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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/virtio_console.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index f404ccfc9c2..67b474b4167 100644
--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -947,11 +947,18 @@ static void handle_control_message(struct ports_device *portdev,
*/
err = sysfs_create_group(&port->dev->kobj,
&port_attribute_group);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
dev_err(port->dev,
"Error %d creating sysfs device attributes\n",
err);
-
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * Generate a udev event so that appropriate
+ * symlinks can be created based on udev
+ * rules.
+ */
+ kobject_uevent(&port->dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
+ }
break;
case VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_REMOVE:
/*