+struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
+{
+ struct kobject *kobj;
+
+ kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!kobj)
+ return NULL;
+
+ kobject_init(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
+ return kobj;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
+ *
+ * @name: the name for the kset
+ * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
+ *
+ * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it
+ * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
+ * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
+ * it is no longer being used.
+ *
+ * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
+ */
+struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
+{
+ struct kobject *kobj;
+ int retval;
+
+ kobj = kobject_create();
+ if (!kobj)
+ return NULL;
+
+ retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
+ if (retval) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
+ __func__, retval);
+ kobject_put(kobj);
+ kobj = NULL;
+ }
+ return kobj;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);