--- /dev/null
+--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
++++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ static const char *kobject_actions[] = {
+ [KOBJ_OFFLINE] = "offline",
+ };
+
++u64 uevent_next_seqnum(void)
++{
++ u64 seq;
++
++ mutex_lock(&uevent_sock_mutex);
++ seq = ++uevent_seqnum;
++ mutex_unlock(&uevent_sock_mutex);
++
++ return seq;
++}
++EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uevent_next_seqnum);
++
+ /**
+ * kobject_action_type - translate action string to numeric type
+ *