cls->drivers, entry) {
 		if (drv->remove)
 			drv->remove(sysdev);
@@ -293,7 +282,7 @@ void sysdev_unregister(struct sys_device * sysdev)
  *
  *	Loop over each class of system devices, and the devices in each
  *	of those classes. For each device, we call the shutdown method for
- *	each driver registered for the device - the globals, the auxillaries,
+ *	each driver registered for the device - the auxillaries,
  *	and the class driver.
  *
  *	Note: The list is iterated in reverse order, so that we shut down
@@ -320,13 +309,7 @@ void sysdev_shutdown(void)
 			struct sysdev_driver * drv;
 			pr_debug(" %s\n", kobject_name(&sysdev->kobj));
 
-			/* Call global drivers first. */
-			list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-				if (drv->shutdown)
-					drv->shutdown(sysdev);
-			}
-
-			/* Call auxillary drivers next. */
+			/* Call auxillary drivers first */
 			list_for_each_entry(drv, &cls->drivers, entry) {
 				if (drv->shutdown)
 					drv->shutdown(sysdev);
@@ -354,12 +337,6 @@ static void __sysdev_resume(struct sys_device *dev)
 		if (drv->resume)
 			drv->resume(dev);
 	}
-
-	/* Call global drivers. */
-	list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-		if (drv->resume)
-			drv->resume(dev);
-	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -393,16 +370,7 @@ int sysdev_suspend(pm_message_t state)
 		list_for_each_entry(sysdev, &cls->kset.list, kobj.entry) {
 			pr_debug(" %s\n", kobject_name(&sysdev->kobj));
 
-			/* Call global drivers first. */
-			list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-				if (drv->suspend) {
-					ret = drv->suspend(sysdev, state);
-					if (ret)
-						goto gbl_driver;
-				}
-			}
-
-			/* Call auxillary drivers next. */
+			/* Call auxillary drivers first */
 			list_for_each_entry(drv, &cls->drivers, entry) {
 				if (drv->suspend) {
 					ret = drv->suspend(sysdev, state);
@@ -436,18 +404,7 @@ aux_driver:
 		if (err_drv->resume)
 			err_drv->resume(sysdev);
 	}
-	drv = NULL;
 
-gbl_driver:
-	if (drv)
-		printk(KERN_ERR "sysdev driver suspend failed for %s\n",
-				kobject_name(&sysdev->kobj));
-	list_for_each_entry(err_drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-		if (err_drv == drv)
-			break;
-		if (err_drv->resume)
-			err_drv->resume(sysdev);
-	}
 	/* resume other sysdevs in current class */
 	list_for_each_entry(err_dev, &cls->kset.list, kobj.entry) {
 		if (err_dev == sysdev)
diff --git a/drivers/char/dsp56k.c b/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
index 9b8278e1f4f..acbfe1c49b4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
+++ b/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static int __init dsp56k_init_driver(void)
 		err = PTR_ERR(dsp56k_class);
 		goto out_chrdev;
 	}
-	class_device_create(dsp56k_class, NULL, MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "dsp56k");
+	device_create(dsp56k_class, NULL, MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0), "dsp56k");
 
 	printk(banner);
 	goto out;
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ module_init(dsp56k_init_driver);
 
 static void __exit dsp56k_cleanup_driver(void)
 {
-	class_device_destroy(dsp56k_class, MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0));
+	device_destroy(dsp56k_class, MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0));
 	class_destroy(dsp56k_class);
 	unregister_chrdev(DSP56K_MAJOR, "dsp56k");
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
index 8d74b8745e6..bd94d5f9e62 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@ cleanup_module(void)
 			iiResetDelay( i2BoardPtrTable[i] );
 			/* free io addresses and Tibet */
 			release_region( ip2config.addr[i], 8 );
-			class_device_destroy(ip2_class, MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i));
-			class_device_destroy(ip2_class, MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i + 1));
+			device_destroy(ip2_class, MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i));
+			device_destroy(ip2_class, MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i + 1));
 		}
 		/* Disable and remove interrupt handler. */
 		if ( (ip2config.irq[i] > 0) && have_requested_irq(ip2config.irq[i]) ) {	
@@ -718,12 +718,12 @@ ip2_loadmain(int *iop, int *irqp, unsigned char *firmware, int firmsize)
 			}
 
 			if ( NULL != ( pB = i2BoardPtrTable[i] ) ) {
-				class_device_create(ip2_class, NULL,
+				device_create(ip2_class, NULL,
 						MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i),
-						NULL, "ipl%d", i);
-				class_device_create(ip2_class, NULL,
+						"ipl%d", i);
+				device_create(ip2_class, NULL,
 						MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i + 1),
-						NULL, "stat%d", i);
+						"stat%d", i);
 
 			    for ( box = 0; box < ABS_MAX_BOXES; ++box )
 			    {
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
index c2aa44ee6eb..0246a2b8ce4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static void ipmi_new_smi(int if_num, struct device *device)
 	entry->dev = dev;
 
 	mutex_lock(&reg_list_mutex);
-	class_device_create(ipmi_class, NULL, dev, device, "ipmi%d", if_num);
+	device_create(ipmi_class, device, dev, "ipmi%d", if_num);
 	list_add(&entry->link, &reg_list);
 	mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
 }
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static void ipmi_smi_gone(int if_num)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	class_device_destroy(ipmi_class, dev);
+	device_destroy(ipmi_class, dev);
 	mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static __exit void cleanup_ipmi(void)
 	mutex_lock(&reg_list_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, entry2, &reg_list, link) {
 		list_del(&entry->link);
-		class_device_destroy(ipmi_class, entry->dev);
+		device_destroy(ipmi_class, entry->dev);
 		kfree(entry);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/char/istallion.c b/drivers/char/istallion.c
index 3c66f402f9d..1f27be1ec3d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/istallion.c
+++ b/drivers/char/istallion.c
@@ -4624,9 +4624,8 @@ static int __init istallion_module_init(void)
 
 	istallion_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "staliomem");
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-		class_device_create(istallion_class, NULL,
-				MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i),
-				NULL, "staliomem%d", i);
+		device_create(istallion_class, NULL, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i),
+			      "staliomem%d", i);
 
 	return 0;
 err_deinit:
@@ -4659,8 +4658,7 @@ static void __exit istallion_module_exit(void)
 	unregister_chrdev(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, "staliomem");
 
 	for (j = 0; j < 4; j++)
-		class_device_destroy(istallion_class, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR,
-					j));
+		device_destroy(istallion_class, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, j));
 	class_destroy(istallion_class);
 
 	pci_unregister_driver(&stli_pcidriver);
diff --git a/drivers/char/lp.c b/drivers/char/lp.c
index 62051f8b091..c59e2a0996c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/lp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/lp.c
@@ -799,8 +799,7 @@ static int lp_register(int nr, struct parport *port)
 	if (reset)
 		lp_reset(nr);
 
-	class_device_create(lp_class, NULL, MKDEV(LP_MAJOR, nr), port->dev,
-				"lp%d", nr);
+	device_create(lp_class, port->dev, MKDEV(LP_MAJOR, nr), "lp%d", nr);
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "lp%d: using %s (%s).\n", nr, port->name, 
 	       (port->irq == PARPORT_IRQ_NONE)?"polling":"interrupt-driven");
@@ -971,7 +970,7 @@ static void lp_cleanup_module (void)
 		if (lp_table[offset].dev == NULL)
 			continue;
 		parport_unregister_device(lp_table[offset].dev);
-		class_device_destroy(lp_class, MKDEV(LP_MAJOR, offset));
+		device_destroy(lp_class, MKDEV(LP_MAJOR, offset));
 	}
 	class_destroy(lp_class);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
index 4177f6db83e..cc5d77797de 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
@@ -1863,8 +1863,7 @@ static int cm4000_probe(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	class_device_create(cmm_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), NULL,
-			    "cmm%d", i);
+	device_create(cmm_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), "cmm%d", i);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1888,7 +1887,7 @@ static void cm4000_detach(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 	dev_table[devno] = NULL;
 	kfree(dev);
 
-	class_device_destroy(cmm_class, MKDEV(major, devno));
+	device_destroy(cmm_class, MKDEV(major, devno));
 
 	return;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
index b24a3e7bbb9..a0b9c8728d5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
@@ -642,8 +642,7 @@ static int reader_probe(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	class_device_create(cmx_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), NULL,
-			    "cmx%d", i);
+	device_create(cmx_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), "cmx%d", i);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -666,7 +665,7 @@ static void reader_detach(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 	dev_table[devno] = NULL;
 	kfree(dev);
 
-	class_device_destroy(cmx_class, MKDEV(major, devno));
+	device_destroy(cmx_class, MKDEV(major, devno));
 
 	return;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/pty.c b/drivers/char/pty.c
index de14aea34e1..73de77105fe 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pty.c
@@ -248,14 +248,19 @@ static int pty_bsd_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 }
 
+static int legacy_count = CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT;
+module_param(legacy_count, int, 0);
+
 static void __init legacy_pty_init(void)
 {
+	if (legacy_count <= 0)
+		return;
 
-	pty_driver = alloc_tty_driver(NR_PTYS);
+	pty_driver = alloc_tty_driver(legacy_count);
 	if (!pty_driver)
 		panic("Couldn't allocate pty driver");
 
-	pty_slave_driver = alloc_tty_driver(NR_PTYS);
+	pty_slave_driver = alloc_tty_driver(legacy_count);
 	if (!pty_slave_driver)
 		panic("Couldn't allocate pty slave driver");
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index 1f0d7c60c94..bbfa0e241cb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -255,10 +255,7 @@ static const struct file_operations raw_ctl_fops = {
 	.owner	=	THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
-static struct cdev raw_cdev = {
-	.kobj	=	{.name = "raw", },
-	.owner	=	THIS_MODULE,
-};
+static struct cdev raw_cdev;
 
 static int __init raw_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/char/snsc.c b/drivers/char/snsc.c
index 52753e723ea..b9c1dba6bd0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/snsc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/snsc.c
@@ -441,8 +441,7 @@ scdrv_init(void)
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			class_device_create(snsc_class, NULL, dev, NULL,
-						"%s", devname);
+			device_create(snsc_class, NULL, dev, "%s", devname);
 
 			ia64_sn_irtr_intr_enable(scd->scd_nasid,
 						 0 /*ignored */ ,
diff --git a/drivers/char/stallion.c b/drivers/char/stallion.c
index 4a80b2f864e..45758d5b56e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/stallion.c
+++ b/drivers/char/stallion.c
@@ -4778,9 +4778,8 @@ static int __init stallion_module_init(void)
 	if (IS_ERR(stallion_class))
 		printk("STALLION: failed to create class\n");
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-		class_device_create(stallion_class, NULL,
-				    MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i), NULL,
-				    "staliomem%d", i);
+		device_create(stallion_class, NULL, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i),
+			      "staliomem%d", i);
 
 	return 0;
 err_unrtty:
@@ -4816,7 +4815,7 @@ static void __exit stallion_module_exit(void)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-		class_device_destroy(stallion_class, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i));
+		device_destroy(stallion_class, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i));
 	unregister_chrdev(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, "staliomem");
 	class_destroy(stallion_class);
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tipar.c b/drivers/char/tipar.c
index 35b40b99653..cef55c40654 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tipar.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tipar.c
@@ -441,8 +441,8 @@ tipar_register(int nr, struct parport *port)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	class_device_create(tipar_class, NULL, MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR,
-			TIPAR_MINOR + nr), port->dev, "par%d", nr);
+	device_create(tipar_class, port->dev, MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR,
+			TIPAR_MINOR + nr), "par%d", nr);
 
 	/* Display informations */
 	pr_info("tipar%d: using %s (%s)\n", nr, port->name, (port->irq ==
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ tipar_cleanup_module(void)
 		if (table[i].dev == NULL)
 			continue;
 		parport_unregister_device(table[i].dev);
-		class_device_destroy(tipar_class, MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR, i));
+		device_destroy(tipar_class, MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR, i));
 	}
 	class_destroy(tipar_class);
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/viotape.c b/drivers/char/viotape.c
index f1d60f0cef8..db7a731e236 100644
--- a/drivers/char/viotape.c
+++ b/drivers/char/viotape.c
@@ -871,10 +871,10 @@ static int viotape_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 	state[i].cur_part = 0;
 	for (j = 0; j < MAX_PARTITIONS; ++j)
 		state[i].part_stat_rwi[j] = VIOT_IDLE;
-	class_device_create(tape_class, NULL, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i), NULL,
+	device_create(tape_class, NULL, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i),
 			"iseries!vt%d", i);
-	class_device_create(tape_class, NULL, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80),
-			NULL, "iseries!nvt%d", i);
+	device_create(tape_class, NULL, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80),
+			"iseries!nvt%d", i);
 	printk(VIOTAPE_KERN_INFO "tape iseries/vt%d is iSeries "
 			"resource %10.10s type %4.4s, model %3.3s\n",
 			i, viotape_unitinfo[i].rsrcname,
@@ -886,8 +886,8 @@ static int viotape_remove(struct vio_dev *vdev)
 {
 	int i = vdev->unit_address;
 
-	class_device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80));
-	class_device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i));
+	device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80));
+	device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index f7b9d6fce12..5e626b12b97 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 	/* prepare interface data */
 	policy->kobj.parent = &sys_dev->kobj;
 	policy->kobj.ktype = &ktype_cpufreq;
-	strlcpy(policy->kobj.name, "cpufreq", KOBJ_NAME_LEN);
+	kobject_set_name(&policy->kobj, "cpufreq");
 
 	ret = kobject_register(&policy->kobj);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index 4a0576bd06f..3706b2bc098 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_mc_set_attribs = {
  *	/sys/devices/system/edac/mc
  */
 static struct kset mc_kset = {
-	.kobj = {.name = "mc", .ktype = &ktype_mc_set_attribs },
+	.kobj = {.ktype = &ktype_mc_set_attribs },
 	.ktype = &ktype_mci,
 };
 
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ int edac_sysfs_setup_mc_kset(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Init the MC's kobject */
+	kobject_set_name(&mc_kset.kobj, "mc");
 	mc_kset.kobj.parent = &edac_class->kset.kobj;
 
 	/* register the mc_kset */
diff --git a/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c b/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c
index d944647c82c..4d4a4739390 100644
--- a/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c
@@ -128,16 +128,11 @@ static int eisa_bus_match (struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int eisa_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			   char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int eisa_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct eisa_device *edev = to_eisa_device(dev);
-	int i = 0;
-	int length = 0;
 
-	add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-		       "MODALIAS=" EISA_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT, edev->id.sig);
-	envp[i] = NULL;
+	add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=" EISA_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT, edev->id.sig);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
index 2b658634163..56681b3b297 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
@@ -130,23 +130,16 @@ static int get_modalias(struct fw_unit *unit, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 }
 
 static int
-fw_unit_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-	       char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+fw_unit_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct fw_unit *unit = fw_unit(dev);
 	char modalias[64];
-	int length = 0;
-	int i = 0;
 
 	get_modalias(unit, modalias, sizeof(modalias));
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "MODALIAS=%s", modalias))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", modalias))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	envp[i] = NULL;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
index 59c3b5aa89f..b6e1eb77d14 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
@@ -13,21 +13,31 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/autoconf.h>
 
-#define DEFINE_DMI_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show)		\
-static struct device_attribute sys_dmi_##_name##_attr =	\
-	__ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, NULL);
-
-#define DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(_name, _mode, _field)			\
-static ssize_t sys_dmi_##_name##_show(struct device *dev,		\
-				      struct device_attribute *attr,	\
-				      char *page)			\
-{									\
-	ssize_t len;							\
-	len = scnprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", dmi_get_system_info(_field)); \
-	page[len-1] = '\n';						\
-	return len;							\
-}									\
-DEFINE_DMI_ATTR(_name, _mode, sys_dmi_##_name##_show);
+struct dmi_device_attribute{
+	struct device_attribute dev_attr;
+	int field;
+};
+#define to_dmi_dev_attr(_dev_attr) \
+	container_of(_dev_attr, struct dmi_device_attribute, dev_attr)
+
+static ssize_t sys_dmi_field_show(struct device *dev,
+				  struct device_attribute *attr,
+				  char *page)
+{
+	int field = to_dmi_dev_attr(attr)->field;
+	ssize_t len;
+	len = scnprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", dmi_get_system_info(field));
+	page[len-1] = '\n';
+	return len;
+}
+
+#define DMI_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _field)			\
+	{ .dev_attr = __ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, NULL),	\
+	  .field = _field }
+
+#define DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(_name, _mode, _field)		\
+static struct dmi_device_attribute sys_dmi_##_name##_attr =	\
+	DMI_ATTR(_name, _mode, sys_dmi_field_show, _field);
 
 DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(bios_vendor,		0444, DMI_BIOS_VENDOR);
 DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(bios_version,		0444, DMI_BIOS_VERSION);
@@ -121,7 +131,8 @@ static ssize_t sys_dmi_modalias_show(struct device *dev,
 	return r+1;
 }
 
-DEFINE_DMI_ATTR(modalias, 0444, sys_dmi_modalias_show);
+static struct device_attribute sys_dmi_modalias_attr =
+	__ATTR(modalias, 0444, sys_dmi_modalias_show, NULL);
 
 static struct attribute *sys_dmi_attributes[DMI_STRING_MAX+2];
 
@@ -134,14 +145,17 @@ static struct attribute_group* sys_dmi_attribute_groups[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static int dmi_dev_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp,
-			    int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int dmi_dev_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
-	strcpy(buffer, "MODALIAS=");
-	get_modalias(buffer+9, buffer_size-9);
-	envp[0] = buffer;
-	envp[1] = NULL;
-
+	ssize_t len;
+
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS="))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	len = get_modalias(&env->buf[env->buflen - 1],
+			   sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen);
+	if (len >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	env->buflen += len;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -157,7 +171,7 @@ static struct device *dmi_dev;
 
 #define ADD_DMI_ATTR(_name, _field) \
 	if (dmi_get_system_info(_field)) \
-		sys_dmi_attributes[i++] = & sys_dmi_##_name##_attr.attr;
+		sys_dmi_attributes[i++] = &sys_dmi_##_name##_attr.dev_attr.attr;
 
 extern int dmi_available;
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/edd.c b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
index 0fb730ee1da..6942e065e60 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -625,13 +625,13 @@ static void edd_release(struct kobject * kobj)
 	kfree(dev);
 }
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_edd = {
+static struct kobj_type edd_ktype = {
 	.release	= edd_release,
 	.sysfs_ops	= &edd_attr_ops,
 	.default_attrs	= def_attrs,
 };
 
-static decl_subsys(edd,&ktype_edd,NULL);
+static decl_subsys(edd, &edd_ktype, NULL);
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index bfd2d67df68..858a7b95933 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static struct attribute *def_attrs[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_efivar = {
+static struct kobj_type efivar_ktype = {
 	.release = efivar_release,
 	.sysfs_ops = &efivar_attr_ops,
 	.default_attrs = def_attrs,
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static struct subsys_attribute *efi_subsys_attrs[] = {
 	NULL,	/* maybe more in the future? */
 };
 
-static decl_subsys(vars, &ktype_efivar, NULL);
+static decl_subsys(vars, &efivar_ktype, NULL);
 static decl_subsys(efi, NULL, NULL);
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index d663e6960d9..910a62de190 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -67,20 +67,16 @@ static int i2c_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 #ifdef	CONFIG_HOTPLUG
 
 /* uevent helps with hotplug: modprobe -q $(MODALIAS) */
-static int i2c_device_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		      char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int i2c_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct i2c_client	*client = to_i2c_client(dev);
-	int			i = 0, length = 0;
 
 	/* by definition, legacy drivers can't hotplug */
 	if (dev->driver || !client->driver_name)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			"MODALIAS=%s", client->driver_name))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", client->driver_name))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 	dev_dbg(dev, "uevent\n");
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index e96212ce572..a96a8b1b353 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -1663,20 +1663,13 @@ static struct device_attribute ide_dev_attrs[] = {
 	__ATTR_NULL
 };
 
-static int ide_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		      char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int ide_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	ide_drive_t *drive = to_ide_device(dev);
-	int i = 0;
-	int length = 0;
-
-	add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-		       "MEDIA=%s", media_string(drive));
-	add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-		       "DRIVENAME=%s", drive->name);
-	add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-		       "MODALIAS=ide:m-%s", media_string(drive));
-	envp[i] = NULL;
+
+	add_uevent_var(env, "MEDIA=%s", media_string(drive));
+	add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVENAME=%s", drive->name);
+	add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=ide:m-%s", media_string(drive));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c b/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
index 2ffd53461db..1939fee616e 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ struct host_info {
 };
 
 static int nodemgr_bus_match(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv);
-static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			  char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 static void nodemgr_resume_ne(struct node_entry *ne);
 static void nodemgr_remove_ne(struct node_entry *ne);
 static struct node_entry *find_entry_by_guid(u64 guid);
@@ -1160,12 +1159,9 @@ static void nodemgr_process_root_directory(struct host_info *hi, struct node_ent
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
 
-static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			  char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct unit_directory *ud;
-	int i = 0;
-	int length = 0;
 	int retval = 0;
 	/* ieee1394:venNmoNspNverN */
 	char buf[8 + 1 + 3 + 8 + 2 + 8 + 2 + 8 + 3 + 8 + 1];
@@ -1180,9 +1176,7 @@ static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 
 #define PUT_ENVP(fmt,val) 					\
 do {								\
-	retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,		\
-				buffer, buffer_size, &length,	\
-				fmt, val);			\
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, fmt, val);		\
 	if (retval)						\
 		return retval;					\
 } while (0)
@@ -1201,15 +1195,12 @@ do {								\
 
 #undef PUT_ENVP
 
-	envp[i] = NULL;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
 #else
 
-static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			  char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
index 70b77ae6742..3d405068132 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -434,21 +434,18 @@ static void ib_device_release(struct class_device *cdev)
 	kfree(dev);
 }
 
-static int ib_device_uevent(struct class_device *cdev, char **envp,
-			    int num_envp, char *buf, int size)
+static int ib_device_uevent(struct class_device *cdev,
+			    struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct ib_device *dev = container_of(cdev, struct ib_device, class_dev);
-	int i = 0, len = 0;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buf, size, &len,
-			   "NAME=%s", dev->name))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "NAME=%s", dev->name))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/*
 	 * It would be nice to pass the node GUID with the event...
 	 */
 
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
index 5fe75558662..5dc361c954e 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -859,87 +859,66 @@ static void input_dev_release(struct device *device)
  * Input uevent interface - loading event handlers based on
  * device bitfields.
  */
-static int input_add_uevent_bm_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
-				   char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len,
+static int input_add_uevent_bm_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env,
 				   const char *name, unsigned long *bitmap, int max)
 {
-	if (*cur_index >= num_envp - 1)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	envp[*cur_index] = buffer + *cur_len;
+	int len;
 
-	*cur_len += snprintf(buffer + *cur_len, max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0), name);
-	if (*cur_len >= buffer_size)
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "%s=", name))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	*cur_len += input_print_bitmap(buffer + *cur_len,
-					max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0),
-					bitmap, max, 0) + 1;
-	if (*cur_len > buffer_size)
+	len = input_print_bitmap(&env->buf[env->buflen - 1],
+				 sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen,
+				 bitmap, max, 0);
+	if (len >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	(*cur_index)++;
+	env->buflen += len;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int input_add_uevent_modalias_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
-					 char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len,
+static int input_add_uevent_modalias_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env,
 					 struct input_dev *dev)
 {
-	if (*cur_index >= num_envp - 1)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	envp[*cur_index] = buffer + *cur_len;
+	int len;
 
-	*cur_len += snprintf(buffer + *cur_len, max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0),
-			     "MODALIAS=");
-	if (*cur_len >= buffer_size)
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS="))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	*cur_len += input_print_modalias(buffer + *cur_len,
-					 max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0),
-					 dev, 0) + 1;
-	if (*cur_len > buffer_size)
+	len = input_print_modalias(&env->buf[env->buflen - 1],
+				   sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen,
+				   dev, 0);
+	if (len >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	(*cur_index)++;
+	env->buflen += len;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 #define INPUT_ADD_HOTPLUG_VAR(fmt, val...)				\
 	do {								\
-		int err = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,		\
-					buffer, buffer_size, &len,	\
-					fmt, val);			\
+		int err = add_uevent_var(env, fmt, val);		\
 		if (err)						\
 			return err;					\
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INPUT_ADD_HOTPLUG_BM_VAR(name, bm, max)				\
 	do {								\
-		int err = input_add_uevent_bm_var(envp, num_envp, &i,	\
-					buffer, buffer_size, &len,	\
-					name, bm, max);			\
+		int err = input_add_uevent_bm_var(env, name, bm, max);	\
 		if (err)						\
 			return err;					\
 	} while (0)
 
 #define INPUT_ADD_HOTPLUG_MODALIAS_VAR(dev)				\
 	do {								\
-		int err = input_add_uevent_modalias_var(envp,		\
-					num_envp, &i,			\
-					buffer, buffer_size, &len,	\
-					dev);				\
+		int err = input_add_uevent_modalias_var(env, dev);	\
 		if (err)						\
 			return err;					\
 	} while (0)
 
-static int input_dev_uevent(struct device *device, char **envp,
-			    int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int input_dev_uevent(struct device *device, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct input_dev *dev = to_input_dev(device);
-	int i = 0;
-	int len = 0;
 
 	INPUT_ADD_HOTPLUG_VAR("PRODUCT=%x/%x/%x/%x",
 				dev->id.bustype, dev->id.vendor,
@@ -971,7 +950,6 @@ static int input_dev_uevent(struct device *device, char **envp,
 
 	INPUT_ADD_HOTPLUG_MODALIAS_VAR(dev);
 
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c b/drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c
index 4e2ca6f0ab1..c19f77fbaf2 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PC Speaker beeper driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pcspkr");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86
 /* Use the global PIT lock ! */
diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/serio.c b/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
index 372ca493119..b3bc15acd3f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
@@ -876,18 +876,14 @@ static int serio_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 
 #define SERIO_ADD_UEVENT_VAR(fmt, val...)				\
 	do {								\
-		int err = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,	\
-					buffer, buffer_size, &len,	\
-					fmt, val);			\
+		int err = add_uevent_var(env, fmt, val);		\
 		if (err)						\
 			return err;					\
 	} while (0)
 
-static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct serio *serio;
-	int i = 0;
-	int len = 0;
 
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -900,7 +896,6 @@ static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buf
 	SERIO_ADD_UEVENT_VAR("SERIO_EXTRA=%02x", serio->id.extra);
 	SERIO_ADD_UEVENT_VAR("MODALIAS=serio:ty%02Xpr%02Xid%02Xex%02X",
 				serio->id.type, serio->id.proto, serio->id.id, serio->id.extra);
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -908,7 +903,7 @@ static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buf
 
 #else
 
-static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index e8f102ea9b0..acf1b81b47c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3076,8 +3076,7 @@ static struct kobject *md_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
 	mddev->gendisk = disk;
 	mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
 	mddev->kobj.parent = &disk->kobj;
-	mddev->kobj.k_name = NULL;
-	snprintf(mddev->kobj.name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "%s", "md");
+	kobject_set_name(&mddev->kobj, "%s", "md");
 	mddev->kobj.ktype = &md_ktype;
 	if (kobject_register(&mddev->kobj))
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "md: cannot register %s/md - name in use\n",
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index 56231d8edc0..18738faecbb 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -103,10 +103,7 @@ static struct file_operations dvb_device_fops =
 	.open =		dvb_device_open,
 };
 
-static struct cdev dvb_device_cdev = {
-	.kobj   = {.name = "dvb", },
-	.owner  =       THIS_MODULE,
-};
+static struct cdev dvb_device_cdev;
 
 int dvb_generic_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
index 7a78d6b3473..2ee3c3049e8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
@@ -905,8 +905,8 @@ struct pvr2_sysfs *pvr2_sysfs_create(struct pvr2_context *mp,
 }
 
 
-static int pvr2_sysfs_hotplug(struct device *cd,char **envp,
-			      int numenvp,char *buf,int size)
+static int pvr2_sysfs_hotplug(struct device *d,
+			      struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	/* Even though we don't do anything here, we still need this function
 	   because sysfs will still try to call it. */
diff --git a/drivers/misc/tifm_core.c b/drivers/misc/tifm_core.c
index d195fb088f4..8f77949f93d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/tifm_core.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/tifm_core.c
@@ -57,16 +57,11 @@ static int tifm_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int tifm_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		       char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int tifm_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct tifm_dev *sock = container_of(dev, struct tifm_dev, dev);
-	int i = 0;
-	int length = 0;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "TIFM_CARD_TYPE=%s",
-			   tifm_media_type_name(sock->type, 1)))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "TIFM_CARD_TYPE=%s", tifm_media_type_name(sock->type, 1)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/bus.c b/drivers/mmc/core/bus.c
index 8d6f6014870..b0c22cad942 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/bus.c
@@ -58,12 +58,11 @@ static int mmc_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 }
 
 static int
-mmc_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buf,
-		int buf_size)
+mmc_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct mmc_card *card = dev_to_mmc_card(dev);
 	const char *type;
-	int i = 0, length = 0;
+	int retval = 0;
 
 	switch (card->type) {
 	case MMC_TYPE_MMC:
@@ -80,20 +79,14 @@ mmc_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buf,
 	}
 
 	if (type) {
-		if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				buf, buf_size, &length,
-				"MMC_TYPE=%s", type))
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		retval = add_uevent_var(env, "MMC_TYPE=%s", type);
+		if (retval)
+			return retval;
 	}
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			buf, buf_size, &length,
-			"MMC_NAME=%s", mmc_card_name(card)))
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "MMC_NAME=%s", mmc_card_name(card));
 
-	envp[i] = NULL;
-
-	return 0;
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static int mmc_bus_probe(struct device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
index 4ac161e1ca1..7d7758f3ad8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ static int __devinit ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_
 					 pool_count[i], pool_size[i],
 					 pool_active[i]);
 		kobj->parent = &dev->dev.kobj;
-		sprintf(kobj->name, "pool%d", i);
+		kobject_set_name(kobj, "pool%d", i);
 		kobj->ktype = &ktype_veth_pool;
 		kobject_register(kobj);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug.c
index 1c97e7dd130..2b5352a7dff 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug.c
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include "pci.h"
 
-int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-	       char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
-	int i = 0;
-	int length = 0;
 
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -17,37 +14,24 @@ int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 	if (!pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "PCI_CLASS=%04X", pdev->class))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "PCI_CLASS=%04X", pdev->class))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "PCI_ID=%04X:%04X", pdev->vendor, pdev->device))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "PCI_ID=%04X:%04X", pdev->vendor, pdev->device))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "PCI_SUBSYS_ID=%04X:%04X", pdev->subsystem_vendor,
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "PCI_SUBSYS_ID=%04X:%04X", pdev->subsystem_vendor,
 			   pdev->subsystem_device))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "PCI_SLOT_NAME=%s", pci_name(pdev)))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "PCI_SLOT_NAME=%s", pci_name(pdev)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "MODALIAS=pci:v%08Xd%08Xsv%08Xsd%08Xbc%02Xsc%02Xi%02x",
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=pci:v%08Xd%08Xsv%08Xsd%08Xbc%02Xsc%02Xi%02x",
 			   pdev->vendor, pdev->device,
 			   pdev->subsystem_vendor, pdev->subsystem_device,
 			   (u8)(pdev->class >> 16), (u8)(pdev->class >> 8),
 			   (u8)(pdev->class)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	envp[i] = NULL;
-
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c
index bd433ef6bfc..f0eba534f80 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c
@@ -694,66 +694,6 @@ int __must_check pci_hp_change_slot_info(struct hotplug_slot *slot,
 	if ((slot == NULL) || (info == NULL))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/*
-	* check all fields in the info structure, and update timestamps
-	* for the files referring to the fields that have now changed.
-	*/
-	if ((has_power_file(slot) == 0) &&
-	    (slot->info->power_status != info->power_status)) {
-		retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-					   &hotplug_slot_attr_power.attr);
-		if (retval)
-			return retval;
-	}
-
-	if ((has_attention_file(slot) == 0) &&
-	    (slot->info->attention_status != info->attention_status)) {
-		retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-					   &hotplug_slot_attr_attention.attr);
-		if (retval)
-			return retval;
-	}
-
-	if ((has_latch_file(slot) == 0) &&
-	    (slot->info->latch_status != info->latch_status)) {
-		retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-					   &hotplug_slot_attr_latch.attr);
-		if (retval)
-			return retval;
-	}
-
-	if ((has_adapter_file(slot) == 0) &&
-	    (slot->info->adapter_status != info->adapter_status)) {
-		retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-					   &hotplug_slot_attr_presence.attr);
-		if (retval)
-			return retval;
-	}
-
-	if ((has_address_file(slot) == 0) &&
-	    (slot->info->address != info->address)) {
-		retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-					   &hotplug_slot_attr_address.attr);
-		if (retval)
-			return retval;
-	}
-
-	if ((has_max_bus_speed_file(slot) == 0) &&
-	    (slot->info->max_bus_speed != info->max_bus_speed)) {
-		retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-					   &hotplug_slot_attr_max_bus_speed.attr);
-		if (retval)
-			return retval;
-	}
-
-	if ((has_cur_bus_speed_file(slot) == 0) &&
-	    (slot->info->cur_bus_speed != info->cur_bus_speed)) {
-		retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-					   &hotplug_slot_attr_cur_bus_speed.attr);
-		if (retval)
-			return retval;
-	}
-
 	memcpy (slot->info, info, sizeof (struct hotplug_slot_info));
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c
index df076064a3e..a080fedf033 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c
@@ -129,17 +129,17 @@ struct kobj_type ktype_dlpar_io = {
 };
 
 struct kset dlpar_io_kset = {
-	.kobj = {.name = DLPAR_KOBJ_NAME,
-		 .ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io,
+	.kobj = {.ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io,
 		 .parent = &pci_hotplug_slots_subsys.kobj},
 	.ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io,
 };
 
 int dlpar_sysfs_init(void)
 {
+	kobject_set_name(&dlpar_io_kset.kobj, DLPAR_KOBJ_NAME);
 	if (kset_register(&dlpar_io_kset)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "rpadlpar_io: cannot register kset for %s\n",
-				dlpar_io_kset.kobj.name);
+				kobject_name(&dlpar_io_kset.kobj));
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
index 004bc248727..f61be3abfdc 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -532,8 +532,7 @@ void pci_dev_put(struct pci_dev *dev)
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-	       char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.h b/drivers/pci/pci.h
index 4c36e80f6d2..b3a7d5b0f93 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* Functions internal to the PCI core code */
 
-extern int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		      char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+extern int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 extern int pci_create_sysfs_dev_files(struct pci_dev *pdev);
 extern void pci_remove_sysfs_dev_files(struct pci_dev *pdev);
 extern void pci_cleanup_rom(struct pci_dev *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/pci/setup-irq.c b/drivers/pci/setup-irq.c
index 568f1877315..05ca2ed9eb5 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/setup-irq.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/setup-irq.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pdev_fixup_irq(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	dev->irq = irq;
 
 	pr_debug("PCI: fixup irq: (%s) got %d\n",
-		dev->dev.kobj.name, dev->irq);
+		kobject_name(&dev->dev.kobj), dev->irq);
 
 	/* Always tell the device, so the driver knows what is
 	   the real IRQ to use; the device does not use it. */
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
index f8b13f0270d..a0aca46ce87 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
@@ -907,18 +907,14 @@ int pcmcia_insert_card(struct pcmcia_socket *skt)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pcmcia_insert_card);
 
 
-static int pcmcia_socket_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp,
-			        int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int pcmcia_socket_uevent(struct device *dev,
+				struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct pcmcia_socket *s = container_of(dev, struct pcmcia_socket, dev);
-	int i = 0, length = 0;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-			   &length, "SOCKET_NO=%u", s->sock))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "SOCKET_NO=%u", s->sock))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	envp[i] = NULL;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
index a99607142fc..55baa1f0fcb 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
@@ -1064,11 +1064,10 @@ static int pcmcia_bus_match(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv) {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
 
-static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			     char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct pcmcia_device *p_dev;
-	int i, length = 0;
+	int i;
 	u32 hash[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0};
 
 	if (!dev)
@@ -1083,23 +1082,13 @@ static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 		hash[i] = crc32(0, p_dev->prod_id[i], strlen(p_dev->prod_id[i]));
 	}
 
-	i = 0;
-
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "SOCKET_NO=%u",
-			   p_dev->socket->sock))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "SOCKET_NO=%u", p_dev->socket->sock))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "DEVICE_NO=%02X",
-			   p_dev->device_no))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "DEVICE_NO=%02X", p_dev->device_no))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "MODALIAS=pcmcia:m%04Xc%04Xf%02Xfn%02Xpfn%02X"
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=pcmcia:m%04Xc%04Xf%02Xfn%02Xpfn%02X"
 			   "pa%08Xpb%08Xpc%08Xpd%08X",
 			   p_dev->has_manf_id ? p_dev->manf_id : 0,
 			   p_dev->has_card_id ? p_dev->card_id : 0,
@@ -1112,15 +1101,12 @@ static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 			   hash[3]))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	envp[i] = NULL;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
 #else
 
-static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			      char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_mainstone.c b/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_mainstone.c
index 383107ba4bd..f6722ba0dd1 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_mainstone.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_mainstone.c
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ static int __init mst_pcmcia_init(void)
 	if (!mst_pcmcia_device)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	mst_pcmcia_device->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
 	mst_pcmcia_device->dev.platform_data = &mst_pcmcia_ops;
 
 	ret = platform_device_add(mst_pcmcia_device);
@@ -195,3 +194,4 @@ fs_initcall(mst_pcmcia_init);
 module_exit(mst_pcmcia_exit);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pxa2xx-pcmcia");
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_sharpsl.c b/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_sharpsl.c
index a2daa3f531b..d5c33bd78d6 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_sharpsl.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_sharpsl.c
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ static int __init sharpsl_pcmcia_init(void)
 	if (!sharpsl_pcmcia_device)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sharpsl_pcmcia_device->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
 	sharpsl_pcmcia_device->dev.platform_data = &sharpsl_pcmcia_ops;
 	sharpsl_pcmcia_device->dev.parent = platform_scoop_config->devs[0].dev;
 
@@ -284,3 +283,4 @@ module_exit(sharpsl_pcmcia_exit);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Sharp SL Series PCMCIA Support");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pxa2xx-pcmcia");
diff --git a/drivers/power/power_supply.h b/drivers/power/power_supply.h
index a9880d468ee..f38ba482be7 100644
--- a/drivers/power/power_supply.h
+++ b/drivers/power/power_supply.h
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 
 extern int power_supply_create_attrs(struct power_supply *psy);
 extern void power_supply_remove_attrs(struct power_supply *psy);
-extern int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			       char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+extern int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 
 #else
 
diff --git a/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c b/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c
index de3155b2128..249f61bae63 100644
--- a/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c
@@ -195,11 +195,10 @@ static char *kstruprdup(const char *str, gfp_t gfp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct power_supply *psy = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-	int i = 0, length = 0, ret = 0, j;
+	int ret = 0, j;
 	char *prop_buf;
 	char *attrname;
 
@@ -212,8 +211,7 @@ int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=%s\n", psy->name);
 
-	ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-			     &length, "POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=%s", psy->name);
+	ret = add_uevent_var(env, "POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=%s", psy->name);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -243,9 +241,7 @@ int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 
 		dev_dbg(dev, "Static prop %s=%s\n", attrname, prop_buf);
 
-		ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-				     &length, "POWER_SUPPLY_%s=%s",
-				     attrname, prop_buf);
+		ret = add_uevent_var(env, "POWER_SUPPLY_%s=%s", attrname, prop_buf);
 		kfree(attrname);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
@@ -282,14 +278,11 @@ int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 
 		dev_dbg(dev, "prop %s=%s\n", attrname, prop_buf);
 
-		ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-				     &length, "POWER_SUPPLY_%s=%s",
-				     attrname, prop_buf);
+		ret = add_uevent_var(env, "POWER_SUPPLY_%s=%s", attrname, prop_buf);
 		kfree(attrname);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 
 out:
 	free_page((unsigned long)prop_buf);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c b/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
index 9c3b9ea1e66..5baa517c3b6 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ ccwgroup_bus_match (struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv)
 	return 0;
 }
 static int
-ccwgroup_uevent (struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buffer,
-		  int buffer_size)
+ccwgroup_uevent (struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	/* TODO */
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 39f02b48e4c..7ee57f084a8 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -79,49 +79,38 @@ static int snprint_alias(char *buf, size_t size,
 
 /* Set up environment variables for ccw device uevent. Return 0 on success,
  * non-zero otherwise. */
-static int ccw_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		      char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int ccw_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct ccw_device *cdev = to_ccwdev(dev);
 	struct ccw_device_id *id = &(cdev->id);
-	int i = 0;
-	int len = 0;
 	int ret;
 	char modalias_buf[30];
 
 	/* CU_TYPE= */
-	ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-			     "CU_TYPE=%04X", id->cu_type);
+	ret = add_uevent_var(env, "CU_TYPE=%04X", id->cu_type);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	/* CU_MODEL= */
-	ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-			     "CU_MODEL=%02X", id->cu_model);
+	ret = add_uevent_var(env, "CU_MODEL=%02X", id->cu_model);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	/* The next two can be zero, that's ok for us */
 	/* DEV_TYPE= */
-	ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-			     "DEV_TYPE=%04X", id->dev_type);
+	ret = add_uevent_var(env, "DEV_TYPE=%04X", id->dev_type);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	/* DEV_MODEL= */
-	ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-			     "DEV_MODEL=%02X", id->dev_model);
+	ret = add_uevent_var(env, "DEV_MODEL=%02X", id->dev_model);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	/* MODALIAS=  */
 	snprint_alias(modalias_buf, sizeof(modalias_buf), id, "");
-	ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-			     "MODALIAS=%s", modalias_buf);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	envp[i] = NULL;
-	return 0;
+	ret = add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", modalias_buf);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 struct bus_type ccw_bus_type;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
index d334b0f7a1e..67aaff3e668 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
@@ -458,28 +458,22 @@ static int ap_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
  * uevent function for AP devices. It sets up a single environment
  * variable DEV_TYPE which contains the hardware device type.
  */
-static int ap_uevent (struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		       char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int ap_uevent (struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct ap_device *ap_dev = to_ap_dev(dev);
-	int retval = 0, length = 0, i = 0;
+	int retval = 0;
 
 	if (!ap_dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* Set up DEV_TYPE environment variable. */
-	retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				"DEV_TYPE=%04X", ap_dev->device_type);
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "DEV_TYPE=%04X", ap_dev->device_type);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
 	/* Add MODALIAS= */
-	retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				"MODALIAS=ap:t%02X", ap_dev->device_type);
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=ap:t%02X", ap_dev->device_type);
 
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 	return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index 34cdce6738a..ede9986d349 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -277,16 +277,11 @@ static int scsi_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *gendrv)
 	return (sdp->inq_periph_qual == SCSI_INQ_PQ_CON)? 1: 0;
 }
 
-static int scsi_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		           char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int scsi_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct scsi_device *sdev = to_scsi_device(dev);
-	int i = 0;
-	int length = 0;
 
-	add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-		       "MODALIAS=" SCSI_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT, sdev->type);
-	envp[i] = NULL;
+	add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=" SCSI_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT, sdev->type);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index e84d2159794..bcb8dd5fb0b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -67,14 +67,11 @@ static int spi_match_device(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 	return strncmp(spi->modalias, drv->name, BUS_ID_SIZE) == 0;
 }
 
-static int spi_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int spi_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	const struct spi_device		*spi = to_spi_device(dev);
 
-	envp[0] = buffer;
-	snprintf(buffer, buffer_size, "MODALIAS=%s", spi->modalias);
-	envp[1] = NULL;
+	add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", spi->modalias);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index e5ad76b4a73..f013b4012c9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -1591,6 +1591,7 @@ static unsigned int usbdev_poll(struct file *file, struct poll_table_struct *wai
 }
 
 const struct file_operations usbdev_file_operations = {
+	.owner = 	THIS_MODULE,
 	.llseek =	usbdev_lseek,
 	.read =		usbdev_read,
 	.poll =		usbdev_poll,
@@ -1640,10 +1641,7 @@ static struct notifier_block usbdev_nb = {
 };
 #endif
 
-static struct cdev usb_device_cdev = {
-	.kobj   = {.name = "usb_device", },
-	.owner  = THIS_MODULE,
-};
+static struct cdev usb_device_cdev;
 
 int __init usb_devio_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
index c27bc080d84..8586817698a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
@@ -581,12 +581,9 @@ static int usb_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 }
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-static int usb_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		      char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int usb_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct usb_device *usb_dev;
-	int i = 0;
-	int length = 0;
 
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -615,51 +612,39 @@ static int usb_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 	 * all the device descriptors we don't tell them about.  Or
 	 * act as usermode drivers.
 	 */
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/%03d/%03d",
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/%03d/%03d",
 			   usb_dev->bus->busnum, usb_dev->devnum))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 #endif
 
 	/* per-device configurations are common */
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "PRODUCT=%x/%x/%x",
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "PRODUCT=%x/%x/%x",
 			   le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idVendor),
 			   le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idProduct),
 			   le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.bcdDevice)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* class-based driver binding models */
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "TYPE=%d/%d/%d",
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "TYPE=%d/%d/%d",
 			   usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceClass,
 			   usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceSubClass,
 			   usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceProtocol))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "BUSNUM=%03d",
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "BUSNUM=%03d",
 			   usb_dev->bus->busnum))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "DEVNUM=%03d",
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "DEVNUM=%03d",
 			   usb_dev->devnum))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 #else
 
-static int usb_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp,
-		      int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int usb_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/message.c b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
index 98fcddba690..c021af39037 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -1344,14 +1344,11 @@ static void usb_release_interface(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		 char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct usb_device *usb_dev;
 	struct usb_interface *intf;
 	struct usb_host_interface *alt;
-	int i = 0;
-	int length = 0;
 
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -1364,39 +1361,30 @@ static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 	alt = intf->cur_altsetting;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/%03d/%03d",
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/%03d/%03d",
 			   usb_dev->bus->busnum, usb_dev->devnum))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 #endif
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "PRODUCT=%x/%x/%x",
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "PRODUCT=%x/%x/%x",
 			   le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idVendor),
 			   le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idProduct),
 			   le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.bcdDevice)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-			   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-			   "TYPE=%d/%d/%d",
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "TYPE=%d/%d/%d",
 			   usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceClass,
 			   usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceSubClass,
 			   usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceProtocol))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-		   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-		   "INTERFACE=%d/%d/%d",
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "INTERFACE=%d/%d/%d",
 		   alt->desc.bInterfaceClass,
 		   alt->desc.bInterfaceSubClass,
 		   alt->desc.bInterfaceProtocol))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-		   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
+	if (add_uevent_var(env,
 		   "MODALIAS=usb:v%04Xp%04Xd%04Xdc%02Xdsc%02Xdp%02Xic%02Xisc%02Xip%02X",
 		   le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idVendor),
 		   le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idProduct),
@@ -1409,14 +1397,12 @@ static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 		   alt->desc.bInterfaceProtocol))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 #else
 
-static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp,
-			 int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/video/output.c b/drivers/video/output.c
index 1473f2c892d..f2df5519c9c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/output.c
+++ b/drivers/video/output.c
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Display Output Switcher Lowlevel Control Abstraction");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Luming Yu <luming.yu@intel.com>");
 
-static ssize_t video_output_show_state(struct class_device *dev,char *buf)
+static ssize_t video_output_show_state(struct device *dev,
+				       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	ssize_t ret_size = 0;
 	struct output_device *od = to_output_device(dev);
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ static ssize_t video_output_show_state(struct class_device *dev,char *buf)
 	return ret_size;
 }
 
-static ssize_t video_output_store_state(struct class_device *dev,
-	const char *buf,size_t count)
+static ssize_t video_output_store_state(struct device *dev,
+					struct device_attribute *attr,
+					const char *buf,size_t count)
 {
 	char *endp;
 	struct output_device *od = to_output_device(dev);
@@ -60,21 +62,22 @@ static ssize_t video_output_store_state(struct class_device *dev,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static void video_output_class_release(struct class_device *dev)
+static void video_output_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct output_device *od = to_output_device(dev);
 	kfree(od);
 }
 
-static struct class_device_attribute video_output_attributes[] = {
+static struct device_attribute video_output_attributes[] = {
 	__ATTR(state, 0644, video_output_show_state, video_output_store_state),
 	__ATTR_NULL,
 };
 
+
 static struct class video_output_class = {
 	.name = "video_output",
-	.release = video_output_class_release,
-	.class_dev_attrs = video_output_attributes,
+	.dev_release = video_output_release,
+	.dev_attrs = video_output_attributes,
 };
 
 struct output_device *video_output_register(const char *name,
@@ -91,11 +94,11 @@ struct output_device *video_output_register(const char *name,
 		goto error_return;
 	}
 	new_dev->props = op;
-	new_dev->class_dev.class = &video_output_class;
-	new_dev->class_dev.dev = dev;
-	strlcpy(new_dev->class_dev.class_id,name,KOBJ_NAME_LEN);
-	class_set_devdata(&new_dev->class_dev,devdata);
-	ret_code = class_device_register(&new_dev->class_dev);
+	new_dev->dev.class = &video_output_class;
+	new_dev->dev.parent = dev;
+	strlcpy(new_dev->dev.bus_id,name, BUS_ID_SIZE);
+	dev_set_drvdata(&new_dev->dev, devdata);
+	ret_code = device_register(&new_dev->dev);
 	if (ret_code) {
 		kfree(new_dev);
 		goto error_return;
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ void video_output_unregister(struct output_device *dev)
 {
 	if (!dev)
 		return;
-	class_device_unregister(&dev->class_dev);
+	device_unregister(&dev->dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_output_unregister);
 
diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1.c b/drivers/w1/w1.c
index a593f900eff..070217322c9 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/w1.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/w1.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static struct w1_family w1_default_family = {
 	.fops = &w1_default_fops,
 };
 
-static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 
 static struct bus_type w1_bus_type = {
 	.name = "w1",
@@ -396,13 +396,12 @@ static void w1_destroy_master_attributes(struct w1_master *master)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct w1_master *md = NULL;
 	struct w1_slave *sl = NULL;
 	char *event_owner, *name;
-	int err, cur_index=0, cur_len=0;
+	int err;
 
 	if (dev->driver == &w1_master_driver) {
 		md = container_of(dev, struct w1_master, dev);
@@ -423,23 +422,19 @@ static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 	if (dev->driver != &w1_slave_driver || !sl)
 		return 0;
 
-	err = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &cur_index, buffer, buffer_size,
-			&cur_len, "W1_FID=%02X", sl->reg_num.family);
+	err = add_uevent_var(env, "W1_FID=%02X", sl->reg_num.family);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &cur_index, buffer, buffer_size,
-			&cur_len, "W1_SLAVE_ID=%024LX",
-			(unsigned long long)sl->reg_num.id);
-	envp[cur_index] = NULL;
+	err = add_uevent_var(env, "W1_SLAVE_ID=%024LX",
+			     (unsigned long long)sl->reg_num.id);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
 	return 0;
 };
 #else
-static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 2e124e0075c..a9b99c0dc2e 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -221,6 +221,42 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_u64(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_u64);
 
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_x8, debugfs_u8_get, debugfs_u8_set, "0x%02llx\n");
+
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_x16, debugfs_u16_get, debugfs_u16_set, "0x%04llx\n");
+
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_x32, debugfs_u32_get, debugfs_u32_set, "0x%08llx\n");
+
+/**
+ * debugfs_create_x8 - create a debugfs file that is used to read and write an unsigned 8-bit value
+ * debugfs_create_x16 - create a debugfs file that is used to read and write an unsigned 16-bit value
+ * debugfs_create_x32 - create a debugfs file that is used to read and write an unsigned 32-bit value
+ *
+ * These functions are exactly the same as the above functions, (but use a hex
+ * output for the decimal challenged) for details look at the above unsigned
+ * decimal functions.
+ */
+struct dentry *debugfs_create_x8(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+				 struct dentry *parent, u8 *value)
+{
+	return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_x8);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_x8);
+
+struct dentry *debugfs_create_x16(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+				 struct dentry *parent, u16 *value)
+{
+	return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_x16);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_x16);
+
+struct dentry *debugfs_create_x32(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+				 struct dentry *parent, u32 *value)
+{
+	return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_x32);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_x32);
+
 static ssize_t read_file_bool(struct file *file, char __user *user_buf,
 			      size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index 628eaa669e6..6353a838452 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ static struct kobj_type dlm_ktype = {
 };
 
 static struct kset dlm_kset = {
-	.kobj   = {.name = "dlm",},
 	.ktype  = &dlm_ktype,
 };
 
@@ -228,6 +227,7 @@ int dlm_lockspace_init(void)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lslist);
 	spin_lock_init(&lslist_lock);
 
+	kobject_set_name(&dlm_kset.kobj, "dlm");
 	kobj_set_kset_s(&dlm_kset, kernel_subsys);
 	error = kset_register(&dlm_kset);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c b/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c
index d9fe3ca40e1..ae9e6a25fe2 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/locking/dlm/sysfs.c
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ static struct kobj_type gdlm_ktype = {
 };
 
 static struct kset gdlm_kset = {
-	.kobj   = {.name = "lock_dlm",},
 	.ktype  = &gdlm_ktype,
 };
 
@@ -224,6 +223,7 @@ int gdlm_sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	int error;
 
+	kobject_set_name(&gdlm_kset.kobj, "lock_dlm");
 	kobj_set_kset_s(&gdlm_kset, kernel_subsys);
 	error = kset_register(&gdlm_kset);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/sys.c b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
index ba3a1729cc1..06e0b7768d9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/sys.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ static struct kobj_type gfs2_ktype = {
 };
 
 static struct kset gfs2_kset = {
-	.kobj   = {.name = "gfs2"},
 	.ktype  = &gfs2_ktype,
 };
 
@@ -551,6 +550,7 @@ int gfs2_sys_init(void)
 {
 	gfs2_sys_margs = NULL;
 	spin_lock_init(&gfs2_sys_margs_lock);
+	kobject_set_name(&gfs2_kset.kobj, "gfs2");
 	kobj_set_kset_s(&gfs2_kset, fs_subsys);
 	return kset_register(&gfs2_kset);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
index e9e042b93db..a4882c8df94 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static struct kobj_type mlog_ktype = {
 };
 
 static struct kset mlog_kset = {
-	.kobj   = {.name = "logmask", .ktype = &mlog_ktype},
+	.kobj   = {.ktype = &mlog_ktype},
 };
 
 int mlog_sys_init(struct kset *o2cb_subsys)
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ int mlog_sys_init(struct kset *o2cb_subsys)
 	}
 	mlog_attr_ptrs[i] = NULL;
 
+	kobject_set_name(&mlog_kset.kobj, "logmask");
 	kobj_set_kset_s(&mlog_kset, *o2cb_subsys);
 	return kset_register(&mlog_kset);
 }
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 783c57ec07d..722e12e5acc 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -381,10 +381,12 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len,
 	p->partno = part;
 	p->policy = disk->policy;
 
-	if (isdigit(disk->kobj.name[strlen(disk->kobj.name)-1]))
-		snprintf(p->kobj.name,KOBJ_NAME_LEN,"%sp%d",disk->kobj.name,part);
+	if (isdigit(disk->kobj.k_name[strlen(disk->kobj.k_name)-1]))
+		kobject_set_name(&p->kobj, "%sp%d",
+				 kobject_name(&disk->kobj), part);
 	else
-		snprintf(p->kobj.name,KOBJ_NAME_LEN,"%s%d",disk->kobj.name,part);
+		kobject_set_name(&p->kobj, "%s%d",
+				 kobject_name(&disk->kobj),part);
 	p->kobj.parent = &disk->kobj;
 	p->kobj.ktype = &ktype_part;
 	kobject_init(&p->kobj);
@@ -477,9 +479,9 @@ void register_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	struct hd_struct *p;
 	int err;
 
-	strlcpy(disk->kobj.name,disk->disk_name,KOBJ_NAME_LEN);
+	kobject_set_name(&disk->kobj, "%s", disk->disk_name);
 	/* ewww... some of these buggers have / in name... */
-	s = strchr(disk->kobj.name, '/');
+	s = strchr(disk->kobj.k_name, '/');
 	if (s)
 		*s = '!';
 	if ((err = kobject_add(&disk->kobj)))
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index 5afe2a26f5d..006fc64227d 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 /*
- * bin.c - binary file operations for sysfs.
+ * fs/sysfs/bin.c - sysfs binary file implementation
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2003 Patrick Mochel
  * Copyright (c) 2003 Matthew Wilcox
  * Copyright (c) 2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ *
+ * Please see Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt for more information.
  */
 
 #undef DEBUG
@@ -14,9 +20,9 @@
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
@@ -30,8 +36,8 @@ static int
 fill_read(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, loff_t off, size_t count)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
-	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_bin_attr.bin_attr;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_dir.kobj;
 	int rc;
 
 	/* need attr_sd for attr, its parent for kobj */
@@ -87,8 +93,8 @@ static int
 flush_write(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
-	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_bin_attr.bin_attr;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_dir.kobj;
 	int rc;
 
 	/* need attr_sd for attr, its parent for kobj */
@@ -140,8 +146,8 @@ static int mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
-	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_bin_attr.bin_attr;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_dir.kobj;
 	int rc;
 
 	mutex_lock(&bb->mutex);
@@ -167,12 +173,12 @@ static int mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
+	struct bin_attribute *attr = attr_sd->s_bin_attr.bin_attr;
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = NULL;
 	int error;
 
-	/* need attr_sd for attr */
-	if (!sysfs_get_active(attr_sd))
+	/* binary file operations requires both @sd and its parent */
+	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	error = -EACCES;
@@ -193,13 +199,12 @@ static int open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 	mutex_init(&bb->mutex);
 	file->private_data = bb;
 
-	/* open succeeded, put active reference and pin attr_sd */
-	sysfs_put_active(attr_sd);
-	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
+	/* open succeeded, put active references */
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 	return 0;
 
  err_out:
-	sysfs_put_active(attr_sd);
+	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 	kfree(bb);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -211,7 +216,6 @@ static int release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
 
 	if (bb->mmapped)
 		sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
-	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
 	kfree(bb->buffer);
 	kfree(bb);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 83e76b3813c..9161db4d6b5 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 /*
- * dir.c - Operations for sysfs directories.
+ * fs/sysfs/dir.c - sysfs core and dir operation implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-3 Patrick Mochel
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ *
+ * Please see Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt for more information.
  */
 
 #undef DEBUG
@@ -11,10 +19,11 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 DEFINE_MUTEX(sysfs_mutex);
+DEFINE_MUTEX(sysfs_rename_mutex);
 spinlock_t sysfs_assoc_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 
 static spinlock_t sysfs_ino_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
@@ -25,18 +34,28 @@ static DEFINE_IDA(sysfs_ino_ida);
  *	@sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
  *
  *	Link @sd into its sibling list which starts from
- *	sd->s_parent->s_children.
+ *	sd->s_parent->s_dir.children.
  *
  *	Locking:
  *	mutex_lock(sysfs_mutex)
  */
-void sysfs_link_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+static void sysfs_link_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = sd->s_parent;
+	struct sysfs_dirent **pos;
 
 	BUG_ON(sd->s_sibling);
-	sd->s_sibling = parent_sd->s_children;
-	parent_sd->s_children = sd;
+
+	/* Store directory entries in order by ino.  This allows
+	 * readdir to properly restart without having to add a
+	 * cursor into the s_dir.children list.
+	 */
+	for (pos = &parent_sd->s_dir.children; *pos; pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling) {
+		if (sd->s_ino < (*pos)->s_ino)
+			break;
+	}
+	sd->s_sibling = *pos;
+	*pos = sd;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -44,16 +63,17 @@ void sysfs_link_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
  *	@sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
  *
  *	Unlink @sd from its sibling list which starts from
- *	sd->s_parent->s_children.
+ *	sd->s_parent->s_dir.children.
  *
  *	Locking:
  *	mutex_lock(sysfs_mutex)
  */
-void sysfs_unlink_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+static void sysfs_unlink_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent **pos;
 
-	for (pos = &sd->s_parent->s_children; *pos; pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling) {
+	for (pos = &sd->s_parent->s_dir.children; *pos;
+	     pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling) {
 		if (*pos == sd) {
 			*pos = sd->s_sibling;
 			sd->s_sibling = NULL;
@@ -67,96 +87,39 @@ void sysfs_unlink_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
  *	@sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
  *
  *	Get dentry for @sd.  Dentry is looked up if currently not
- *	present.  This function climbs sysfs_dirent tree till it
- *	reaches a sysfs_dirent with valid dentry attached and descends
- *	down from there looking up dentry for each step.
+ *	present.  This function descends from the root looking up
+ *	dentry for each step.
  *
  *	LOCKING:
- *	Kernel thread context (may sleep)
+ *	mutex_lock(sysfs_rename_mutex)
  *
  *	RETURNS:
  *	Pointer to found dentry on success, ERR_PTR() value on error.
  */
 struct dentry *sysfs_get_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
-	struct sysfs_dirent *cur;
-	struct dentry *parent_dentry, *dentry;
-	int i, depth;
-
-	/* Find the first parent which has valid s_dentry and get the
-	 * dentry.
-	 */
-	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
- restart0:
-	spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
- restart1:
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	struct dentry *dentry = dget(sysfs_sb->s_root);
 
-	dentry = NULL;
-	depth = 0;
-	cur = sd;
-	while (!cur->s_dentry || !cur->s_dentry->d_inode) {
-		if (cur->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED) {
-			dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-			depth = 0;
-			break;
-		}
-		cur = cur->s_parent;
-		depth++;
-	}
-	if (!IS_ERR(dentry))
-		dentry = dget_locked(cur->s_dentry);
+	while (dentry->d_fsdata != sd) {
+		struct sysfs_dirent *cur;
+		struct dentry *parent;
 
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-
-	/* from the found dentry, look up depth times */
-	while (depth--) {
-		/* find and get depth'th ancestor */
-		for (cur = sd, i = 0; cur && i < depth; i++)
+		/* find the first ancestor which hasn't been looked up */
+		cur = sd;
+		while (cur->s_parent != dentry->d_fsdata)
 			cur = cur->s_parent;
 
-		/* This can happen if tree structure was modified due
-		 * to move/rename.  Restart.
-		 */
-		if (i != depth) {
-			dput(dentry);
-			goto restart0;
-		}
-
-		sysfs_get(cur);
-
-		mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-
 		/* look it up */
-		parent_dentry = dentry;
-		dentry = lookup_one_len_kern(cur->s_name, parent_dentry,
+		parent = dentry;
+		mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
+		dentry = lookup_one_len_kern(cur->s_name, parent,
 					     strlen(cur->s_name));
-		dput(parent_dentry);
-
-		if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-			sysfs_put(cur);
-			return dentry;
-		}
+		mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
+		dput(parent);
 
-		mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-		spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-
-		/* This, again, can happen if tree structure has
-		 * changed and we looked up the wrong thing.  Restart.
-		 */
-		if (cur->s_dentry != dentry) {
-			dput(dentry);
-			sysfs_put(cur);
-			goto restart1;
-		}
-
-		spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-
-		sysfs_put(cur);
+		if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+			break;
 	}
-
-	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
 	return dentry;
 }
 
@@ -319,7 +282,7 @@ void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 	parent_sd = sd->s_parent;
 
 	if (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
-		sysfs_put(sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd);
+		sysfs_put(sd->s_symlink.target_sd);
 	if (sysfs_type(sd) & SYSFS_COPY_NAME)
 		kfree(sd->s_name);
 	kfree(sd->s_iattr);
@@ -335,22 +298,7 @@ static void sysfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry, struct inode * inode)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 
-	if (sd) {
-		/* sd->s_dentry is protected with sysfs_assoc_lock.
-		 * This allows sysfs_drop_dentry() to dereference it.
-		 */
-		spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-
-		/* The dentry might have been deleted or another
-		 * lookup could have happened updating sd->s_dentry to
-		 * point the new dentry.  Ignore if it isn't pointing
-		 * to this dentry.
-		 */
-		if (sd->s_dentry == dentry)
-			sd->s_dentry = NULL;
-		spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-		sysfs_put(sd);
-	}
+	sysfs_put(sd);
 	iput(inode);
 }
 
@@ -378,7 +326,6 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode, int type)
 
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_active, 0);
-	atomic_set(&sd->s_event, 1);
 
 	sd->s_name = name;
 	sd->s_mode = mode;
@@ -393,30 +340,6 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode, int type)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/**
- *	sysfs_attach_dentry - associate sysfs_dirent with dentry
- *	@sd: target sysfs_dirent
- *	@dentry: dentry to associate
- *
- *	Associate @sd with @dentry.  This is protected by
- *	sysfs_assoc_lock to avoid race with sysfs_d_iput().
- *
- *	LOCKING:
- *	mutex_lock(sysfs_mutex)
- */
-static void sysfs_attach_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	dentry->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
-	dentry->d_fsdata = sysfs_get(sd);
-
-	/* protect sd->s_dentry against sysfs_d_iput */
-	spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-	sd->s_dentry = dentry;
-	spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-
-	d_rehash(dentry);
-}
-
 static int sysfs_ilookup_test(struct inode *inode, void *arg)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = arg;
@@ -480,10 +403,8 @@ void sysfs_addrm_start(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt,
  *	@sd: sysfs_dirent to be added
  *
  *	Get @acxt->parent_sd and set sd->s_parent to it and increment
- *	nlink of parent inode if @sd is a directory.  @sd is NOT
- *	linked into the children list of the parent.  The caller
- *	should invoke sysfs_link_sibling() after this function
- *	completes if @sd needs to be on the children list.
+ *	nlink of parent inode if @sd is a directory and link into the
+ *	children list of the parent.
  *
  *	This function should be called between calls to
  *	sysfs_addrm_start() and sysfs_addrm_finish() and should be
@@ -491,15 +412,30 @@ void sysfs_addrm_start(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt,
  *
  *	LOCKING:
  *	Determined by sysfs_addrm_start().
+ *
+ *	RETURNS:
+ *	0 on success, -EEXIST if entry with the given name already
+ *	exists.
  */
-void sysfs_add_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+int sysfs_add_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
+	if (sysfs_find_dirent(acxt->parent_sd, sd->s_name)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "sysfs: duplicate filename '%s' "
+		       "can not be created\n", sd->s_name);
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		return -EEXIST;
+	}
+
 	sd->s_parent = sysfs_get(acxt->parent_sd);
 
 	if (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_DIR && acxt->parent_inode)
 		inc_nlink(acxt->parent_inode);
 
 	acxt->cnt++;
+
+	sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -508,9 +444,7 @@ void sysfs_add_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
  *	@sd: sysfs_dirent to be added
  *
  *	Mark @sd removed and drop nlink of parent inode if @sd is a
- *	directory.  @sd is NOT unlinked from the children list of the
- *	parent.  The caller is repsonsible for removing @sd from the
- *	children list before calling this function.
+ *	directory.  @sd is unlinked from the children list.
  *
  *	This function should be called between calls to
  *	sysfs_addrm_start() and sysfs_addrm_finish() and should be
@@ -521,7 +455,9 @@ void sysfs_add_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
  */
 void sysfs_remove_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
-	BUG_ON(sd->s_sibling || (sd->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED));
+	BUG_ON(sd->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED);
+
+	sysfs_unlink_sibling(sd);
 
 	sd->s_flags |= SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED;
 	sd->s_sibling = acxt->removed;
@@ -540,53 +476,49 @@ void sysfs_remove_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
  *	Drop dentry for @sd.  @sd must have been unlinked from its
  *	parent on entry to this function such that it can't be looked
  *	up anymore.
- *
- *	@sd->s_dentry which is protected with sysfs_assoc_lock points
- *	to the currently associated dentry but we're not holding a
- *	reference to it and racing with dput().  Grab dcache_lock and
- *	verify dentry before dropping it.  If @sd->s_dentry is NULL or
- *	dput() beats us, no need to bother.
  */
 static void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
 	struct inode *inode;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
 
-	/* We're not holding a reference to ->s_dentry dentry but the
-	 * field will stay valid as long as sysfs_assoc_lock is held.
+	inode = ilookup(sysfs_sb, sd->s_ino);
+	if (!inode)
+		return;
+
+	/* Drop any existing dentries associated with sd.
+	 *
+	 * For the dentry to be properly freed we need to grab a
+	 * reference to the dentry under the dcache lock,  unhash it,
+	 * and then put it.  The playing with the dentry count allows
+	 * dput to immediately free the dentry  if it is not in use.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+repeat:
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-
-	/* drop dentry if it's there and dput() didn't kill it yet */
-	if (sd->s_dentry && sd->s_dentry->d_inode) {
-		dentry = dget_locked(sd->s_dentry);
+	list_for_each_entry(dentry, &inode->i_dentry, d_alias) {
+		if (d_unhashed(dentry))
+			continue;
+		dget_locked(dentry);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		__d_drop(dentry);
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		dput(dentry);
+		goto repeat;
 	}
-
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-
-	/* dentries for shadowed inodes are pinned, unpin */
-	if (dentry && sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(dentry->d_inode))
-		dput(dentry);
-	dput(dentry);
 
 	/* adjust nlink and update timestamp */
-	inode = ilookup(sysfs_sb, sd->s_ino);
-	if (inode) {
-		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
-		inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+	drop_nlink(inode);
+	if (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_DIR)
 		drop_nlink(inode);
-		if (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_DIR)
-			drop_nlink(inode);
 
-		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-		iput(inode);
-	}
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
+	iput(inode);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -599,11 +531,8 @@ static void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
  *
  *	LOCKING:
  *	All mutexes acquired by sysfs_addrm_start() are released.
- *
- *	RETURNS:
- *	Number of added/removed sysfs_dirents since sysfs_addrm_start().
  */
-int sysfs_addrm_finish(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt)
+void sysfs_addrm_finish(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt)
 {
 	/* release resources acquired by sysfs_addrm_start() */
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
@@ -629,8 +558,6 @@ int sysfs_addrm_finish(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt)
 		sysfs_deactivate(sd);
 		sysfs_put(sd);
 	}
-
-	return acxt->cnt;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -651,8 +578,8 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_find_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
-	for (sd = parent_sd->s_children; sd; sd = sd->s_sibling)
-		if (sysfs_type(sd) && !strcmp(sd->s_name, name))
+	for (sd = parent_sd->s_dir.children; sd; sd = sd->s_sibling)
+		if (!strcmp(sd->s_name, name))
 			return sd;
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -690,28 +617,25 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 	umode_t mode = S_IFDIR| S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
 	struct sysfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
+	int rc;
 
 	/* allocate */
 	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, mode, SYSFS_DIR);
 	if (!sd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	sd->s_elem.dir.kobj = kobj;
+	sd->s_dir.kobj = kobj;
 
 	/* link in */
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd);
+	rc = sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
+	sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt);
 
-	if (!sysfs_find_dirent(parent_sd, name)) {
-		sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
-		sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
-	}
-
-	if (!sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt)) {
+	if (rc == 0)
+		*p_sd = sd;
+	else
 		sysfs_put(sd);
-		return -EEXIST;
-	}
 
-	*p_sd = sd;
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name,
@@ -723,24 +647,18 @@ int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name,
 /**
  *	sysfs_create_dir - create a directory for an object.
  *	@kobj:		object we're creating directory for. 
- *	@shadow_parent:	parent object.
  */
-int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
-		     struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_parent_sd)
+int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd, *sd;
 	int error = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(!kobj);
 
-	if (shadow_parent_sd)
-		parent_sd = shadow_parent_sd;
-	else if (kobj->parent)
+	if (kobj->parent)
 		parent_sd = kobj->parent->sd;
-	else if (sysfs_mount && sysfs_mount->mnt_sb)
-		parent_sd = sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root->d_fsdata;
 	else
-		return -EFAULT;
+		parent_sd = &sysfs_root;
 
 	error = create_dir(kobj, parent_sd, kobject_name(kobj), &sd);
 	if (!error)
@@ -748,39 +666,20 @@ int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int sysfs_count_nlink(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
-{
-	struct sysfs_dirent *child;
-	int nr = 0;
-
-	for (child = sd->s_children; child; child = child->s_sibling)
-		if (sysfs_type(child) == SYSFS_DIR)
-			nr++;
-	return nr + 2;
-}
-
 static struct dentry * sysfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 				struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct dentry *ret = NULL;
-	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
-	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
-	struct bin_attribute *bin_attr;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 	struct inode *inode;
-	int found = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
-	for (sd = parent_sd->s_children; sd; sd = sd->s_sibling) {
-		if (sysfs_type(sd) &&
-		    !strcmp(sd->s_name, dentry->d_name.name)) {
-			found = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
+	sd = sysfs_find_dirent(parent_sd, dentry->d_name.name);
 
 	/* no such entry */
-	if (!found)
+	if (!sd)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	/* attach dentry and inode */
@@ -790,33 +689,11 @@ static struct dentry * sysfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
-		/* initialize inode according to type */
-		switch (sysfs_type(sd)) {
-		case SYSFS_DIR:
-			inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
-			inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
-			inode->i_nlink = sysfs_count_nlink(sd);
-			break;
-		case SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR:
-			inode->i_size = PAGE_SIZE;
-			inode->i_fop = &sysfs_file_operations;
-			break;
-		case SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR:
-			bin_attr = sd->s_elem.bin_attr.bin_attr;
-			inode->i_size = bin_attr->size;
-			inode->i_fop = &bin_fops;
-			break;
-		case SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK:
-			inode->i_op = &sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
-			break;
-		default:
-			BUG();
-		}
-	}
-
-	sysfs_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-	sysfs_attach_dentry(sd, dentry);
+	/* instantiate and hash dentry */
+	dentry->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
+	dentry->d_fsdata = sysfs_get(sd);
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	d_rehash(dentry);
 
  out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
@@ -833,7 +710,6 @@ static void remove_dir(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 	struct sysfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
 
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, sd->s_parent);
-	sysfs_unlink_sibling(sd);
 	sysfs_remove_one(&acxt, sd);
 	sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt);
 }
@@ -854,15 +730,13 @@ static void __sysfs_remove_dir(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd)
 
 	pr_debug("sysfs %s: removing dir\n", dir_sd->s_name);
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, dir_sd);
-	pos = &dir_sd->s_children;
+	pos = &dir_sd->s_dir.children;
 	while (*pos) {
 		struct sysfs_dirent *sd = *pos;
 
-		if (sysfs_type(sd) && sysfs_type(sd) != SYSFS_DIR) {
-			*pos = sd->s_sibling;
-			sd->s_sibling = NULL;
+		if (sysfs_type(sd) != SYSFS_DIR)
 			sysfs_remove_one(&acxt, sd);
-		} else
+		else
 			pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling;
 	}
 	sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt);
@@ -890,90 +764,68 @@ void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 	__sysfs_remove_dir(sd);
 }
 
-int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent_sd,
-		     const char *new_name)
+int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = kobj->sd;
-	struct dentry *new_parent = NULL;
+	struct dentry *parent = NULL;
 	struct dentry *old_dentry = NULL, *new_dentry = NULL;
 	const char *dup_name = NULL;
 	int error;
 
-	/* get dentries */
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_rename_mutex);
+
+	error = 0;
+	if (strcmp(sd->s_name, new_name) == 0)
+		goto out;	/* nothing to rename */
+
+	/* get the original dentry */
 	old_dentry = sysfs_get_dentry(sd);
 	if (IS_ERR(old_dentry)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(old_dentry);
-		goto out_dput;
-	}
-
-	new_parent = sysfs_get_dentry(new_parent_sd);
-	if (IS_ERR(new_parent)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(new_parent);
-		goto out_dput;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* lock new_parent and get dentry for new name */
-	mutex_lock(&new_parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	parent = old_dentry->d_parent;
 
-	new_dentry = lookup_one_len(new_name, new_parent, strlen(new_name));
-	if (IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
+	/* lock parent and get dentry for new name */
+	mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
-	/* By allowing two different directories with the same
-	 * d_parent we allow this routine to move between different
-	 * shadows of the same directory
-	 */
-	error = -EINVAL;
-	if (old_dentry->d_parent->d_inode != new_parent->d_inode ||
-	    new_dentry->d_parent->d_inode != new_parent->d_inode ||
-	    old_dentry == new_dentry)
+	error = -EEXIST;
+	if (sysfs_find_dirent(sd->s_parent, new_name))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	error = -EEXIST;
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode)
+	error = -ENOMEM;
+	new_dentry = d_alloc_name(parent, new_name);
+	if (!new_dentry)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	/* rename kobject and sysfs_dirent */
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	new_name = dup_name = kstrdup(new_name, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_name)
-		goto out_drop;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	error = kobject_set_name(kobj, "%s", new_name);
 	if (error)
-		goto out_drop;
-
-	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	dup_name = sd->s_name;
 	sd->s_name = new_name;
 
-	/* move under the new parent */
+	/* rename */
 	d_add(new_dentry, NULL);
-	d_move(sd->s_dentry, new_dentry);
-
-	sysfs_unlink_sibling(sd);
-	sysfs_get(new_parent_sd);
-	sysfs_put(sd->s_parent);
-	sd->s_parent = new_parent_sd;
-	sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
+	d_move(old_dentry, new_dentry);
 
 	error = 0;
-	goto out_unlock;
-
- out_drop:
-	d_drop(new_dentry);
  out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&new_parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
- out_dput:
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	kfree(dup_name);
-	dput(new_parent);
 	dput(old_dentry);
 	dput(new_dentry);
+ out:
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_rename_mutex);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -985,96 +837,69 @@ int sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent_kobj)
 	struct dentry *old_dentry = NULL, *new_dentry = NULL;
 	int error;
 
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_rename_mutex);
 	BUG_ON(!sd->s_parent);
 	new_parent_sd = new_parent_kobj->sd ? new_parent_kobj->sd : &sysfs_root;
 
+	error = 0;
+	if (sd->s_parent == new_parent_sd)
+		goto out;	/* nothing to move */
+
 	/* get dentries */
 	old_dentry = sysfs_get_dentry(sd);
 	if (IS_ERR(old_dentry)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(old_dentry);
-		goto out_dput;
+		goto out;
 	}
-	old_parent = sd->s_parent->s_dentry;
+	old_parent = old_dentry->d_parent;
 
 	new_parent = sysfs_get_dentry(new_parent_sd);
 	if (IS_ERR(new_parent)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(new_parent);
-		goto out_dput;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (old_parent->d_inode == new_parent->d_inode) {
-		error = 0;
-		goto out_dput;	/* nothing to move */
-	}
 again:
 	mutex_lock(&old_parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&new_parent->d_inode->i_mutex)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&old_parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 		goto again;
 	}
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
-	new_dentry = lookup_one_len(kobj->name, new_parent, strlen(kobj->name));
-	if (IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
+	error = -EEXIST;
+	if (sysfs_find_dirent(new_parent_sd, sd->s_name))
 		goto out_unlock;
-	} else
-		error = 0;
+
+	error = -ENOMEM;
+	new_dentry = d_alloc_name(new_parent, sd->s_name);
+	if (!new_dentry)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	error = 0;
 	d_add(new_dentry, NULL);
-	d_move(sd->s_dentry, new_dentry);
+	d_move(old_dentry, new_dentry);
 	dput(new_dentry);
 
 	/* Remove from old parent's list and insert into new parent's list. */
-	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-
 	sysfs_unlink_sibling(sd);
 	sysfs_get(new_parent_sd);
 	sysfs_put(sd->s_parent);
 	sd->s_parent = new_parent_sd;
 	sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-
  out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&new_parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&old_parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
- out_dput:
+ out:
 	dput(new_parent);
 	dput(old_dentry);
 	dput(new_dentry);
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_rename_mutex);
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int sysfs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	struct dentry * dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
-	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
-
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent("_DIR_", 0, 0);
-	if (sd) {
-		mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-		sd->s_parent = sysfs_get(parent_sd);
-		sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
-		mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-	}
-
-	file->private_data = sd;
-	return sd ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
-}
-
-static int sysfs_dir_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	struct sysfs_dirent * cursor = file->private_data;
-
-	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-	sysfs_unlink_sibling(cursor);
-	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-
-	release_sysfs_dirent(cursor);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /* Relationship between s_mode and the DT_xxx types */
 static inline unsigned char dt_type(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
@@ -1085,232 +910,51 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct sysfs_dirent *cursor = filp->private_data;
-	struct sysfs_dirent **pos;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *pos;
 	ino_t ino;
-	int i = filp->f_pos;
 
-	switch (i) {
-		case 0:
-			ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
-			if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-				break;
+	if (filp->f_pos == 0) {
+		ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
+		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0)
 			filp->f_pos++;
-			i++;
-			/* fallthrough */
-		case 1:
-			if (parent_sd->s_parent)
-				ino = parent_sd->s_parent->s_ino;
-			else
-				ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
-			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
-				break;
+	}
+	if (filp->f_pos == 1) {
+		if (parent_sd->s_parent)
+			ino = parent_sd->s_parent->s_ino;
+		else
+			ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
+		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0)
 			filp->f_pos++;
-			i++;
-			/* fallthrough */
-		default:
-			mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-
-			pos = &parent_sd->s_children;
-			while (*pos != cursor)
-				pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling;
-
-			/* unlink cursor */
-			*pos = cursor->s_sibling;
-
-			if (filp->f_pos == 2)
-				pos = &parent_sd->s_children;
-
-			for ( ; *pos; pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling) {
-				struct sysfs_dirent *next = *pos;
-				const char * name;
-				int len;
-
-				if (!sysfs_type(next))
-					continue;
-
-				name = next->s_name;
-				len = strlen(name);
-				ino = next->s_ino;
-
-				if (filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino,
-						 dt_type(next)) < 0)
-					break;
+	}
+	if ((filp->f_pos > 1) && (filp->f_pos < INT_MAX)) {
+		mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
-				filp->f_pos++;
-			}
+		/* Skip the dentries we have already reported */
+		pos = parent_sd->s_dir.children;
+		while (pos && (filp->f_pos > pos->s_ino))
+			pos = pos->s_sibling;
 
-			/* put cursor back in */
-			cursor->s_sibling = *pos;
-			*pos = cursor;
+		for ( ; pos; pos = pos->s_sibling) {
+			const char * name;
+			int len;
 
-			mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static loff_t sysfs_dir_lseek(struct file * file, loff_t offset, int origin)
-{
-	struct dentry * dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+			name = pos->s_name;
+			len = strlen(name);
+			filp->f_pos = ino = pos->s_ino;
 
-	switch (origin) {
-		case 1:
-			offset += file->f_pos;
-		case 0:
-			if (offset >= 0)
+			if (filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino,
+					 dt_type(pos)) < 0)
 				break;
-		default:
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	if (offset != file->f_pos) {
-		mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-
-		file->f_pos = offset;
-		if (file->f_pos >= 2) {
-			struct sysfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-			struct sysfs_dirent *cursor = file->private_data;
-			struct sysfs_dirent **pos;
-			loff_t n = file->f_pos - 2;
-
-			sysfs_unlink_sibling(cursor);
-
-			pos = &sd->s_children;
-			while (n && *pos) {
-				struct sysfs_dirent *next = *pos;
-				if (sysfs_type(next))
-					n--;
-				pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling;
-			}
-
-			cursor->s_sibling = *pos;
-			*pos = cursor;
 		}
-
+		if (!pos)
+			filp->f_pos = INT_MAX;
 		mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
 	}
-
-	return offset;
-}
-
-
-/**
- *	sysfs_make_shadowed_dir - Setup so a directory can be shadowed
- *	@kobj:	object we're creating shadow of.
- */
-
-int sysfs_make_shadowed_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
-	void * (*follow_link)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *))
-{
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct inode_operations *i_op;
-
-	/* get dentry for @kobj->sd, dentry of a shadowed dir is pinned */
-	dentry = sysfs_get_dentry(kobj->sd);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
-
-	inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	if (inode->i_op != &sysfs_dir_inode_operations) {
-		dput(dentry);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	i_op = kmalloc(sizeof(*i_op), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!i_op)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	memcpy(i_op, &sysfs_dir_inode_operations, sizeof(*i_op));
-	i_op->follow_link = follow_link;
-
-	/* Locking of inode->i_op?
-	 * Since setting i_op is a single word write and they
-	 * are atomic we should be ok here.
-	 */
-	inode->i_op = i_op;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- *	sysfs_create_shadow_dir - create a shadow directory for an object.
- *	@kobj:	object we're creating directory for.
- *
- *	sysfs_make_shadowed_dir must already have been called on this
- *	directory.
- */
-
-struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_create_shadow_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
-{
-	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = kobj->sd->s_parent;
-	struct dentry *dir, *parent, *shadow;
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
-	struct sysfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
-
-	dir = sysfs_get_dentry(kobj->sd);
-	if (IS_ERR(dir)) {
-		sd = (void *)dir;
-		goto out;
-	}
-	parent = dir->d_parent;
-
-	inode = dir->d_inode;
-	sd = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	if (!sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(inode))
-		goto out_dput;
-
-	shadow = d_alloc(parent, &dir->d_name);
-	if (!shadow)
-		goto nomem;
-
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent("_SHADOW_", inode->i_mode, SYSFS_DIR);
-	if (!sd)
-		goto nomem;
-	sd->s_elem.dir.kobj = kobj;
-
-	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd);
-
-	/* add but don't link into children list */
-	sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
-
-	/* attach and instantiate dentry */
-	sysfs_attach_dentry(sd, shadow);
-	d_instantiate(shadow, igrab(inode));
-	inc_nlink(inode);	/* tj: synchronization? */
-
-	sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt);
-
-	dget(shadow);		/* Extra count - pin the dentry in core */
-
-	goto out_dput;
-
- nomem:
-	dput(shadow);
-	sd = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- out_dput:
-	dput(dir);
- out:
-	return sd;
-}
-
-/**
- *	sysfs_remove_shadow_dir - remove an object's directory.
- *	@shadow_sd: sysfs_dirent of shadow directory
- *
- *	The only thing special about this is that we remove any files in
- *	the directory before we remove the directory, and we've inlined
- *	what used to be sysfs_rmdir() below, instead of calling separately.
- */
-
-void sysfs_remove_shadow_dir(struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_sd)
-{
-	__sysfs_remove_dir(shadow_sd);
-}
 
 const struct file_operations sysfs_dir_operations = {
-	.open		= sysfs_dir_open,
-	.release	= sysfs_dir_close,
-	.llseek		= sysfs_dir_lseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= sysfs_readdir,
 };
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 3e1cc062a74..d3be1e7fb48 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 /*
- * file.c - operations for regular (text) files.
+ * fs/sysfs/file.c - sysfs regular (text) file implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-3 Patrick Mochel
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ *
+ * Please see Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt for more information.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
@@ -50,14 +57,33 @@ static struct sysfs_ops subsys_sysfs_ops = {
 	.store	= subsys_attr_store,
 };
 
+/*
+ * There's one sysfs_buffer for each open file and one
+ * sysfs_open_dirent for each sysfs_dirent with one or more open
+ * files.
+ *
+ * filp->private_data points to sysfs_buffer and
+ * sysfs_dirent->s_attr.open points to sysfs_open_dirent.  s_attr.open
+ * is protected by sysfs_open_dirent_lock.
+ */
+static spinlock_t sysfs_open_dirent_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+
+struct sysfs_open_dirent {
+	atomic_t		refcnt;
+	atomic_t		event;
+	wait_queue_head_t	poll;
+	struct list_head	buffers; /* goes through sysfs_buffer.list */
+};
+
 struct sysfs_buffer {
 	size_t			count;
 	loff_t			pos;
 	char			* page;
 	struct sysfs_ops	* ops;
-	struct semaphore	sem;
+	struct mutex		mutex;
 	int			needs_read_fill;
 	int			event;
+	struct list_head	list;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -74,7 +100,7 @@ struct sysfs_buffer {
 static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_dir.kobj;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = buffer->ops;
 	int ret = 0;
 	ssize_t count;
@@ -88,8 +114,8 @@ static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer
 	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	buffer->event = atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_event);
-	count = ops->show(kobj, attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page);
+	buffer->event = atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_attr.open->event);
+	count = ops->show(kobj, attr_sd->s_attr.attr, buffer->page);
 
 	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 
@@ -128,7 +154,7 @@ sysfs_read_file(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = file->private_data;
 	ssize_t retval = 0;
 
-	down(&buffer->sem);
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
 	if (buffer->needs_read_fill) {
 		retval = fill_read_buffer(file->f_path.dentry,buffer);
 		if (retval)
@@ -139,7 +165,7 @@ sysfs_read_file(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 	retval = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, buffer->page,
 					 buffer->count);
 out:
-	up(&buffer->sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -189,7 +215,7 @@ static int
 flush_write_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer, size_t count)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_dir.kobj;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = buffer->ops;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -197,7 +223,7 @@ flush_write_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer, size_t
 	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	rc = ops->store(kobj, attr_sd->s_elem.attr.attr, buffer->page, count);
+	rc = ops->store(kobj, attr_sd->s_attr.attr, buffer->page, count);
 
 	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 
@@ -228,20 +254,102 @@ sysfs_write_file(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = file->private_data;
 	ssize_t len;
 
-	down(&buffer->sem);
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
 	len = fill_write_buffer(buffer, buf, count);
 	if (len > 0)
 		len = flush_write_buffer(file->f_path.dentry, buffer, len);
 	if (len > 0)
 		*ppos += len;
-	up(&buffer->sem);
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
 	return len;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	sysfs_get_open_dirent - get or create sysfs_open_dirent
+ *	@sd: target sysfs_dirent
+ *	@buffer: sysfs_buffer for this instance of open
+ *
+ *	If @sd->s_attr.open exists, increment its reference count;
+ *	otherwise, create one.  @buffer is chained to the buffers
+ *	list.
+ *
+ *	LOCKING:
+ *	Kernel thread context (may sleep).
+ *
+ *	RETURNS:
+ *	0 on success, -errno on failure.
+ */
+static int sysfs_get_open_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
+				 struct sysfs_buffer *buffer)
+{
+	struct sysfs_open_dirent *od, *new_od = NULL;
+
+ retry:
+	spin_lock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+
+	if (!sd->s_attr.open && new_od) {
+		sd->s_attr.open = new_od;
+		new_od = NULL;
+	}
+
+	od = sd->s_attr.open;
+	if (od) {
+		atomic_inc(&od->refcnt);
+		list_add_tail(&buffer->list, &od->buffers);
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+
+	if (od) {
+		kfree(new_od);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* not there, initialize a new one and retry */
+	new_od = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_od), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_od)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	atomic_set(&new_od->refcnt, 0);
+	atomic_set(&new_od->event, 1);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&new_od->poll);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_od->buffers);
+	goto retry;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	sysfs_put_open_dirent - put sysfs_open_dirent
+ *	@sd: target sysfs_dirent
+ *	@buffer: associated sysfs_buffer
+ *
+ *	Put @sd->s_attr.open and unlink @buffer from the buffers list.
+ *	If reference count reaches zero, disassociate and free it.
+ *
+ *	LOCKING:
+ *	None.
+ */
+static void sysfs_put_open_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
+				  struct sysfs_buffer *buffer)
+{
+	struct sysfs_open_dirent *od = sd->s_attr.open;
+
+	spin_lock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+
+	list_del(&buffer->list);
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&od->refcnt))
+		sd->s_attr.open = NULL;
+	else
+		od = NULL;
+
+	spin_unlock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+
+	kfree(od);
+}
+
 static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_dir.kobj;
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer;
 	struct sysfs_ops * ops = NULL;
 	int error;
@@ -294,33 +402,38 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (!buffer)
 		goto err_out;
 
-	init_MUTEX(&buffer->sem);
+	mutex_init(&buffer->mutex);
 	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
 	buffer->ops = ops;
 	file->private_data = buffer;
 
-	/* open succeeded, put active references and pin attr_sd */
+	/* make sure we have open dirent struct */
+	error = sysfs_get_open_dirent(attr_sd, buffer);
+	if (error)
+		goto err_free;
+
+	/* open succeeded, put active references */
 	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
-	sysfs_get(attr_sd);
 	return 0;
 
+ err_free:
+	kfree(buffer);
  err_out:
 	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int sysfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
+static int sysfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_buffer *buffer = filp->private_data;
 
-	sysfs_put(attr_sd);
+	sysfs_put_open_dirent(sd, buffer);
+
+	if (buffer->page)
+		free_page((unsigned long)buffer->page);
+	kfree(buffer);
 
-	if (buffer) {
-		if (buffer->page)
-			free_page((unsigned long)buffer->page);
-		kfree(buffer);
-	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -335,24 +448,24 @@ static int sysfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
  * again will not get new data, or reset the state of 'poll'.
  * Reminder: this only works for attributes which actively support
  * it, and it is not possible to test an attribute from userspace
- * to see if it supports poll (Nether 'poll' or 'select' return
+ * to see if it supports poll (Neither 'poll' nor 'select' return
  * an appropriate error code).  When in doubt, set a suitable timeout value.
  */
 static unsigned int sysfs_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct sysfs_buffer * buffer = filp->private_data;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd = filp->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct kobject *kobj = attr_sd->s_parent->s_elem.dir.kobj;
+	struct sysfs_open_dirent *od = attr_sd->s_attr.open;
 
 	/* need parent for the kobj, grab both */
 	if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
 		goto trigger;
 
-	poll_wait(filp, &kobj->poll, wait);
+	poll_wait(filp, &od->poll, wait);
 
 	sysfs_put_active_two(attr_sd);
 
-	if (buffer->event != atomic_read(&attr_sd->s_event))
+	if (buffer->event != atomic_read(&od->event))
 		goto trigger;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -373,8 +486,17 @@ void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *k, char *dir, char *attr)
 	if (sd && attr)
 		sd = sysfs_find_dirent(sd, attr);
 	if (sd) {
-		atomic_inc(&sd->s_event);
-		wake_up_interruptible(&k->poll);
+		struct sysfs_open_dirent *od;
+
+		spin_lock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
+
+		od = sd->s_attr.open;
+		if (od) {
+			atomic_inc(&od->event);
+			wake_up_interruptible(&od->poll);
+		}
+
+		spin_unlock(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock);
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
@@ -397,25 +519,21 @@ int sysfs_add_file(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const struct attribute *attr,
 	umode_t mode = (attr->mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
 	struct sysfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
+	int rc;
 
 	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(attr->name, mode, type);
 	if (!sd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	sd->s_elem.attr.attr = (void *)attr;
+	sd->s_attr.attr = (void *)attr;
 
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, dir_sd);
+	rc = sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
+	sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt);
 
-	if (!sysfs_find_dirent(dir_sd, attr->name)) {
-		sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
-		sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
-	}
-
-	if (!sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt)) {
+	if (rc)
 		sysfs_put(sd);
-		return -EEXIST;
-	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 
@@ -457,42 +575,6 @@ int sysfs_add_file_to_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_add_file_to_group);
 
-
-/**
- * sysfs_update_file - update the modified timestamp on an object attribute.
- * @kobj: object we're acting for.
- * @attr: attribute descriptor.
- */
-int sysfs_update_file(struct kobject * kobj, const struct attribute * attr)
-{
-	struct sysfs_dirent *victim_sd = NULL;
-	struct dentry *victim = NULL;
-	int rc;
-
-	rc = -ENOENT;
-	victim_sd = sysfs_get_dirent(kobj->sd, attr->name);
-	if (!victim_sd)
-		goto out;
-
-	victim = sysfs_get_dentry(victim_sd);
-	if (IS_ERR(victim)) {
-		rc = PTR_ERR(victim);
-		victim = NULL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	mutex_lock(&victim->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	victim->d_inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
-	fsnotify_modify(victim);
-	mutex_unlock(&victim->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	rc = 0;
- out:
-	dput(victim);
-	sysfs_put(victim_sd);
-	return rc;
-}
-
-
 /**
  * sysfs_chmod_file - update the modified mode value on an object attribute.
  * @kobj: object we're acting for.
@@ -513,7 +595,9 @@ int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
 	if (!victim_sd)
 		goto out;
 
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_rename_mutex);
 	victim = sysfs_get_dentry(victim_sd);
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_rename_mutex);
 	if (IS_ERR(victim)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(victim);
 		victim = NULL;
@@ -521,10 +605,19 @@ int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
 	}
 
 	inode = victim->d_inode;
+
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
 	newattrs.ia_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO);
 	newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME;
 	rc = notify_change(victim, &newattrs);
+
+	if (rc == 0) {
+		mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
+		victim_sd->s_mode = newattrs.ia_mode;
+		mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
+	}
+
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
  out:
 	dput(victim);
@@ -632,4 +725,3 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_schedule_callback);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_create_file);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_file);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_update_file);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index f318b73c790..d1972374655 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 10d1b52899f..9236635111f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * inode.c - basic inode and dentry operations.
+ * fs/sysfs/inode.c - basic sysfs inode and dentry operations
  *
- * sysfs is Copyright (c) 2001-3 Patrick Mochel
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-3 Patrick Mochel
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
  *
  * Please see Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt for more information.
  */
@@ -14,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 extern struct super_block * sysfs_sb;
@@ -34,16 +37,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations sysfs_inode_operations ={
 	.setattr	= sysfs_setattr,
 };
 
-void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	/* Free the shadowed directory inode operations */
-	if (sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(inode)) {
-		kfree(inode->i_op);
-		inode->i_op = NULL;
-	}
-	return generic_delete_inode(inode);
-}
-
 int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 {
 	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
@@ -133,8 +126,22 @@ static inline void set_inode_attr(struct inode * inode, struct iattr * iattr)
  */
 static struct lock_class_key sysfs_inode_imutex_key;
 
+static int sysfs_count_nlink(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	struct sysfs_dirent *child;
+	int nr = 0;
+
+	for (child = sd->s_dir.children; child; child = child->s_sibling)
+		if (sysfs_type(child) == SYSFS_DIR)
+			nr++;
+
+	return nr + 2;
+}
+
 static void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
 {
+	struct bin_attribute *bin_attr;
+
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysfs_aops;
 	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &sysfs_backing_dev_info;
@@ -150,6 +157,32 @@ static void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
 		set_inode_attr(inode, sd->s_iattr);
 	} else
 		set_default_inode_attr(inode, sd->s_mode);
+
+
+	/* initialize inode according to type */
+	switch (sysfs_type(sd)) {
+	case SYSFS_DIR:
+		inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
+		inode->i_nlink = sysfs_count_nlink(sd);
+		break;
+	case SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR:
+		inode->i_size = PAGE_SIZE;
+		inode->i_fop = &sysfs_file_operations;
+		break;
+	case SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR:
+		bin_attr = sd->s_bin_attr.bin_attr;
+		inode->i_size = bin_attr->size;
+		inode->i_fop = &bin_fops;
+		break;
+	case SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK:
+		inode->i_op = &sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -177,50 +210,24 @@ struct inode * sysfs_get_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 	return inode;
 }
 
-/**
- *	sysfs_instantiate - instantiate dentry
- *	@dentry: dentry to be instantiated
- *	@inode: inode associated with @sd
- *
- *	Unlock @inode if locked and instantiate @dentry with @inode.
- *
- *	LOCKING:
- *	None.
- */
-void sysfs_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
-{
-	BUG_ON(!dentry || dentry->d_inode);
-
-	if (inode->i_state & I_NEW)
-		unlock_new_inode(inode);
-
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-}
-
 int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const char *name)
 {
 	struct sysfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
-	struct sysfs_dirent **pos, *sd;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
 	if (!dir_sd)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, dir_sd);
 
-	for (pos = &dir_sd->s_children; *pos; pos = &(*pos)->s_sibling) {
-		sd = *pos;
-
-		if (!sysfs_type(sd))
-			continue;
-		if (!strcmp(sd->s_name, name)) {
-			*pos = sd->s_sibling;
-			sd->s_sibling = NULL;
-			sysfs_remove_one(&acxt, sd);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
+	sd = sysfs_find_dirent(dir_sd, name);
+	if (sd)
+		sysfs_remove_one(&acxt, sd);
+
+	sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt);
 
-	if (sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt))
+	if (sd)
 		return 0;
-	return -ENOENT;
+	else
+		return -ENOENT;
 }
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index fbc7b65fe26..c76c540be3c 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 /*
- * mount.c - operations for initializing and mounting sysfs.
+ * fs/sysfs/symlink.c - operations for initializing and mounting sysfs
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-3 Patrick Mochel
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ *
+ * Please see Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt for more information.
  */
 
 #define DEBUG 
@@ -8,25 +16,25 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 /* Random magic number */
 #define SYSFS_MAGIC 0x62656572
 
-struct vfsmount *sysfs_mount;
+static struct vfsmount *sysfs_mount;
 struct super_block * sysfs_sb = NULL;
 struct kmem_cache *sysfs_dir_cachep;
 
 static const struct super_operations sysfs_ops = {
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
-	.drop_inode	= sysfs_delete_inode,
+	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
 };
 
 struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root = {
+	.s_name		= "",
 	.s_count	= ATOMIC_INIT(1),
-	.s_flags	= SYSFS_ROOT,
+	.s_flags	= SYSFS_DIR,
 	.s_mode		= S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
 	.s_ino		= 1,
 };
@@ -50,11 +58,6 @@ static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
-	inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
-	inc_nlink(inode); /* directory, account for "." */
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-
 	/* instantiate and link root dentry */
 	root = d_alloc_root(inode);
 	if (!root) {
@@ -62,7 +65,6 @@ static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		iput(inode);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	sysfs_root.s_dentry = root;
 	root->d_fsdata = &sysfs_root;
 	sb->s_root = root;
 	return 0;
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ static int sysfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 static struct file_system_type sysfs_fs_type = {
 	.name		= "sysfs",
 	.get_sb		= sysfs_get_sb,
-	.kill_sb	= kill_litter_super,
+	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
 };
 
 int __init sysfs_init(void)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 4ce687f0b5d..3eac20c63c4 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 /*
- * symlink.c - operations for sysfs symlinks.
+ * fs/sysfs/symlink.c - sysfs symlink implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-3 Patrick Mochel
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ *
+ * Please see Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt for more information.
  */
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
@@ -7,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
-#include <asm/semaphore.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
@@ -60,10 +68,9 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char
 
 	BUG_ON(!name);
 
-	if (!kobj) {
-		if (sysfs_mount && sysfs_mount->mnt_sb)
-			parent_sd = sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root->d_fsdata;
-	} else
+	if (!kobj)
+		parent_sd = &sysfs_root;
+	else
 		parent_sd = kobj->sd;
 
 	error = -EFAULT;
@@ -87,20 +94,15 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char
 	if (!sd)
 		goto out_put;
 
-	sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd = target_sd;
+	sd->s_symlink.target_sd = target_sd;
 	target_sd = NULL;	/* reference is now owned by the symlink */
 
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd);
+	error = sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
+	sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt);
 
-	if (!sysfs_find_dirent(parent_sd, name)) {
-		sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
-		sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
-	}
-
-	if (!sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt)) {
-		error = -EEXIST;
+	if (error)
 		goto out_put;
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ static int sysfs_getlink(struct dentry *dentry, char * path)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = sd->s_parent;
-	struct sysfs_dirent *target_sd = sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *target_sd = sd->s_symlink.target_sd;
 	int error;
 
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 6b8c8d76d30..f0326f281d1 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -1,20 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * fs/sysfs/sysfs.h - sysfs internal header file
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-3 Patrick Mochel
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ */
+
+struct sysfs_open_dirent;
+
+/* type-specific structures for sysfs_dirent->s_* union members */
 struct sysfs_elem_dir {
-	struct kobject		* kobj;
+	struct kobject		*kobj;
+	/* children list starts here and goes through sd->s_sibling */
+	struct sysfs_dirent	*children;
 };
 
 struct sysfs_elem_symlink {
-	struct sysfs_dirent	* target_sd;
+	struct sysfs_dirent	*target_sd;
 };
 
 struct sysfs_elem_attr {
-	struct attribute	* attr;
+	struct attribute	*attr;
+	struct sysfs_open_dirent *open;
 };
 
 struct sysfs_elem_bin_attr {
-	struct bin_attribute	* bin_attr;
+	struct bin_attribute	*bin_attr;
 };
 
 /*
+ * sysfs_dirent - the building block of sysfs hierarchy.  Each and
+ * every sysfs node is represented by single sysfs_dirent.
+ *
  * As long as s_count reference is held, the sysfs_dirent itself is
  * accessible.  Dereferencing s_elem or any other outer entity
  * requires s_active reference.
@@ -22,28 +41,43 @@ struct sysfs_elem_bin_attr {
 struct sysfs_dirent {
 	atomic_t		s_count;
 	atomic_t		s_active;
-	struct sysfs_dirent	* s_parent;
-	struct sysfs_dirent	* s_sibling;
-	struct sysfs_dirent	* s_children;
-	const char		* s_name;
+	struct sysfs_dirent	*s_parent;
+	struct sysfs_dirent	*s_sibling;
+	const char		*s_name;
 
 	union {
-		struct sysfs_elem_dir		dir;
-		struct sysfs_elem_symlink	symlink;
-		struct sysfs_elem_attr		attr;
-		struct sysfs_elem_bin_attr	bin_attr;
-	}			s_elem;
+		struct sysfs_elem_dir		s_dir;
+		struct sysfs_elem_symlink	s_symlink;
+		struct sysfs_elem_attr		s_attr;
+		struct sysfs_elem_bin_attr	s_bin_attr;
+	};
 
 	unsigned int		s_flags;
-	umode_t			s_mode;
 	ino_t			s_ino;
-	struct dentry		* s_dentry;
-	struct iattr		* s_iattr;
-	atomic_t		s_event;
+	umode_t			s_mode;
+	struct iattr		*s_iattr;
 };
 
-#define SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS	INT_MIN
+#define SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS		INT_MIN
+
+#define SYSFS_TYPE_MASK			0x00ff
+#define SYSFS_DIR			0x0001
+#define SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR			0x0002
+#define SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR		0x0004
+#define SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK			0x0008
+#define SYSFS_COPY_NAME			(SYSFS_DIR | SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
+
+#define SYSFS_FLAG_MASK			~SYSFS_TYPE_MASK
+#define SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED		0x0200
+
+static inline unsigned int sysfs_type(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	return sd->s_flags & SYSFS_TYPE_MASK;
+}
 
+/*
+ * Context structure to be used while adding/removing nodes.
+ */
 struct sysfs_addrm_cxt {
 	struct sysfs_dirent	*parent_sd;
 	struct inode		*parent_inode;
@@ -51,63 +85,47 @@ struct sysfs_addrm_cxt {
 	int			cnt;
 };
 
-extern struct vfsmount * sysfs_mount;
+/*
+ * mount.c
+ */
 extern struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root;
+extern struct super_block *sysfs_sb;
 extern struct kmem_cache *sysfs_dir_cachep;
 
-extern struct dentry *sysfs_get_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-extern void sysfs_link_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-extern void sysfs_unlink_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_active(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-extern void sysfs_put_active(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_active_two(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-extern void sysfs_put_active_two(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-extern void sysfs_addrm_start(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt,
-			      struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd);
-extern void sysfs_add_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt,
-			  struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-extern void sysfs_remove_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt,
-			     struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-extern int sysfs_addrm_finish(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt);
-
-extern void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
-extern struct inode * sysfs_get_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-extern void sysfs_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode);
-
-extern void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd);
-extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_find_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
-					      const unsigned char *name);
-extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
-					     const unsigned char *name);
-extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode,
-					     int type);
-
-extern int sysfs_add_file(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd,
-			  const struct attribute *attr, int type);
-extern int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const char *name);
-extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_find(struct sysfs_dirent *dir, const char * name);
-
-extern int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name,
-			       struct sysfs_dirent **p_sd);
-extern void sysfs_remove_subdir(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-
-extern int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
-
-extern spinlock_t sysfs_assoc_lock;
+/*
+ * dir.c
+ */
 extern struct mutex sysfs_mutex;
-extern struct super_block * sysfs_sb;
+extern struct mutex sysfs_rename_mutex;
+extern spinlock_t sysfs_assoc_lock;
+
 extern const struct file_operations sysfs_dir_operations;
-extern const struct file_operations sysfs_file_operations;
-extern const struct file_operations bin_fops;
 extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
-extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
-
-static inline unsigned int sysfs_type(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
-{
-	return sd->s_flags & SYSFS_TYPE_MASK;
-}
 
-static inline struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
+struct dentry *sysfs_get_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
+struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_active(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
+void sysfs_put_active(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
+struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_active_two(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
+void sysfs_put_active_two(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
+void sysfs_addrm_start(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt,
+		       struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd);
+int sysfs_add_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
+void sysfs_remove_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
+void sysfs_addrm_finish(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt);
+
+struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_find_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
+				       const unsigned char *name);
+struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
+				      const unsigned char *name);
+struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode, int type);
+
+void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
+
+int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name,
+			struct sysfs_dirent **p_sd);
+void sysfs_remove_subdir(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
+
+static inline struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	if (sd) {
 		WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&sd->s_count));
@@ -116,13 +134,33 @@ static inline struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 	return sd;
 }
 
-static inline void sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
+static inline void sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	if (sd && atomic_dec_and_test(&sd->s_count))
 		release_sysfs_dirent(sd);
 }
 
-static inline int sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_op->follow_link;
-}
+/*
+ * inode.c
+ */
+struct inode *sysfs_get_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
+int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
+int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const char *name);
+
+/*
+ * file.c
+ */
+extern const struct file_operations sysfs_file_operations;
+
+int sysfs_add_file(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd,
+		   const struct attribute *attr, int type);
+
+/*
+ * bin.c
+ */
+extern const struct file_operations bin_fops;
+
+/*
+ * symlink.c
+ */
+extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/of_device.h b/include/asm-powerpc/of_device.h
index ec2a8a2c737..93262f2546a 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/of_device.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/of_device.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct of_device
 extern ssize_t of_device_get_modalias(struct of_device *ofdev,
 					char *str, ssize_t len);
 extern int of_device_uevent(struct device *dev,
-	char **envp, int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+			    struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 
 /* This is just here during the transition */
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 104e51e20e1..f592d6de3b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_u32(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 				  struct dentry *parent, u32 *value);
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_u64(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 				  struct dentry *parent, u64 *value);
+struct dentry *debugfs_create_x8(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+				 struct dentry *parent, u8 *value);
+struct dentry *debugfs_create_x16(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+				  struct dentry *parent, u16 *value);
+struct dentry *debugfs_create_x32(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+				  struct dentry *parent, u32 *value);
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 				  struct dentry *parent, u32 *value);
 
@@ -122,6 +128,27 @@ static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_u64(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }
 
+static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_x8(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+					       struct dentry *parent,
+					       u8 *value)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+}
+
+static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_x16(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+						struct dentry *parent,
+						u16 *value)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+}
+
+static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_x32(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+						struct dentry *parent,
+						u32 *value)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+}
+
 static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 						 struct dentry *parent,
 						 u32 *value)
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 3a38d1f70cb..2e15822fe40 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -64,12 +64,9 @@ struct bus_type {
 	struct bus_attribute	* bus_attrs;
 	struct device_attribute	* dev_attrs;
 	struct driver_attribute	* drv_attrs;
-	struct bus_attribute drivers_autoprobe_attr;
-	struct bus_attribute drivers_probe_attr;
 
 	int		(*match)(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv);
-	int		(*uevent)(struct device *dev, char **envp,
-				  int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+	int		(*uevent)(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 	int		(*probe)(struct device * dev);
 	int		(*remove)(struct device * dev);
 	void		(*shutdown)(struct device * dev);
@@ -189,10 +186,8 @@ struct class {
 	struct class_device_attribute	* class_dev_attrs;
 	struct device_attribute		* dev_attrs;
 
-	int	(*uevent)(struct class_device *dev, char **envp,
-			   int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
-	int	(*dev_uevent)(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-				char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+	int	(*uevent)(struct class_device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
+	int	(*dev_uevent)(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 
 	void	(*release)(struct class_device *dev);
 	void	(*class_release)(struct class *class);
@@ -268,8 +263,7 @@ struct class_device {
 	struct attribute_group  ** groups;	/* optional groups */
 
 	void	(*release)(struct class_device *dev);
-	int	(*uevent)(struct class_device *dev, char **envp,
-			   int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+	int	(*uevent)(struct class_device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 	char	class_id[BUS_ID_SIZE];	/* unique to this class */
 };
 
@@ -337,8 +331,7 @@ extern void class_device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
 struct device_type {
 	const char *name;
 	struct attribute_group **groups;
-	int (*uevent)(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-		      char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+	int (*uevent)(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 	void (*release)(struct device *dev);
 	int (*suspend)(struct device * dev, pm_message_t state);
 	int (*resume)(struct device * dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 949706c3362..4a0d27f475d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 /*
  * kobject.h - generic kernel object infrastructure.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2002-2003	Patrick Mochel
- * Copyright (c) 2002-2003	Open Source Development Labs
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Patrick Mochel
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Open Source Development Labs
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Novell Inc.
  *
  * This file is released under the GPLv2.
  *
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@
 
 #define KOBJ_NAME_LEN			20
 #define UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN		256
+#define UEVENT_NUM_ENVP			32	/* number of env pointers */
+#define UEVENT_BUFFER_SIZE		2048	/* buffer for the variables */
 
 /* path to the userspace helper executed on an event */
 extern char uevent_helper[];
@@ -56,19 +60,14 @@ enum kobject_action {
 	KOBJ_MAX
 };
 
-/* The list of strings defining the valid kobject actions as specified above */
-extern const char *kobject_actions[];
-
 struct kobject {
 	const char		* k_name;
-	char			name[KOBJ_NAME_LEN];
 	struct kref		kref;
 	struct list_head	entry;
 	struct kobject		* parent;
 	struct kset		* kset;
 	struct kobj_type	* ktype;
 	struct sysfs_dirent	* sd;
-	wait_queue_head_t	poll;
 };
 
 extern int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *, const char *, ...)
@@ -83,14 +82,9 @@ extern void kobject_init(struct kobject *);
 extern void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *);
 
 extern int __must_check kobject_add(struct kobject *);
-extern int __must_check kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *kobj,
-					   struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_parent);
 extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *);
 
 extern int __must_check kobject_rename(struct kobject *, const char *new_name);
-extern int __must_check kobject_shadow_rename(struct kobject *kobj,
-					      struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent,
-					      const char *new_name);
 extern int __must_check kobject_move(struct kobject *, struct kobject *);
 
 extern int __must_check kobject_register(struct kobject *);
@@ -111,36 +105,44 @@ struct kobj_type {
 	struct attribute	** default_attrs;
 };
 
+struct kobj_uevent_env {
+	char *envp[UEVENT_NUM_ENVP];
+	int envp_idx;
+	char buf[UEVENT_BUFFER_SIZE];
+	int buflen;
+};
+
 struct kset_uevent_ops {
 	int (*filter)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj);
 	const char *(*name)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj);
-	int (*uevent)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
-			int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+	int (*uevent)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
+		      struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 };
 
-/*
- *	struct kset - a set of kobjects of a specific type, belonging
- *	to a specific subsystem.
- *
- *	All kobjects of a kset should be embedded in an identical 
- *	type. This type may have a descriptor, which the kset points
- *	to. This allows there to exist sets of objects of the same
- *	type in different subsystems.
+/**
+ * struct kset - a set of kobjects of a specific type, belonging to a specific subsystem.
  *
- *	A subsystem does not have to be a list of only one type 
- *	of object; multiple ksets can belong to one subsystem. All 
- *	ksets of a subsystem share the subsystem's lock.
+ * A kset defines a group of kobjects.  They can be individually
+ * different "types" but overall these kobjects all want to be grouped
+ * together and operated on in the same manner.  ksets are used to
+ * define the attribute callbacks and other common events that happen to
+ * a kobject.
  *
- *	Each kset can support specific event variables; it can
- *	supress the event generation or add subsystem specific
- *	variables carried with the event.
+ * @ktype: the struct kobj_type for this specific kset
+ * @list: the list of all kobjects for this kset
+ * @list_lock: a lock for iterating over the kobjects
+ * @kobj: the embedded kobject for this kset (recursion, isn't it fun...)
+ * @uevent_ops: the set of uevent operations for this kset.  These are
+ * called whenever a kobject has something happen to it so that the kset
+ * can add new environment variables, or filter out the uevents if so
+ * desired.
  */
 struct kset {
-	struct kobj_type	* ktype;
+	struct kobj_type	*ktype;
 	struct list_head	list;
 	spinlock_t		list_lock;
 	struct kobject		kobj;
-	struct kset_uevent_ops	* uevent_ops;
+	struct kset_uevent_ops	*uevent_ops;
 };
 
 
@@ -179,18 +181,18 @@ extern struct kobject * kset_find_obj(struct kset *, const char *);
  * Use this when initializing an embedded kset with no other 
  * fields to initialize.
  */
-#define set_kset_name(str)	.kset = { .kobj = { .name = str } }
+#define set_kset_name(str)	.kset = { .kobj = { .k_name = str } }
 
 
 #define decl_subsys(_name,_type,_uevent_ops) \
 struct kset _name##_subsys = { \
-	.kobj = { .name = __stringify(_name) }, \
+	.kobj = { .k_name = __stringify(_name) }, \
 	.ktype = _type, \
 	.uevent_ops =_uevent_ops, \
 }
 #define decl_subsys_name(_varname,_name,_type,_uevent_ops) \
 struct kset _varname##_subsys = { \
-	.kobj = { .name = __stringify(_name) }, \
+	.kobj = { .k_name = __stringify(_name) }, \
 	.ktype = _type, \
 	.uevent_ops =_uevent_ops, \
 }
@@ -218,49 +220,9 @@ extern struct kset hypervisor_subsys;
 #define kobj_set_kset_s(obj,subsys) \
 	(obj)->kobj.kset = &(subsys)
 
-/**
- *	kset_set_kset_s(obj,subsys) - set kset for embedded kset.
- *	@obj:		ptr to some object type.
- *	@subsys:	a subsystem object (not a ptr).
- *
- *	Can be used for any object type with an embedded ->kset.
- *	Sets the kset of @obj's  embedded kobject (via its embedded
- *	kset) to @subsys.kset. This makes @obj a member of that 
- *	kset.
- */
-
-#define kset_set_kset_s(obj,subsys) \
-	(obj)->kset.kobj.kset = &(subsys)
-
-/**
- *	subsys_set_kset(obj,subsys) - set kset for subsystem
- *	@obj:		ptr to some object type.
- *	@_subsys:	a subsystem object (not a ptr).
- *
- *	Can be used for any object type with an embedded ->subsys.
- *	Sets the kset of @obj's kobject to @subsys.kset. This makes
- *	the object a member of that kset.
- */
-
-#define subsys_set_kset(obj,_subsys) \
-	(obj)->subsys.kobj.kset = &(_subsys)
-
-extern void subsystem_init(struct kset *);
 extern int __must_check subsystem_register(struct kset *);
 extern void subsystem_unregister(struct kset *);
 
-static inline struct kset *subsys_get(struct kset *s)
-{
-	if (s)
-		return kset_get(s);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static inline void subsys_put(struct kset *s)
-{
-	kset_put(s);
-}
-
 struct subsys_attribute {
 	struct attribute attr;
 	ssize_t (*show)(struct kset *, char *);
@@ -275,10 +237,11 @@ int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action);
 int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 			char *envp[]);
 
-int add_uevent_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
-			char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len,
-			const char *format, ...)
-	__attribute__((format (printf, 7, 8)));
+int add_uevent_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env, const char *format, ...)
+	__attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+
+int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
+			enum kobject_action *type);
 #else
 static inline int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
 { return 0; }
@@ -287,10 +250,12 @@ static inline int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj,
 				      char *envp[])
 { return 0; }
 
-static inline int add_uevent_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
-				      char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len, 
-				      const char *format, ...)
+static inline int add_uevent_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env, const char *format, ...)
 { return 0; }
+
+static inline int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
+			enum kobject_action *type)
+{ return -EINVAL; }
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 8bbd459eafd..e80804316cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 struct platform_device {
 	const char	* name;
-	u32		id;
+	int		id;
 	struct device	dev;
 	u32		num_resources;
 	struct resource	* resource;
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ extern struct resource *platform_get_resource_byname(struct platform_device *, u
 extern int platform_get_irq_byname(struct platform_device *, char *);
 extern int platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **, int);
 
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *, unsigned int, struct resource *, unsigned int);
+extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *, int id,
+					struct resource *, unsigned int);
 
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, unsigned int id);
+extern struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id);
 extern int platform_device_add_resources(struct platform_device *pdev, struct resource *res, unsigned int num);
 extern int platform_device_add_data(struct platform_device *pdev, const void *data, size_t size);
 extern int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev);
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index be8228e50a2..149ab62329e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2001,2002 Patrick Mochel
  * Copyright (c) 2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de>
  *
  * Please see Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt for more information.
  */
@@ -17,23 +19,20 @@
 
 struct kobject;
 struct module;
-struct nameidata;
-struct dentry;
-struct sysfs_dirent;
 
 /* FIXME
  * The *owner field is no longer used, but leave around
  * until the tree gets cleaned up fully.
  */
 struct attribute {
-	const char		* name;
-	struct module		* owner;
+	const char		*name;
+	struct module		*owner;
 	mode_t			mode;
 };
 
 struct attribute_group {
-	const char		* name;
-	struct attribute	** attrs;
+	const char		*name;
+	struct attribute	**attrs;
 };
 
 
@@ -77,72 +76,41 @@ struct sysfs_ops {
 	ssize_t	(*store)(struct kobject *,struct attribute *,const char *, size_t);
 };
 
-#define SYSFS_TYPE_MASK		0x00ff
-#define SYSFS_ROOT		0x0001
-#define SYSFS_DIR		0x0002
-#define SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR 	0x0004
-#define SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR	0x0008
-#define SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK 	0x0020
-#define SYSFS_COPY_NAME		(SYSFS_DIR | SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
-
-#define SYSFS_FLAG_MASK		~SYSFS_TYPE_MASK
-#define SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED	0x0100
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 
-extern int sysfs_schedule_callback(struct kobject *kobj,
-		void (*func)(void *), void *data, struct module *owner);
-
-extern int __must_check
-sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_parent_sd);
-
-extern void
-sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject *);
-
-extern int __must_check
-sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent_sd,
-		 const char *new_name);
-
-extern int __must_check
-sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *, struct kobject *);
-
-extern int __must_check
-sysfs_create_file(struct kobject *, const struct attribute *);
+int sysfs_schedule_callback(struct kobject *kobj, void (*func)(void *),
+			    void *data, struct module *owner);
 
-extern int __must_check
-sysfs_update_file(struct kobject *, const struct attribute *);
+int __must_check sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject *kobj);
+void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject *kobj);
+int __must_check sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name);
+int __must_check sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
+				struct kobject *new_parent_kobj);
 
-extern int __must_check
-sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode);
-
-extern void
-sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject *, const struct attribute *);
-
-extern int __must_check
-sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char * name);
-
-extern void
-sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject *, const char * name);
+int __must_check sysfs_create_file(struct kobject *kobj,
+				   const struct attribute *attr);
+int __must_check sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
+				  mode_t mode);
+void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject *kobj, const struct attribute *attr);
 
 int __must_check sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
-					struct bin_attribute *attr);
+				       struct bin_attribute *attr);
 void sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct bin_attribute *attr);
 
-int __must_check sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *,
-					const struct attribute_group *);
-void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *, const struct attribute_group *);
+int __must_check sysfs_create_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target,
+				   const char *name);
+void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name);
+
+int __must_check sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+				    const struct attribute_group *grp);
+void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+			const struct attribute_group *grp);
 int sysfs_add_file_to_group(struct kobject *kobj,
-		const struct attribute *attr, const char *group);
+			const struct attribute *attr, const char *group);
 void sysfs_remove_file_from_group(struct kobject *kobj,
-		const struct attribute *attr, const char *group);
-
-void sysfs_notify(struct kobject * k, char *dir, char *attr);
-
+			const struct attribute *attr, const char *group);
 
-extern int sysfs_make_shadowed_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
-	void * (*follow_link)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *));
-extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_create_shadow_dir(struct kobject *kobj);
-extern void sysfs_remove_shadow_dir(struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_sd);
+void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *kobj, char *dir, char *attr);
 
 extern int __must_check sysfs_init(void);
 
@@ -154,75 +122,76 @@ static inline int sysfs_schedule_callback(struct kobject *kobj,
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-static inline int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
-				   struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_parent_sd)
+static inline int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject * k)
+static inline void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	;
 }
 
-static inline int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
-				   struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent_sd,
-				   const char *new_name)
+static inline int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject * k, struct kobject * new_parent)
+static inline int sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
+				 struct kobject *new_parent_kobj)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int sysfs_create_file(struct kobject * k, const struct attribute * a)
+static inline int sysfs_create_file(struct kobject *kobj,
+				    const struct attribute *attr)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int sysfs_update_file(struct kobject * k, const struct attribute * a)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-static inline int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
+static inline int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj,
+				   struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject * k, const struct attribute * a)
+static inline void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject *kobj,
+				     const struct attribute *attr)
 {
 	;
 }
 
-static inline int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * k, struct kobject * t, const char * n)
+static inline int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
+					struct bin_attribute *attr)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject * k, const char * name)
+static inline int sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
+					struct bin_attribute *attr)
 {
-	;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-
-static inline int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject * k, struct bin_attribute * a)
+static inline int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject *kobj,
+				    struct kobject *target, const char *name)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject * k, struct bin_attribute * a)
+static inline void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name)
 {
-	return 0;
+	;
 }
 
-static inline int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject * k, const struct attribute_group *g)
+static inline int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+				     const struct attribute_group *grp)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject * k, const struct attribute_group * g)
+static inline void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *kobj,
+				      const struct attribute_group *grp)
 {
 	;
 }
@@ -238,14 +207,8 @@ static inline void sysfs_remove_file_from_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 {
 }
 
-static inline void sysfs_notify(struct kobject * k, char *dir, char *attr)
-{
-}
-
-static inline int sysfs_make_shadowed_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
-	void * (*follow_link)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *))
+static inline void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *kobj, char *dir, char *attr)
 {
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline int __must_check sysfs_init(void)
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 6570719eafd..60478f6e5dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
  * (Note: the *_driver.minor_start values 1, 64, 128, 192 are
  * hardcoded at present.)
  */
-#define NR_PTYS	CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT   /* Number of legacy ptys */
 #define NR_UNIX98_PTY_DEFAULT	4096      /* Default maximum for Unix98 ptys */
 #define NR_UNIX98_PTY_MAX	(1 << MINORBITS) /* Absolute limit */
 #define NR_LDISCS		17
diff --git a/include/linux/video_output.h b/include/linux/video_output.h
index e63e0c03ee0..2fb46bc9340 100644
--- a/include/linux/video_output.h
+++ b/include/linux/video_output.h
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ struct output_properties {
 struct output_device {
 	int request_state;
 	struct output_properties *props;
-	struct class_device class_dev;
+	struct device dev;
 };
-#define to_output_device(obj) container_of(obj, struct output_device, class_dev)
+#define to_output_device(obj) container_of(obj, struct output_device, dev)
 struct output_device *video_output_register(const char *name,
 	struct device *dev,
 	void *devdata,
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 4f3f3e25650..6c4ea33bb2c 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \
 lib-$(CONFIG_MMU) += ioremap.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_SMP) += cpumask.o
 
-lib-y	+= kobject.o kref.o kobject_uevent.o klist.o
+lib-y	+= kobject.o kref.o klist.o
 
 obj-y += div64.o sort.o parser.o halfmd4.o debug_locks.o random32.o \
 	 bust_spinlocks.o hexdump.o kasprintf.o
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ CFLAGS_kobject.o += -DDEBUG
 CFLAGS_kobject_uevent.o += -DDEBUG
 endif
 
+lib-$(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) += kobject_uevent.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP) += iomap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += iomap_copy.o devres.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CHECK_SIGNATURE) += check_signature.o
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 4b08e0ff95c..03d40360ff1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * kobject.c - library routines for handling generic kernel objects
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Patrick Mochel <mochel@osdl.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Novell Inc.
  *
  * This file is released under the GPLv2.
  *
@@ -44,11 +46,11 @@ static int populate_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_parent)
+static int create_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	if (kobject_name(kobj)) {
-		error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj, shadow_parent);
+		error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
 		if (!error) {
 			if ((error = populate_dir(kobj)))
 				sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
@@ -131,7 +133,6 @@ void kobject_init(struct kobject * kobj)
 		return;
 	kref_init(&kobj->kref);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&kobj->poll);
 	kobj->kset = kset_get(kobj->kset);
 }
 
@@ -157,12 +158,11 @@ static void unlink(struct kobject * kobj)
 }
 
 /**
- *	kobject_shadow_add - add an object to the hierarchy.
+ *	kobject_add - add an object to the hierarchy.
  *	@kobj:	object.
- *	@shadow_parent: sysfs directory to add to.
  */
 
-int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_parent)
+int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	struct kobject * parent;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_parent)
 	if (!(kobj = kobject_get(kobj)))
 		return -ENOENT;
 	if (!kobj->k_name)
-		kobj->k_name = kobj->name;
+		kobject_set_name(kobj, "NO_NAME");
 	if (!*kobj->k_name) {
 		pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
 		WARN_ON(1);
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_parent)
 
 	pr_debug("kobject %s: registering. parent: %s, set: %s\n",
 		 kobject_name(kobj), parent ? kobject_name(parent) : "<NULL>", 
-		 kobj->kset ? kobj->kset->kobj.name : "<NULL>" );
+		 kobj->kset ? kobject_name(&kobj->kset->kobj) : "<NULL>" );
 
 	if (kobj->kset) {
 		spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_parent)
 		kobj->parent = parent;
 	}
 
-	error = create_dir(kobj, shadow_parent);
+	error = create_dir(kobj);
 	if (error) {
 		/* unlink does the kobject_put() for us */
 		unlink(kobj);
@@ -216,16 +216,6 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *shadow_parent)
 }
 
 /**
- *	kobject_add - add an object to the hierarchy.
- *	@kobj:	object.
- */
-int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
-{
-	return kobject_shadow_add(kobj, NULL);
-}
-
-
-/**
  *	kobject_register - initialize and add an object.
  *	@kobj:	object in question.
  */
@@ -255,54 +245,50 @@ int kobject_register(struct kobject * kobj)
 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject * kobj, const char * fmt, ...)
 {
 	int error = 0;
-	int limit = KOBJ_NAME_LEN;
+	int limit;
 	int need;
 	va_list args;
-	char * name;
+	char *name;
 
-	/* 
-	 * First, try the static array 
-	 */
-	va_start(args,fmt);
-	need = vsnprintf(kobj->name,limit,fmt,args);
+	/* find out how big a buffer we need */
+	name = kmalloc(1024, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto done;
+	}
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	need = vsnprintf(name, 1024, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
-	if (need < limit) 
-		name = kobj->name;
-	else {
-		/* 
-		 * Need more space? Allocate it and try again 
-		 */
-		limit = need + 1;
-		name = kmalloc(limit,GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!name) {
-			error = -ENOMEM;
-			goto Done;
-		}
-		va_start(args,fmt);
-		need = vsnprintf(name,limit,fmt,args);
-		va_end(args);
-
-		/* Still? Give up. */
-		if (need >= limit) {
-			kfree(name);
-			error = -EFAULT;
-			goto Done;
-		}
+	kfree(name);
+
+	/* Allocate the new space and copy the string in */
+	limit = need + 1;
+	name = kmalloc(limit, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto done;
+	}
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	need = vsnprintf(name, limit, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	/* something wrong with the string we copied? */
+	if (need >= limit) {
+		kfree(name);
+		error = -EFAULT;
+		goto done;
 	}
 
 	/* Free the old name, if necessary. */
-	if (kobj->k_name && kobj->k_name != kobj->name)
-		kfree(kobj->k_name);
+	kfree(kobj->k_name);
 
 	/* Now, set the new name */
 	kobj->k_name = name;
- Done:
+done:
 	return error;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
 
-
 /**
  *	kobject_rename - change the name of an object
  *	@kobj:	object in question.
@@ -338,7 +324,7 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
 	/* Note : if we want to send the new name alone, not the full path,
 	 * we could probably use kobject_name(kobj); */
 
-	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, kobj->parent->sd, new_name);
+	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
 
 	/* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
 	 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
@@ -355,27 +341,6 @@ out:
 }
 
 /**
- *	kobject_rename - change the name of an object
- *	@kobj:	object in question.
- *	@new_parent: object's new parent
- *	@new_name: object's new name
- */
-
-int kobject_shadow_rename(struct kobject *kobj,
-			  struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent, const char *new_name)
-{
-	int error = 0;
-
-	kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
-	if (!kobj)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_parent, new_name);
-	kobject_put(kobj);
-
-	return error;
-}
-
-/**
  *	kobject_move - move object to another parent
  *	@kobj:	object in question.
  *	@new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
@@ -477,13 +442,16 @@ void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject * kobj)
 	struct kobj_type * t = get_ktype(kobj);
 	struct kset * s = kobj->kset;
 	struct kobject * parent = kobj->parent;
+	const char *name = kobj->k_name;
 
 	pr_debug("kobject %s: cleaning up\n",kobject_name(kobj));
-	if (kobj->k_name != kobj->name)
-		kfree(kobj->k_name);
-	kobj->k_name = NULL;
-	if (t && t->release)
+	if (t && t->release) {
 		t->release(kobj);
+		/* If we have a release function, we can guess that this was
+		 * not a statically allocated kobject, so we should be safe to
+		 * free the name */
+		kfree(name);
+	}
 	if (s)
 		kset_put(s);
 	kobject_put(parent);
@@ -651,11 +619,6 @@ struct kobject * kset_find_obj(struct kset * kset, const char * name)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void subsystem_init(struct kset *s)
-{
-	kset_init(s);
-}
-
 int subsystem_register(struct kset *s)
 {
 	return kset_register(s);
@@ -679,9 +642,9 @@ int subsys_create_file(struct kset *s, struct subsys_attribute *a)
 	if (!s || !a)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (subsys_get(s)) {
+	if (kset_get(s)) {
 		error = sysfs_create_file(&s->kobj, &a->attr);
-		subsys_put(s);
+		kset_put(s);
 	}
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index e06a8dcec0f..2e4eae5b082 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -22,31 +22,62 @@
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 
-#define BUFFER_SIZE	2048	/* buffer for the variables */
-#define NUM_ENVP	32	/* number of env pointers */
 
-/* the strings here must match the enum in include/linux/kobject.h */
-const char *kobject_actions[] = {
-	"add",
-	"remove",
-	"change",
-	"move",
-	"online",
-	"offline",
-};
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
 u64 uevent_seqnum;
-char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
+char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
 static struct sock *uevent_sock;
 #endif
 
+/* the strings here must match the enum in include/linux/kobject.h */
+static const char *kobject_actions[] = {
+	[KOBJ_ADD] =		"add",
+	[KOBJ_REMOVE] =		"remove",
+	[KOBJ_CHANGE] =		"change",
+	[KOBJ_MOVE] =		"move",
+	[KOBJ_ONLINE] =		"online",
+	[KOBJ_OFFLINE] =	"offline",
+};
+
+/**
+ * kobject_action_type - translate action string to numeric type
+ *
+ * @buf: buffer containing the action string, newline is ignored
+ * @len: length of buffer
+ * @type: pointer to the location to store the action type
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the action string was recognized.
+ */
+int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
+			enum kobject_action *type)
+{
+	enum kobject_action action;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	if (count && buf[count-1] == '\n')
+		count--;
+
+	if (!count)
+		goto out;
+
+	for (action = 0; action < ARRAY_SIZE(kobject_actions); action++) {
+		if (strncmp(kobject_actions[action], buf, count) != 0)
+			continue;
+		if (kobject_actions[action][count] != '\0')
+			continue;
+		*type = action;
+		ret = 0;
+		break;
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * kobject_uevent_env - send an uevent with environmental data
  *
- * @action: action that is happening (usually KOBJ_MOVE)
+ * @action: action that is happening
  * @kobj: struct kobject that the action is happening to
  * @envp_ext: pointer to environmental data
  *
@@ -54,36 +85,26 @@ static struct sock *uevent_sock;
  * corresponding error when it fails.
  */
 int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
-			char *envp_ext[])
+		       char *envp_ext[])
 {
-	char **envp;
-	char *buffer;
-	char *scratch;
-	const char *action_string;
+	struct kobj_uevent_env *env;
+	const char *action_string = kobject_actions[action];
 	const char *devpath = NULL;
 	const char *subsystem;
 	struct kobject *top_kobj;
 	struct kset *kset;
 	struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops;
 	u64 seq;
-	char *seq_buff;
 	int i = 0;
 	int retval = 0;
-	int j;
 
 	pr_debug("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
-	action_string = kobject_actions[action];
-	if (!action_string) {
-		pr_debug("kobject attempted to send uevent without action_string!\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	/* search the kset we belong to */
 	top_kobj = kobj;
-	while (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent) {
+	while (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent)
 		top_kobj = top_kobj->parent;
-	}
+
 	if (!top_kobj->kset) {
 		pr_debug("kobject attempted to send uevent without kset!\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -92,7 +113,7 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 	kset = top_kobj->kset;
 	uevent_ops = kset->uevent_ops;
 
-	/*  skip the event, if the filter returns zero. */
+	/* skip the event, if the filter returns zero. */
 	if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->filter)
 		if (!uevent_ops->filter(kset, kobj)) {
 			pr_debug("kobject filter function caused the event to drop!\n");
@@ -109,18 +130,11 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* environment index */
-	envp = kzalloc(NUM_ENVP * sizeof (char *), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!envp)
+	/* environment buffer */
+	env = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kobj_uevent_env), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!env)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/* environment values */
-	buffer = kmalloc(BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!buffer) {
-		retval = -ENOMEM;
-		goto exit;
-	}
-
 	/* complete object path */
 	devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!devpath) {
@@ -128,29 +142,29 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	/* event environemnt for helper process only */
-	envp[i++] = "HOME=/";
-	envp[i++] = "PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin";
-
 	/* default keys */
-	scratch = buffer;
-	envp [i++] = scratch;
-	scratch += sprintf(scratch, "ACTION=%s", action_string) + 1;
-	envp [i++] = scratch;
-	scratch += sprintf (scratch, "DEVPATH=%s", devpath) + 1;
-	envp [i++] = scratch;
-	scratch += sprintf(scratch, "SUBSYSTEM=%s", subsystem) + 1;
-	for (j = 0; envp_ext && envp_ext[j]; j++)
-		envp[i++] = envp_ext[j];
-	/* just reserve the space, overwrite it after kset call has returned */
-	envp[i++] = seq_buff = scratch;
-	scratch += strlen("SEQNUM=18446744073709551616") + 1;
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "ACTION=%s", action_string);
+	if (retval)
+		goto exit;
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "DEVPATH=%s", devpath);
+	if (retval)
+		goto exit;
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "SUBSYSTEM=%s", subsystem);
+	if (retval)
+		goto exit;
+
+	/* keys passed in from the caller */
+	if (envp_ext) {
+		for (i = 0; envp_ext[i]; i++) {
+			retval = add_uevent_var(env, envp_ext[i]);
+			if (retval)
+				goto exit;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/* let the kset specific function add its stuff */
 	if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->uevent) {
-		retval = uevent_ops->uevent(kset, kobj,
-				  &envp[i], NUM_ENVP - i, scratch,
-				  BUFFER_SIZE - (scratch - buffer));
+		retval = uevent_ops->uevent(kset, kobj, env);
 		if (retval) {
 			pr_debug ("%s - uevent() returned %d\n",
 				  __FUNCTION__, retval);
@@ -158,11 +172,13 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* we will send an event, request a new sequence number */
+	/* we will send an event, so request a new sequence number */
 	spin_lock(&sequence_lock);
 	seq = ++uevent_seqnum;
 	spin_unlock(&sequence_lock);
-	sprintf(seq_buff, "SEQNUM=%llu", (unsigned long long)seq);
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "SEQNUM=%llu", (unsigned long long)seq);
+	if (retval)
+		goto exit;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
 	/* send netlink message */
@@ -172,17 +188,19 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 
 		/* allocate message with the maximum possible size */
 		len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
-		skb = alloc_skb(len + BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+		skb = alloc_skb(len + env->buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (skb) {
+			char *scratch;
+
 			/* add header */
 			scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
 			sprintf(scratch, "%s@%s", action_string, devpath);
 
 			/* copy keys to our continuous event payload buffer */
-			for (i = 2; envp[i]; i++) {
-				len = strlen(envp[i]) + 1;
+			for (i = 0; i < env->envp_idx; i++) {
+				len = strlen(env->envp[i]) + 1;
 				scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
-				strcpy(scratch, envp[i]);
+				strcpy(scratch, env->envp[i]);
 			}
 
 			NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 1;
@@ -198,13 +216,19 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 		argv [0] = uevent_helper;
 		argv [1] = (char *)subsystem;
 		argv [2] = NULL;
-		call_usermodehelper (argv[0], argv, envp, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
+		retval = add_uevent_var(env, "HOME=/");
+		if (retval)
+			goto exit;
+		retval = add_uevent_var(env, "PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin");
+		if (retval)
+			goto exit;
+
+		call_usermodehelper (argv[0], argv, env->envp, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
 	}
 
 exit:
 	kfree(devpath);
-	kfree(buffer);
-	kfree(envp);
+	kfree(env);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -213,7 +237,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent_env);
 /**
  * kobject_uevent - notify userspace by ending an uevent
  *
- * @action: action that is happening (usually KOBJ_ADD and KOBJ_REMOVE)
+ * @action: action that is happening
  * @kobj: struct kobject that the action is happening to
  *
  * Returns 0 if kobject_uevent() is completed with success or the
@@ -227,52 +251,38 @@ int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent);
 
 /**
- * add_uevent_var - helper for creating event variables
- * @envp: Pointer to table of environment variables, as passed into
- * uevent() method.
- * @num_envp: Number of environment variable slots available, as
- * passed into uevent() method.
- * @cur_index: Pointer to current index into @envp.  It should be
- * initialized to 0 before the first call to add_uevent_var(),
- * and will be incremented on success.
- * @buffer: Pointer to buffer for environment variables, as passed
- * into uevent() method.
- * @buffer_size: Length of @buffer, as passed into uevent() method.
- * @cur_len: Pointer to current length of space used in @buffer.
- * Should be initialized to 0 before the first call to
- * add_uevent_var(), and will be incremented on success.
- * @format: Format for creating environment variable (of the form
- * "XXX=%x") for snprintf().
+ * add_uevent_var - add key value string to the environment buffer
+ * @env: environment buffer structure
+ * @format: printf format for the key=value pair
  *
  * Returns 0 if environment variable was added successfully or -ENOMEM
  * if no space was available.
  */
-int add_uevent_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
-		   char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len,
-		   const char *format, ...)
+int add_uevent_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
+	int len;
 
-	/*
-	 * We check against num_envp - 1 to make sure there is at
-	 * least one slot left after we return, since kobject_uevent()
-	 * needs to set the last slot to NULL.
-	 */
-	if (*cur_index >= num_envp - 1)
+	if (env->envp_idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(env->envp)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "add_uevent_var: too many keys\n");
+		WARN_ON(1);
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	envp[*cur_index] = buffer + *cur_len;
+	}
 
 	va_start(args, format);
-	*cur_len += vsnprintf(envp[*cur_index],
-			      max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0),
-			      format, args) + 1;
+	len = vsnprintf(&env->buf[env->buflen],
+			sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen,
+			format, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
-	if (*cur_len > buffer_size)
+	if (len >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "add_uevent_var: buffer size too small\n");
+		WARN_ON(1);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
-	(*cur_index)++;
+	env->envp[env->envp_idx++] = &env->buf[env->buflen];
+	env->buflen += len + 1;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_uevent_var);
@@ -293,5 +303,3 @@ static int __init kobject_uevent_init(void)
 
 postcore_initcall(kobject_uevent_init);
 #endif
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG */
diff --git a/net/atm/atm_sysfs.c b/net/atm/atm_sysfs.c
index f094a0879c1..9ef07eda2c4 100644
--- a/net/atm/atm_sysfs.c
+++ b/net/atm/atm_sysfs.c
@@ -105,10 +105,9 @@ static struct class_device_attribute *atm_attrs[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static int atm_uevent(struct class_device *cdev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buf, int size)
+static int atm_uevent(struct class_device *cdev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct atm_dev *adev;
-	int i = 0, len = 0;
 
 	if (!cdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -117,11 +116,9 @@ static int atm_uevent(struct class_device *cdev, char **envp, int num_envp, char
 	if (!adev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buf, size, &len,
-			   "NAME=%s%d", adev->type, adev->number))
+	if (add_uevent_var(env, "NAME=%s%d", adev->type, adev->number))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index c65f54e0e27..3312e8f2abe 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ int br_sysfs_addbr(struct net_device *dev)
 	err = kobject_register(&br->ifobj);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_info("%s: can't add kobject (directory) %s/%s\n",
-			__FUNCTION__, dev->name, br->ifobj.name);
+			__FUNCTION__, dev->name, kobject_name(&br->ifobj));
 		goto out3;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 909a03d6c0e..6628e457ddc 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -396,28 +396,22 @@ static struct attribute_group wireless_group = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-static int netdev_uevent(struct device *d, char **envp,
-			 int num_envp, char *buf, int size)
+static int netdev_uevent(struct device *d, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = to_net_dev(d);
-	int retval, len = 0, i = 0;
+	int retval;
 
 	/* pass interface to uevent. */
-	retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				buf, size, &len,
-				"INTERFACE=%s", dev->name);
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "INTERFACE=%s", dev->name);
 	if (retval)
 		goto exit;
 
 	/* pass ifindex to uevent.
 	 * ifindex is useful as it won't change (interface name may change)
 	 * and is what RtNetlink uses natively. */
-	retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				buf, size, &len,
-				"IFINDEX=%d", dev->ifindex);
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "IFINDEX=%d", dev->ifindex);
 
 exit:
-	envp[i] = NULL;
 	return retval;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/net/wireless/sysfs.c b/net/wireless/sysfs.c
index 2d5d2255a27..29f820e1825 100644
--- a/net/wireless/sysfs.c
+++ b/net/wireless/sysfs.c
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ static void wiphy_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-static int wiphy_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp,
-			int num_envp, char *buf, int size)
+static int wiphy_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	/* TODO, we probably need stuff here */
 	return 0;
diff --git a/sound/aoa/soundbus/core.c b/sound/aoa/soundbus/core.c
index 64d16391433..f84f3e50578 100644
--- a/sound/aoa/soundbus/core.c
+++ b/sound/aoa/soundbus/core.c
@@ -56,13 +56,12 @@ static int soundbus_probe(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 
-static int soundbus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-			   char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int soundbus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct soundbus_dev * soundbus_dev;
 	struct of_device * of;
 	const char *compat;
-	int retval = 0, i = 0, length = 0;
+	int retval = 0;
 	int cplen, seen = 0;
 
 	if (!dev)
@@ -75,15 +74,11 @@ static int soundbus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 	of = &soundbus_dev->ofdev;
 
 	/* stuff we want to pass to /sbin/hotplug */
-	retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				"OF_NAME=%s", of->node->name);
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "OF_NAME=%s", of->node->name);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
-	retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				"OF_TYPE=%s", of->node->type);
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "OF_TYPE=%s", of->node->type);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -93,27 +88,19 @@ static int soundbus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 
 	compat = of_get_property(of->node, "compatible", &cplen);
 	while (compat && cplen > 0) {
-		int tmp = length;
-		retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-					buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-					"OF_COMPATIBLE_%d=%s", seen, compat);
+		int tmp = env->buflen;
+		retval = add_uevent_var(env, "OF_COMPATIBLE_%d=%s", seen, compat);
 		if (retval)
 			return retval;
-		compat += length - tmp;
-		cplen -= length - tmp;
+		compat += env->buflen - tmp;
+		cplen -= env->buflen - tmp;
 		seen += 1;
 	}
 
-	retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				"OF_COMPATIBLE_N=%d", seen);
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "OF_COMPATIBLE_N=%d", seen);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
-	retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-				buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-				"MODALIAS=%s", soundbus_dev->modalias);
-
-	envp[i] = NULL;
+	retval = add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", soundbus_dev->modalias);
 
 	return retval;
 }