+static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobject * target)
+{
+ struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = parent->d_fsdata;
+ struct sysfs_symlink * sl;
+ int error = 0;
+
+ error = -ENOMEM;
+ sl = kmalloc(sizeof(*sl), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!sl)
+ goto exit1;
+
+ sl->link_name = kmalloc(strlen(name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!sl->link_name)
+ goto exit2;
+
+ strcpy(sl->link_name, name);
+ sl->target_kobj = kobject_get(target);
+
+ error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, sl, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
+ SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
+ if (!error)
+ return 0;
+
+ kobject_put(target);
+ kfree(sl->link_name);
+exit2:
+ kfree(sl);
+exit1:
+ return error;
+}
+