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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/core.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index 67c92582d6ef..ec86d6fc2360 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -586,9 +586,13 @@ void device_initialize(struct device *dev) static struct kobject * get_device_parent(struct device *dev, struct device *parent) { - /* Set the parent to the class, not the parent device */ - /* this keeps sysfs from having a symlink to make old udevs happy */ - if (dev->class) + /* + * Set the parent to the class, not the parent device + * for topmost devices in class hierarchy. + * This keeps sysfs from having a symlink to make old + * udevs happy + */ + if (dev->class && (!parent || parent->class != dev->class)) return &dev->class->subsys.kobj; else if (parent) return &parent->kobj; |