driver core: introduce devtmpfs_wait_for_dev() v1

index 51c410f..3a04252 100644
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ static int dev_mount = 1;
 static int dev_mount;
 #endif
 
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(devtmpfs_waitqueue);
+
+
 static int __init mount_param(char *str)
 {
 	dev_mount = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);

@@ -178,6 +181,10 @@ int devtmpfs_create_node(struct device *dev)
 
 	path_put(&nd.path);
 out:
+	/*notify others that we have created a dev node*/
+	if (!err)
+		wake_up(&devtmpfs_waitqueue);
+
 	kfree(tmp);
 	revert_creds(curr_cred);
 	return err;

@@ -310,6 +317,49 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int devtmpfs_query_dev(const char *nodename)
+{
+	const struct cred *curr_cred;
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	int err;
+
+	if (!dev_mnt)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	curr_cred = override_creds(&init_cred);
+	err = vfs_path_lookup(dev_mnt->mnt_root, dev_mnt,
+			      nodename, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	mutex_lock_nested(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	dentry = lookup_one_len(nd.last.name, nd.path.dentry, nd.last.len);
+	if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+		if (dentry->d_inode)
+			err = 0;
+		else
+			err = -ENOENT;
+		dput(dentry);
+	} else {
+		err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	path_put(&nd.path);
+out:
+	revert_creds(curr_cred);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int devtmpfs_wait_for_dev(const char *dev_name, unsigned long seconds)
+{
+
+	return wait_event_timeout(devtmpfs_waitqueue,
+		devtmpfs_query_dev(dev_name) == 0,
+		seconds*HZ);
+}
+
 /*
  * If configured, or requested by the commandline, devtmpfs will be
  * auto-mounted after the kernel mounted the root filesystem.

index 65f5b5a..1fa1b19 100644
@@ -557,10 +557,17 @@ extern void wait_for_device_probe(void);
 extern int devtmpfs_create_node(struct device *dev);
 extern int devtmpfs_delete_node(struct device *dev);
 extern int devtmpfs_mount(const char *mountpoint);
+extern int devtmpfs_wait_for_dev(const char *dev_path,
+				unsigned long seconds);
 #else
 static inline int devtmpfs_create_node(struct device *dev) { return 0; }
 static inline int devtmpfs_delete_node(struct device *dev) { return 0; }
 static inline int devtmpfs_mount(const char *mountpoint) { return 0; }
+static inline int devtmpfs_wait_for_dev(const char *dev_path,
+			unsigned long seconds)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif
 
 /* drivers/base/power/shutdown.c */