+{
+ return kset_find_obj_hinted(kset, name, NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * kset_find_obj_hinted - search for object in kset given a predecessor hint.
+ * @kset: kset we're looking in.
+ * @name: object's name.
+ * @hint: hint to possible object's predecessor.
+ *
+ * Check the hint's next object and if it is a match return it directly,
+ * otherwise, fall back to the behavior of kset_find_obj(). Either way
+ * a reference for the returned object is held and the reference on the
+ * hinted object is released.
+ */
+struct kobject *kset_find_obj_hinted(struct kset *kset, const char *name,
+ struct kobject *hint)