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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/core.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index 0db47561331e..e21a65fc043e 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -378,6 +378,13 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev) if (!dev || !strlen(dev->bus_id)) goto Error; + /* if this is a class device, and has no parent, create one */ + if ((dev->class) && (dev->parent == NULL)) { + error = virtual_device_parent(dev); + if (error) + goto Error; + } + parent = get_device(dev->parent); pr_debug("DEV: registering device: ID = '%s'\n", dev->bus_id); |