--- /dev/null
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "sysfs_utils.h"
+#include "usbip_common.h"
+
+int write_sysfs_attribute(const char *attr_path, const char *new_value,
+ size_t len)
+{
+ int fd;
+ int length;
+
+ fd = open(attr_path, O_WRONLY);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ dbg("error opening attribute %s", attr_path);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ length = write(fd, new_value, len);
+ if (length < 0) {
+ dbg("error writing to attribute %s", attr_path);
+ close(fd);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ close(fd);
+
+ return 0;
+}