+++ /dev/null
---- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
-+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
-@@ -30,9 +30,22 @@ u64 uevent_seqnum;
- char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
- static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
- #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
--static struct sock *uevent_sock;
-+struct sock *uevent_sock = NULL;
-+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uevent_sock);
- #endif
-
-+u64 uevent_next_seqnum(void)
-+{
-+ u64 seq;
-+
-+ spin_lock(&sequence_lock);
-+ seq = ++uevent_seqnum;
-+ spin_unlock(&sequence_lock);
-+
-+ return seq;
-+}
-+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uevent_next_seqnum);
-+
- static char *action_to_string(enum kobject_action action)
- {
- switch (action) {
-@@ -171,9 +184,7 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *k
- }
-
- /* we will send an event, request a new sequence number */
-- spin_lock(&sequence_lock);
-- seq = ++uevent_seqnum;
-- spin_unlock(&sequence_lock);
-+ seq = uevent_next_seqnum();
- sprintf(seq_buff, "SEQNUM=%llu", (unsigned long long)seq);
-
- #if defined(CONFIG_NET)