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1/*
2 * kobject.c - library routines for handling generic kernel objects
3 *
4 * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Patrick Mochel <mochel@osdl.org>
5 * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
6 * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Novell Inc.
7 *
8 * This file is released under the GPLv2.
9 *
10 *
11 * Please see the file Documentation/kobject.txt for critical information
12 * about using the kobject interface.
13 */
14
15#include <linux/kobject.h>
16#include <linux/string.h>
17#include <linux/module.h>
18#include <linux/stat.h>
19#include <linux/slab.h>
20
21/*
22 * populate_dir - populate directory with attributes.
23 * @kobj: object we're working on.
24 *
25 * Most subsystems have a set of default attributes that are associated
26 * with an object that registers with them. This is a helper called during
27 * object registration that loops through the default attributes of the
28 * subsystem and creates attributes files for them in sysfs.
29 */
30static int populate_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
31{
32 struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
33 struct attribute *attr;
34 int error = 0;
35 int i;
36
37 if (t && t->default_attrs) {
38 for (i = 0; (attr = t->default_attrs[i]) != NULL; i++) {
39 error = sysfs_create_file(kobj, attr);
40 if (error)
41 break;
42 }
43 }
44 return error;
45}
46
47static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
48{
49 int error = 0;
50 if (kobject_name(kobj)) {
51 error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
52 if (!error) {
53 error = populate_dir(kobj);
54 if (error)
55 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
56 }
57 }
58 return error;
59}
60
61static int get_kobj_path_length(struct kobject *kobj)
62{
63 int length = 1;
64 struct kobject *parent = kobj;
65
66 /* walk up the ancestors until we hit the one pointing to the
67 * root.
68 * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level.
69 */
70 do {
71 if (kobject_name(parent) == NULL)
72 return 0;
73 length += strlen(kobject_name(parent)) + 1;
74 parent = parent->parent;
75 } while (parent);
76 return length;
77}
78
79static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
80{
81 struct kobject *parent;
82
83 --length;
84 for (parent = kobj; parent; parent = parent->parent) {
85 int cur = strlen(kobject_name(parent));
86 /* back up enough to print this name with '/' */
87 length -= cur;
88 strncpy(path + length, kobject_name(parent), cur);
89 *(path + --length) = '/';
90 }
91
92 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: path = '%s'\n", kobject_name(kobj),
93 kobj, __func__, path);
94}
95
96/**
97 * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
98 *
99 * @kobj: kobject in question, with which to build the path
100 * @gfp_mask: the allocation type used to allocate the path
101 *
102 * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
103 */
104char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
105{
106 char *path;
107 int len;
108
109 len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
110 if (len == 0)
111 return NULL;
112 path = kzalloc(len, gfp_mask);
113 if (!path)
114 return NULL;
115 fill_kobj_path(kobj, path, len);
116
117 return path;
118}
119EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path);
120
121/* add the kobject to its kset's list */
122static void kobj_kset_join(struct kobject *kobj)
123{
124 if (!kobj->kset)
125 return;
126
127 kset_get(kobj->kset);
128 spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
129 list_add_tail(&kobj->entry, &kobj->kset->list);
130 spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
131}
132
133/* remove the kobject from its kset's list */
134static void kobj_kset_leave(struct kobject *kobj)
135{
136 if (!kobj->kset)
137 return;
138
139 spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
140 list_del_init(&kobj->entry);
141 spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
142 kset_put(kobj->kset);
143}
144
145static void kobject_init_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
146{
147 if (!kobj)
148 return;
149 kref_init(&kobj->kref);
150 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
151 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
152 kobj->state_add_uevent_sent = 0;
153 kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent = 0;
154 kobj->state_initialized = 1;
155}
156
157
158static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
159{
160 int error = 0;
161 struct kobject *parent;
162
163 if (!kobj)
164 return -ENOENT;
165
166 if (!kobj->name || !kobj->name[0]) {
167 pr_debug("kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty "
168 "name!\n", kobj);
169 WARN_ON(1);
170 return -EINVAL;
171 }
172
173 parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
174
175 /* join kset if set, use it as parent if we do not already have one */
176 if (kobj->kset) {
177 if (!parent)
178 parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
179 kobj_kset_join(kobj);
180 kobj->parent = parent;
181 }
182
183 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
184 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__,
185 parent ? kobject_name(parent) : "<NULL>",
186 kobj->kset ? kobject_name(&kobj->kset->kobj) : "<NULL>");
187
188 error = create_dir(kobj);
189 if (error) {
190 kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
191 kobject_put(parent);
192 kobj->parent = NULL;
193
194 /* be noisy on error issues */
195 if (error == -EEXIST)
196 printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s with "
197 "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
198 "the same name in the same directory.\n",
199 __func__, kobject_name(kobj));
200 else
201 printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
202 __func__, kobject_name(kobj), error);
203 dump_stack();
204 } else
205 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 1;
206
207 return error;
208}
209
210/**
211 * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
212 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
213 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
214 * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
215 */
216static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
217 va_list vargs)
218{
219 /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
220 kfree(kobj->name);
221
222 kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
223 if (!kobj->name)
224 return -ENOMEM;
225
226 return 0;
227}
228
229/**
230 * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
231 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
232 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
233 *
234 * This sets the name of the kobject. If you have already added the
235 * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
236 * change the name of the kobject.
237 */
238int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
239{
240 va_list vargs;
241 int retval;
242
243 va_start(vargs, fmt);
244 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, vargs);
245 va_end(vargs);
246
247 return retval;
248}
249EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
250
251/**
252 * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
253 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
254 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
255 *
256 * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
257 * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
258 *
259 * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
260 * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
261 * the memory is cleaned up properly.
262 */
263void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
264{
265 char *err_str;
266
267 if (!kobj) {
268 err_str = "invalid kobject pointer!";
269 goto error;
270 }
271 if (!ktype) {
272 err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
273 goto error;
274 }
275 if (kobj->state_initialized) {
276 /* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
277 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): tried to init an initialized "
278 "object, something is seriously wrong.\n", kobj);
279 dump_stack();
280 }
281
282 kobject_init_internal(kobj);
283 kobj->ktype = ktype;
284 return;
285
286error:
287 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): %s\n", kobj, err_str);
288 dump_stack();
289}
290EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
291
292static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
293 const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
294{
295 int retval;
296
297 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, vargs);
298 if (retval) {
299 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
300 return retval;
301 }
302 kobj->parent = parent;
303 return kobject_add_internal(kobj);
304}
305
306/**
307 * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
308 * @kobj: the kobject to add
309 * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
310 * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
311 *
312 * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
313 * function.
314 *
315 * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
316 * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
317 * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject. If no kset
318 * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
319 * root of the sysfs tree.
320 *
321 * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
322 * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
323 * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
324 * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
325 *
326 * Note, no "add" uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
327 * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
328 * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
329 * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
330 */
331int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
332 const char *fmt, ...)
333{
334 va_list args;
335 int retval;
336
337 if (!kobj)
338 return -EINVAL;
339
340 if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
341 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject '%s' (%p): tried to add an "
342 "uninitialized object, something is seriously wrong.\n",
343 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
344 dump_stack();
345 return -EINVAL;
346 }
347 va_start(args, fmt);
348 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
349 va_end(args);
350
351 return retval;
352}
353EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
354
355/**
356 * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
357 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
358 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
359 * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
360 * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
361 *
362 * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
363 * kobject_add(). The same type of error handling after a call to
364 * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
365 */
366int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
367 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
368{
369 va_list args;
370 int retval;
371
372 kobject_init(kobj, ktype);
373
374 va_start(args, fmt);
375 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
376 va_end(args);
377
378 return retval;
379}
380EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
381
382/**
383 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
384 * @kobj: object in question.
385 * @new_name: object's new name
386 */
387int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
388{
389 int error = 0;
390 const char *devpath = NULL;
391 char *devpath_string = NULL;
392 char *envp[2];
393
394 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
395 if (!kobj)
396 return -EINVAL;
397 if (!kobj->parent)
398 return -EINVAL;
399
400 /* see if this name is already in use */
401 if (kobj->kset) {
402 struct kobject *temp_kobj;
403 temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
404 if (temp_kobj) {
405 printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
406 "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
407 kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
408 kobject_put(temp_kobj);
409 return -EINVAL;
410 }
411 }
412
413 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
414 if (!devpath) {
415 error = -ENOMEM;
416 goto out;
417 }
418 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
419 if (!devpath_string) {
420 error = -ENOMEM;
421 goto out;
422 }
423 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
424 envp[0] = devpath_string;
425 envp[1] = NULL;
426
427 error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
428
429 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
430 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
431 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
432 if (!error)
433 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
434
435out:
436 kfree(devpath_string);
437 kfree(devpath);
438 kobject_put(kobj);
439
440 return error;
441}
442EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_rename);
443
444/**
445 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
446 * @kobj: object in question.
447 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
448 */
449int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
450{
451 int error;
452 struct kobject *old_parent;
453 const char *devpath = NULL;
454 char *devpath_string = NULL;
455 char *envp[2];
456
457 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
458 if (!kobj)
459 return -EINVAL;
460 new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
461 if (!new_parent) {
462 if (kobj->kset)
463 new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
464 }
465 /* old object path */
466 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
467 if (!devpath) {
468 error = -ENOMEM;
469 goto out;
470 }
471 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
472 if (!devpath_string) {
473 error = -ENOMEM;
474 goto out;
475 }
476 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
477 envp[0] = devpath_string;
478 envp[1] = NULL;
479 error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
480 if (error)
481 goto out;
482 old_parent = kobj->parent;
483 kobj->parent = new_parent;
484 new_parent = NULL;
485 kobject_put(old_parent);
486 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
487out:
488 kobject_put(new_parent);
489 kobject_put(kobj);
490 kfree(devpath_string);
491 kfree(devpath);
492 return error;
493}
494
495/**
496 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
497 * @kobj: object.
498 */
499void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
500{
501 if (!kobj)
502 return;
503
504 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
505 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
506 kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
507 kobject_put(kobj->parent);
508 kobj->parent = NULL;
509}
510
511/**
512 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
513 * @kobj: object.
514 */
515struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
516{
517 if (kobj)
518 kref_get(&kobj->kref);
519 return kobj;
520}
521
522/*
523 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
524 * @kobj: object to cleanup
525 */
526static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
527{
528 struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
529 const char *name = kobj->name;
530
531 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
532 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
533
534 if (t && !t->release)
535 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
536 "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
537 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
538
539 /* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
540 if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
541 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
542 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
543 kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
544 }
545
546 /* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
547 if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
548 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
549 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
550 kobject_del(kobj);
551 }
552
553 if (t && t->release) {
554 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
555 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
556 t->release(kobj);
557 }
558
559 /* free name if we allocated it */
560 if (name) {
561 pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name);
562 kfree(name);
563 }
564}
565
566static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
567{
568 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref, struct kobject, kref));
569}
570
571/**
572 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
573 * @kobj: object.
574 *
575 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
576 */
577void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
578{
579 if (kobj) {
580 if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
581 printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject: '%s' (%p): is not "
582 "initialized, yet kobject_put() is being "
583 "called.\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
584 WARN_ON(1);
585 }
586 kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
587 }
588}
589
590static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
591{
592 pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj, __func__);
593 kfree(kobj);
594}
595
596static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
597 .release = dynamic_kobj_release,
598 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
599};
600
601/**
602 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
603 *
604 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
605 * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
606 *
607 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
608 * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
609 * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
610 * already been called on this structure.
611 */
612struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
613{
614 struct kobject *kobj;
615
616 kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
617 if (!kobj)
618 return NULL;
619
620 kobject_init(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
621 return kobj;
622}
623
624/**
625 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
626 *
627 * @name: the name for the kset
628 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
629 *
630 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it
631 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
632 * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
633 * it is no longer being used.
634 *
635 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
636 */
637struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
638{
639 struct kobject *kobj;
640 int retval;
641
642 kobj = kobject_create();
643 if (!kobj)
644 return NULL;
645
646 retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
647 if (retval) {
648 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
649 __func__, retval);
650 kobject_put(kobj);
651 kobj = NULL;
652 }
653 return kobj;
654}
655EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
656
657/**
658 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
659 * @k: kset
660 */
661void kset_init(struct kset *k)
662{
663 kobject_init_internal(&k->kobj);
664 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
665 spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
666}
667
668/* default kobject attribute operations */
669static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
670 char *buf)
671{
672 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
673 ssize_t ret = -EIO;
674
675 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
676 if (kattr->show)
677 ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
678 return ret;
679}
680
681static ssize_t kobj_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
682 const char *buf, size_t count)
683{
684 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
685 ssize_t ret = -EIO;
686
687 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
688 if (kattr->store)
689 ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
690 return ret;
691}
692
693struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
694 .show = kobj_attr_show,
695 .store = kobj_attr_store,
696};
697
698/**
699 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
700 * @k: kset.
701 */
702int kset_register(struct kset *k)
703{
704 int err;
705
706 if (!k)
707 return -EINVAL;
708
709 kset_init(k);
710 err = kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
711 if (err)
712 return err;
713 kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
714 return 0;
715}
716
717/**
718 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
719 * @k: kset.
720 */
721void kset_unregister(struct kset *k)
722{
723 if (!k)
724 return;
725 kobject_put(&k->kobj);
726}
727
728/**
729 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
730 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
731 * @name: object's name.
732 *
733 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
734 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
735 * take a reference and return the object.
736 */
737struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
738{
739 struct kobject *k;
740 struct kobject *ret = NULL;
741
742 spin_lock(&kset->list_lock);
743 list_for_each_entry(k, &kset->list, entry) {
744 if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k), name)) {
745 ret = kobject_get(k);
746 break;
747 }
748 }
749 spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
750 return ret;
751}
752
753static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
754{
755 struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
756 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
757 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
758 kfree(kset);
759}
760
761static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
762 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
763 .release = kset_release,
764};
765
766/**
767 * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
768 *
769 * @name: the name for the kset
770 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
771 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
772 *
773 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically. This structure can
774 * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
775 * kset_register(). When you are finished with this structure, if
776 * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
777 * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
778 *
779 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
780 */
781static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
782 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
783 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
784{
785 struct kset *kset;
786
787 kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
788 if (!kset)
789 return NULL;
790 kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
791 kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
792 kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
793
794 /*
795 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
796 * no kset itself. That way we can properly free it when it is
797 * finished being used.
798 */
799 kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
800 kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
801
802 return kset;
803}
804
805/**
806 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
807 *
808 * @name: the name for the kset
809 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
810 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
811 *
812 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
813 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
814 * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
815 * is no longer being used.
816 *
817 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
818 */
819struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
820 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
821 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
822{
823 struct kset *kset;
824 int error;
825
826 kset = kset_create(name, uevent_ops, parent_kobj);
827 if (!kset)
828 return NULL;
829 error = kset_register(kset);
830 if (error) {
831 kfree(kset);
832 return NULL;
833 }
834 return kset;
835}
836EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
837
838EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
839EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put);
840EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
841
842EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
843EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);