---

yaml
---
r: 75729
b: refs/heads/master
c: c11c415
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  75727: a2c308e
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 244f6cee9a928103132a722292bfa0eb84114b07
+refs/heads/master: c11c4154e7ff4cebfadad849b1e22689d759c3f4

trunk/include/linux/kobject.h

@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ extern int __must_check kobject_add(struct kobject *);
 extern int __must_check kobject_add_ng(struct kobject *kobj,
 				       struct kobject *parent,
 				       const char *fmt, ...);
+extern int __must_check kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj,
+					     struct kobj_type *ktype,
+					     struct kobject *parent,
+					     const char *fmt, ...);
+
 extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *);
 
 extern int __must_check kobject_rename(struct kobject *, const char *new_name);

trunk/lib/kobject.c

@@ -390,6 +390,33 @@ int kobject_add_ng(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add_ng);
 
+/**
+ * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
+ * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
+ * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
+ * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
+ * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
+ *
+ * This function combines the call to kobject_init_ng() and
+ * kobject_add_ng().  The same type of error handling after a call to
+ * kobject_add_ng() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
+ */
+int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
+			 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int retval;
+
+	kobject_init_ng(kobj, ktype);
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
+
 /**
  *	kobject_rename - change the name of an object
  *	@kobj:	object in question.