+++ /dev/null
---- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
-+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
-@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ static const char *kobject_actions[] = {
- [KOBJ_OFFLINE] = "offline",
- };
-
-+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);
-+
- /**
- * kobject_action_type - translate action string to numeric type
- *
-@@ -244,9 +256,7 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *k
- kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent = 1;
-
- /* we will send an event, so request a new sequence number */
-- spin_lock(&sequence_lock);
-- seq = ++uevent_seqnum;
-- spin_unlock(&sequence_lock);
-+ seq = uevent_next_seqnum();
- retval = add_uevent_var(env, "SEQNUM=%llu", (unsigned long long)seq);
- if (retval)
- goto exit;