bonding: Allow setting max_bonds to zero

	Permit bonding to function rationally if max_bonds is set to
zero.  This will load the module, but create no master devices (which can
be created via sysfs).

	Requires some change to bond_create_sysfs; currently, the
netdev sysfs directory is determined from the first bonding device created,
but this is no longer possible.  Instead, an interface from net/core is
created to create and destroy files in net_class.

	Based on a patch submitted by Phil Oester <kernel@linuxaces.com>.
Modified by Jay Vosburgh to fix the sysfs issue mentioned above and to
update the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Phil Oester <kernel@linuxace.com>
Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index dccd737ea2e..3f794131921 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -468,6 +468,19 @@ int netdev_register_kobject(struct net_device *net)
 	return device_add(dev);
 }
 
+int netdev_class_create_file(struct class_attribute *class_attr)
+{
+	return class_create_file(&net_class, class_attr);
+}
+
+void netdev_class_remove_file(struct class_attribute *class_attr)
+{
+	class_remove_file(&net_class, class_attr);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_class_create_file);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_class_remove_file);
+
 void netdev_initialize_kobject(struct net_device *net)
 {
 	struct device *device = &(net->dev);