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---
 lib/kobject.c |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)

--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -191,6 +191,41 @@ void kobject_init(struct kobject * kobj)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
 }
 
+/**
+ * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
+ * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
+ * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
+ * @fmt: the name of the kobject
+ *
+ * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
+ * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
+ *
+ * If the function returns an error, the memory allocated by the kobject
+ * can be safely freed, no other functions need to be called.
+ */
+int kobject_i(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!kobj)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!ktype)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&kobj->kref.refcount));
+	kref_init(&kobj->kref);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
+	kobj->ktype = ktype;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
 
 /**
  *	unlink - remove kobject from kset list.