Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
---

 drivers/base/bus.c     |   14 ++++++++++++++
 drivers/base/core.c    |   12 ++++++++++++
 drivers/base/dd.c      |   10 ++++++++++
 include/linux/device.h |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 61 insertions(+)

diff -puN drivers/base/bus.c~gregkh-driver-driver-core-add-notification-of-bus-events drivers/base/bus.c
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c~gregkh-driver-driver-core-add-notification-of-bus-events
+++ a/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -724,6 +724,8 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus)
 {
 	int retval;
 
+	BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&bus->bus_notifier);
+
 	retval = kobject_set_name(&bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "%s", bus->name);
 	if (retval)
 		goto out;
@@ -782,6 +784,18 @@ void bus_unregister(struct bus_type * bu
 	subsystem_unregister(&bus->subsys);
 }
 
+int bus_register_notifier(struct bus_type *bus, struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&bus->bus_notifier, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_register_notifier);
+
+int bus_unregister_notifier(struct bus_type *bus, struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&bus->bus_notifier, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_unregister_notifier);
+
 int __init buses_init(void)
 {
 	return subsystem_register(&bus_subsys);
diff -puN drivers/base/core.c~gregkh-driver-driver-core-add-notification-of-bus-events drivers/base/core.c
--- a/drivers/base/core.c~gregkh-driver-driver-core-add-notification-of-bus-events
+++ a/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
 
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
@@ -428,6 +429,11 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 	if (platform_notify)
 		platform_notify(dev);
 
+	/* notify clients of device entry (new way) */
+	if (dev->bus)
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
+					     BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE, dev);
+
 	dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
 	dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
 	if (dev->driver)
@@ -504,6 +510,9 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
  BusError:
 	device_pm_remove(dev);
  PMError:
+	if (dev->bus)
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
+					     BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE, dev);
 	device_remove_groups(dev);
  GroupError:
  	device_remove_attrs(dev);
@@ -620,6 +629,9 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
 	 */
 	if (platform_notify_remove)
 		platform_notify_remove(dev);
+	if (dev->bus)
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
+					     BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE, dev);
 	bus_remove_device(dev);
 	device_pm_remove(dev);
 	kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
diff -puN drivers/base/dd.c~gregkh-driver-driver-core-add-notification-of-bus-events drivers/base/dd.c
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c~gregkh-driver-driver-core-add-notification-of-bus-events
+++ a/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ int device_bind_driver(struct device *de
 
 	pr_debug("bound device '%s' to driver '%s'\n",
 		 dev->bus_id, dev->driver->name);
+
+	if (dev->bus)
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
+					     BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER, dev);
+
 	klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_driver, &dev->driver->klist_devices);
 	ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->driver->kobj, &dev->kobj,
 			  kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
@@ -288,6 +293,11 @@ static void __device_release_driver(stru
 		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "driver");
 		klist_remove(&dev->knode_driver);
 
+		if (dev->bus)
+			blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
+						     BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER,
+						     dev);
+
 		if (dev->bus && dev->bus->remove)
 			dev->bus->remove(dev);
 		else if (drv->remove)
diff -puN include/linux/device.h~gregkh-driver-driver-core-add-notification-of-bus-events include/linux/device.h
--- a/include/linux/device.h~gregkh-driver-driver-core-add-notification-of-bus-events
+++ a/include/linux/device.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ struct bus_type {
 	struct klist		klist_devices;
 	struct klist		klist_drivers;
 
+	struct blocking_notifier_head bus_notifier;
+
 	struct bus_attribute	* bus_attrs;
 	struct device_attribute	* dev_attrs;
 	struct driver_attribute	* drv_attrs;
@@ -75,6 +77,29 @@ int __must_check bus_for_each_drv(struct
 		struct device_driver *start, void *data,
 		int (*fn)(struct device_driver *, void *));
 
+/*
+ * Bus notifiers: Get notified of addition/removal of devices
+ * and binding/unbinding of drivers to devices.
+ * In the long run, it should be a replacement for the platform
+ * notify hooks.
+ */
+struct notifier_block;
+
+extern int bus_register_notifier(struct bus_type *bus,
+				 struct notifier_block *nb);
+extern int bus_unregister_notifier(struct bus_type *bus,
+				   struct notifier_block *nb);
+
+/* All 4 notifers below get called with the target struct device *
+ * as an argument. Note that those functions are likely to be called
+ * with the device semaphore held in the core, so be careful.
+ */
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE		0x00000001 /* device added */
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE		0x00000002 /* device removed */
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER		0x00000003 /* driver bound to device */
+#define BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER	0x00000004 /* driver about to be
+						      unbound */
+
 /* driverfs interface for exporting bus attributes */
 
 struct bus_attribute {
_