diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 9ff04491e3ea..9dcdf556c99c 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ static struct dentry_operations sysfs_dentry_ops = {
 /*
  * Allocates a new sysfs_dirent and links it to the parent sysfs_dirent
  */
-static struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_new_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd,
-						void * element)
+static struct sysfs_dirent * __sysfs_new_dirent(void * element)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
@@ -46,12 +45,28 @@ static struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_new_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd,
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_event, 1);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_children);
-	list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &parent_sd->s_children);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_sibling);
 	sd->s_element = element;
 
 	return sd;
 }
 
+static void __sysfs_list_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
+			      struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	if (sd)
+		list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &parent_sd->s_children);
+}
+
+static struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_new_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
+						void * element)
+{
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
+	sd = __sysfs_new_dirent(element);
+	__sysfs_list_dirent(parent_sd, sd);
+	return sd;
+}
+
 /*
  *
  * Return -EEXIST if there is already a sysfs element with the same name for
@@ -78,14 +93,14 @@ int sysfs_dirent_exist(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 }
 
 
-int sysfs_make_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd, struct dentry * dentry,
-			void * element, umode_t mode, int type)
+static struct sysfs_dirent *
+__sysfs_make_dirent(struct dentry *dentry, void *element, mode_t mode, int type)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 
-	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(parent_sd, element);
+	sd = __sysfs_new_dirent(element);
 	if (!sd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 
 	sd->s_mode = mode;
 	sd->s_type = type;
@@ -95,7 +110,19 @@ int sysfs_make_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd, struct dentry * dentry,
 		dentry->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+out:
+	return sd;
+}
+
+int sysfs_make_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd, struct dentry * dentry,
+			void * element, umode_t mode, int type)
+{
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
+
+	sd = __sysfs_make_dirent(dentry, element, mode, type);
+	__sysfs_list_dirent(parent_sd, sd);
+
+	return sd ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int init_dir(struct inode * inode)
@@ -166,11 +193,11 @@ int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject * k, const char * n, struct dentry ** d)
 
 /**
  *	sysfs_create_dir - create a directory for an object.
- *	@parent:	parent parent object.
  *	@kobj:		object we're creating directory for. 
+ *	@shadow_parent:	parent parent object.
  */
 
-int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
+int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *shadow_parent)
 {
 	struct dentry * dentry = NULL;
 	struct dentry * parent;
@@ -178,7 +205,9 @@ int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 
 	BUG_ON(!kobj);
 
-	if (kobj->parent)
+	if (shadow_parent)
+		parent = shadow_parent;
+	else if (kobj->parent)
 		parent = kobj->parent->dentry;
 	else if (sysfs_mount && sysfs_mount->mnt_sb)
 		parent = sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
@@ -299,21 +328,12 @@ void sysfs_remove_subdir(struct dentry * d)
 }
 
 
-/**
- *	sysfs_remove_dir - remove an object's directory.
- *	@kobj:	object. 
- *
- *	The only thing special about this is that we remove any files in 
- *	the directory before we remove the directory, and we've inlined
- *	what used to be sysfs_rmdir() below, instead of calling separately.
- */
-
-void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
+static void __sysfs_remove_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct dentry * dentry = dget(kobj->dentry);
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd, * tmp;
 
+	dget(dentry);
 	if (!dentry)
 		return;
 
@@ -334,32 +354,60 @@ void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 	 * Drop reference from dget() on entrance.
 	 */
 	dput(dentry);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	sysfs_remove_dir - remove an object's directory.
+ *	@kobj:	object.
+ *
+ *	The only thing special about this is that we remove any files in
+ *	the directory before we remove the directory, and we've inlined
+ *	what used to be sysfs_rmdir() below, instead of calling separately.
+ */
+
+void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
+{
+	__sysfs_remove_dir(kobj->dentry);
 	kobj->dentry = NULL;
 }
 
-int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
+int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *new_parent,
+		     const char *new_name)
 {
 	int error = 0;
-	struct dentry * new_dentry, * parent;
+	struct dentry * new_dentry;
 
-	if (!strcmp(kobject_name(kobj), new_name))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (!kobj->parent)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!new_parent)
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	down_write(&sysfs_rename_sem);
-	parent = kobj->parent->dentry;
+	mutex_lock(&new_parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
-
-	new_dentry = lookup_one_len(new_name, parent, strlen(new_name));
+	new_dentry = lookup_one_len(new_name, new_parent, strlen(new_name));
 	if (!IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
-  		if (!new_dentry->d_inode) {
+		/* By allowing two different directories with the
+		 * same d_parent we allow this routine to move
+		 * between different shadows of the same directory
+		 */
+		if (kobj->dentry->d_parent->d_inode != new_parent->d_inode)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		else if (new_dentry->d_parent->d_inode != new_parent->d_inode)
+			error = -EINVAL;
+		else if (new_dentry == kobj->dentry)
+			error = -EINVAL;
+		else if (!new_dentry->d_inode) {
 			error = kobject_set_name(kobj, "%s", new_name);
 			if (!error) {
+				struct sysfs_dirent *sd, *parent_sd;
+
 				d_add(new_dentry, NULL);
 				d_move(kobj->dentry, new_dentry);
+
+				sd = kobj->dentry->d_fsdata;
+				parent_sd = new_parent->d_fsdata;
+
+				list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+				list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &parent_sd->s_children);
 			}
 			else
 				d_drop(new_dentry);
@@ -367,7 +415,7 @@ int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
 			error = -EEXIST;
 		dput(new_dentry);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&new_parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	up_write(&sysfs_rename_sem);
 
 	return error;
@@ -546,6 +594,95 @@ static loff_t sysfs_dir_lseek(struct file * file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 	return offset;
 }
 
+
+/**
+ *	sysfs_make_shadowed_dir - Setup so a directory can be shadowed
+ *	@kobj:	object we're creating shadow of.
+ */
+
+int sysfs_make_shadowed_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
+	void * (*follow_link)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *))
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct inode_operations *i_op;
+
+	inode = kobj->dentry->d_inode;
+	if (inode->i_op != &sysfs_dir_inode_operations)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	i_op = kmalloc(sizeof(*i_op), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!i_op)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(i_op, &sysfs_dir_inode_operations, sizeof(*i_op));
+	i_op->follow_link = follow_link;
+
+	/* Locking of inode->i_op?
+	 * Since setting i_op is a single word write and they
+	 * are atomic we should be ok here.
+	 */
+	inode->i_op = i_op;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	sysfs_create_shadow_dir - create a shadow directory for an object.
+ *	@kobj:	object we're creating directory for.
+ *
+ *	sysfs_make_shadowed_dir must already have been called on this
+ *	directory.
+ */
+
+struct dentry *sysfs_create_shadow_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
+	struct dentry *parent, *dir, *shadow;
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	dir = kobj->dentry;
+	inode = dir->d_inode;
+	parent = dir->d_parent;
+	shadow = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	if (!sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(inode))
+		goto out;
+
+	shadow = d_alloc(parent, &dir->d_name);
+	if (!shadow)
+		goto nomem;
+
+	sd = __sysfs_make_dirent(shadow, kobj, inode->i_mode, SYSFS_DIR);
+	if (!sd)
+		goto nomem;
+
+	d_instantiate(shadow, igrab(inode));
+	inc_nlink(inode);
+	inc_nlink(parent->d_inode);
+	shadow->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
+
+	dget(shadow);		/* Extra count - pin the dentry in core */
+
+out:
+	return shadow;
+nomem:
+	dput(shadow);
+	shadow = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	goto out;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	sysfs_remove_shadow_dir - remove an object's directory.
+ *	@shadow: dentry of shadow directory
+ *
+ *	The only thing special about this is that we remove any files in
+ *	the directory before we remove the directory, and we've inlined
+ *	what used to be sysfs_rmdir() below, instead of calling separately.
+ */
+
+void sysfs_remove_shadow_dir(struct dentry *shadow)
+{
+	__sysfs_remove_dir(shadow);
+}
+
 const struct file_operations sysfs_dir_operations = {
 	.open		= sysfs_dir_open,
 	.release	= sysfs_dir_close,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index 46a277b0838e..b20951c93761 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index dbd820f9aeed..542d2bcc73df 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ static struct inode_operations sysfs_inode_operations ={
 	.setattr	= sysfs_setattr,
 };
 
+void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	/* Free the shadowed directory inode operations */
+	if (sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(inode)) {
+		kfree(inode->i_op);
+		inode->i_op = NULL;
+	}
+	return generic_delete_inode(inode);
+}
+
 int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 {
 	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index a1a58b97f322..f6a87a824883 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static void sysfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode);
 
 static struct super_operations sysfs_ops = {
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
-	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
+	.drop_inode	= sysfs_delete_inode,
 	.clear_inode	= sysfs_clear_inode,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 39c623fdc277..fe1cbfd208ed 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 extern struct vfsmount * sysfs_mount;
 extern struct kmem_cache *sysfs_dir_cachep;
 
+extern void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
 extern struct inode * sysfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct sysfs_dirent *);
 extern int sysfs_create(struct dentry *, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *));
 
@@ -112,3 +113,7 @@ static inline void sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 		release_sysfs_dirent(sd);
 }
 
+static inline int sysfs_is_shadowed_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_op->follow_link;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 76538fcf2c4e..b850e0310538 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -74,9 +74,13 @@ extern void kobject_init(struct kobject *);
 extern void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *);
 
 extern int __must_check kobject_add(struct kobject *);
+extern int __must_check kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *, struct dentry *);
 extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *);
 
 extern int __must_check kobject_rename(struct kobject *, const char *new_name);
+extern int __must_check kobject_shadow_rename(struct kobject *kobj,
+						struct dentry *new_parent,
+						const char *new_name);
 extern int __must_check kobject_move(struct kobject *, struct kobject *);
 
 extern int __must_check kobject_register(struct kobject *);
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index eee485957c0c..192de3afa96b 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 struct kobject;
 struct module;
+struct nameidata;
 
 struct attribute {
 	const char		* name;
@@ -89,13 +90,13 @@ struct sysfs_dirent {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 
 extern int __must_check
-sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject *);
+sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject *, struct dentry *);
 
 extern void
 sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject *);
 
 extern int __must_check
-sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject *, const char *new_name);
+sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject *, struct dentry *, const char *new_name);
 
 extern int __must_check
 sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *, struct kobject *);
@@ -127,11 +128,17 @@ int __must_check sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *,
 void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *, const struct attribute_group *);
 void sysfs_notify(struct kobject * k, char *dir, char *attr);
 
+
+extern int sysfs_make_shadowed_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
+	void * (*follow_link)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *));
+extern struct dentry *sysfs_create_shadow_dir(struct kobject *kobj);
+extern void sysfs_remove_shadow_dir(struct dentry *dir);
+
 extern int __must_check sysfs_init(void);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
-static inline int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject * k)
+static inline int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject * k, struct dentry *shadow)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -141,7 +148,9 @@ static inline void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject * k)
 	;
 }
 
-static inline int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * k, const char *new_name)
+static inline int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * k,
+					struct dentry *new_parent,
+					const char *new_name)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -205,6 +214,12 @@ static inline void sysfs_notify(struct kobject * k, char *dir, char *attr)
 {
 }
 
+static inline int sysfs_make_shadowed_dir(struct kobject *kobj,
+	void * (*follow_link)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *))
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int __must_check sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 74b8dbca150e..c2917ffe8bf1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ static int populate_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int create_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
+static int create_dir(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *shadow_parent)
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	if (kobject_name(kobj)) {
-		error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
+		error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj, shadow_parent);
 		if (!error) {
 			if ((error = populate_dir(kobj)))
 				sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
@@ -158,9 +158,10 @@ static void unlink(struct kobject * kobj)
 /**
  *	kobject_add - add an object to the hierarchy.
  *	@kobj:	object.
+ *	@shadow_parent: sysfs directory to add to.
  */
 
-int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
+int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *shadow_parent)
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	struct kobject * parent;
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
 	}
 	kobj->parent = parent;
 
-	error = create_dir(kobj);
+	error = create_dir(kobj, shadow_parent);
 	if (error) {
 		/* unlink does the kobject_put() for us */
 		unlink(kobj);
@@ -212,6 +213,15 @@ int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
 	return error;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	kobject_add - add an object to the hierarchy.
+ *	@kobj:	object.
+ */
+int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
+{
+	return kobject_shadow_add(kobj, NULL);
+}
+
 
 /**
  *	kobject_register - initialize and add an object.
@@ -304,7 +314,29 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
 	kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
 	if (!kobj)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
+	if (!kobj->parent)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, kobj->parent->dentry, new_name);
+	kobject_put(kobj);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	kobject_rename - change the name of an object
+ *	@kobj:	object in question.
+ *	@new_name: object's new name
+ */
+
+int kobject_shadow_rename(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *new_parent,
+			  const char *new_name)
+{
+	int error = 0;
+
+	kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
+	if (!kobj)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_parent, new_name);
 	kobject_put(kobj);
 
 	return error;