3 files changed, 52 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 11b8b4b54ce..8c02622b35a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static void __init acpi_cpufreq_boost_init(void)
 	/* We create the boost file in any case, though for systems without
 	 * hardware support it will be read-only and hardwired to return 0.
 	 */
-	if (sysfs_create_file(cpufreq_global_kobject, &(global_boost.attr)))
+	if (cpufreq_sysfs_create_file(&(global_boost.attr)))
 		pr_warn(PFX "could not register global boost sysfs file\n");
 	else
 		pr_debug("registered global boost sysfs file\n");
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ static void __init acpi_cpufreq_boost_init(void)
 
 static void __exit acpi_cpufreq_boost_exit(void)
 {
-	sysfs_remove_file(cpufreq_global_kobject, &(global_boost.attr));
+	cpufreq_sysfs_remove_file(&(global_boost.attr));
 
 	if (msrs) {
 		unregister_cpu_notifier(&boost_nb);
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index c6ab21880c0..ce9273a7b4e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -678,9 +678,6 @@ static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-struct kobject *cpufreq_global_kobject;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_global_kobject);
-
 #define to_policy(k) container_of(k, struct cpufreq_policy, kobj)
 #define to_attr(a) container_of(a, struct freq_attr, attr)
 
@@ -751,6 +748,49 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_cpufreq = {
 	.release	= cpufreq_sysfs_release,
 };
 
+struct kobject *cpufreq_global_kobject;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_global_kobject);
+
+static int cpufreq_global_kobject_usage;
+
+int cpufreq_get_global_kobject(void)
+{
+	if (!cpufreq_global_kobject_usage++)
+		return kobject_add(cpufreq_global_kobject,
+				&cpu_subsys.dev_root->kobj, "%s", "cpufreq");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_get_global_kobject);
+
+void cpufreq_put_global_kobject(void)
+{
+	if (!--cpufreq_global_kobject_usage)
+		kobject_del(cpufreq_global_kobject);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_put_global_kobject);
+
+int cpufreq_sysfs_create_file(const struct attribute *attr)
+{
+	int ret = cpufreq_get_global_kobject();
+
+	if (!ret) {
+		ret = sysfs_create_file(cpufreq_global_kobject, attr);
+		if (ret)
+			cpufreq_put_global_kobject();
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_sysfs_create_file);
+
+void cpufreq_sysfs_remove_file(const struct attribute *attr)
+{
+	sysfs_remove_file(cpufreq_global_kobject, attr);
+	cpufreq_put_global_kobject();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_sysfs_remove_file);
+
 /* symlink affected CPUs */
 static int cpufreq_add_dev_symlink(unsigned int cpu,
 				   struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
@@ -2020,7 +2060,7 @@ static int __init cpufreq_core_init(void)
 		init_rwsem(&per_cpu(cpu_policy_rwsem, cpu));
 	}
 
-	cpufreq_global_kobject = kobject_create_and_add("cpufreq", &cpu_subsys.dev_root->kobj);
+	cpufreq_global_kobject = kobject_create();
 	BUG_ON(!cpufreq_global_kobject);
 	register_syscore_ops(&cpufreq_syscore_ops);
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
index b6cfd55d826..7532570c42b 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 			return rc;
 		}
 
+		if (!have_governor_per_policy())
+			WARN_ON(cpufreq_get_global_kobject());
+
 		rc = sysfs_create_group(get_governor_parent_kobj(policy),
 				get_sysfs_attr(dbs_data));
 		if (rc) {
@@ -269,6 +272,9 @@ int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 			sysfs_remove_group(get_governor_parent_kobj(policy),
 					get_sysfs_attr(dbs_data));
 
+			if (!have_governor_per_policy())
+				cpufreq_put_global_kobject();
+
 			if ((dbs_data->cdata->governor == GOV_CONSERVATIVE) &&
 				(policy->governor->initialized == 1)) {
 				struct cs_ops *cs_ops = dbs_data->cdata->gov_ops;