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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
26 * are associated with an object that registers with them.
27 * This is a helper called during object registration that
28 * loops through the default attributes of the subsystem
29 * and creates attributes files for them in sysfs.
30 *
31 */
32
33 static int populate_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
34 {
35 struct kobj_type * t = get_ktype(kobj);
36 struct attribute * attr;
37 int error = 0;
38 int i;
39
40 if (t && t->default_attrs) {
41 for (i = 0; (attr = t->default_attrs[i]) != NULL; i++) {
42 if ((error = sysfs_create_file(kobj,attr)))
43 break;
44 }
45 }
46 return error;
47 }
48
49 static int create_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
50 {
51 int error = 0;
52 if (kobject_name(kobj)) {
53 error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
54 if (!error) {
55 if ((error = populate_dir(kobj)))
56 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
57 }
58 }
59 return error;
60 }
61
62 static inline struct kobject * to_kobj(struct list_head * entry)
63 {
64 return container_of(entry,struct kobject,entry);
65 }
66
67 static int get_kobj_path_length(struct kobject *kobj)
68 {
69 int length = 1;
70 struct kobject * parent = kobj;
71
72 /* walk up the ancestors until we hit the one pointing to the
73 * root.
74 * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level.
75 */
76 do {
77 if (kobject_name(parent) == NULL)
78 return 0;
79 length += strlen(kobject_name(parent)) + 1;
80 parent = parent->parent;
81 } while (parent);
82 return length;
83 }
84
85 static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
86 {
87 struct kobject * parent;
88
89 --length;
90 for (parent = kobj; parent; parent = parent->parent) {
91 int cur = strlen(kobject_name(parent));
92 /* back up enough to print this name with '/' */
93 length -= cur;
94 strncpy (path + length, kobject_name(parent), cur);
95 *(path + --length) = '/';
96 }
97
98 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: path = '%s'\n", kobject_name(kobj),
99 kobj, __FUNCTION__,path);
100 }
101
102 /**
103 * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
104 *
105 * @kobj: kobject in question, with which to build the path
106 * @gfp_mask: the allocation type used to allocate the path
107 *
108 * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
109 */
110 char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
111 {
112 char *path;
113 int len;
114
115 len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
116 if (len == 0)
117 return NULL;
118 path = kzalloc(len, gfp_mask);
119 if (!path)
120 return NULL;
121 fill_kobj_path(kobj, path, len);
122
123 return path;
124 }
125 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path);
126
127 /**
128 * kobject_init - initialize object.
129 * @kobj: object in question.
130 */
131 void kobject_init(struct kobject * kobj)
132 {
133 if (!kobj)
134 return;
135 kref_init(&kobj->kref);
136 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
137 }
138
139
140 /**
141 * unlink - remove kobject from kset list.
142 * @kobj: kobject.
143 *
144 * Remove the kobject from the kset list and decrement
145 * its parent's refcount.
146 * This is separated out, so we can use it in both
147 * kobject_del() and kobject_add_internal() on error.
148 */
149
150 static void unlink(struct kobject * kobj)
151 {
152 struct kobject *parent = kobj->parent;
153
154 if (kobj->kset) {
155 spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
156 list_del_init(&kobj->entry);
157 spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
158 }
159 kobj->parent = NULL;
160 kobject_put(kobj);
161 kobject_put(parent);
162 }
163
164 static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
165 {
166 int error = 0;
167 struct kobject * parent;
168
169 if (!(kobj = kobject_get(kobj)))
170 return -ENOENT;
171 if (!kobj->k_name)
172 kobject_set_name(kobj, "NO_NAME");
173 if (!*kobj->k_name) {
174 pr_debug("kobject (%p) attempted to be registered with no "
175 "name!\n", kobj);
176 WARN_ON(1);
177 kobject_put(kobj);
178 return -EINVAL;
179 }
180 parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
181
182 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
183 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__,
184 parent ? kobject_name(parent) : "<NULL>",
185 kobj->kset ? kobject_name(&kobj->kset->kobj) : "<NULL>" );
186
187 if (kobj->kset) {
188 kobj->kset = kset_get(kobj->kset);
189
190 if (!parent) {
191 parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
192 /*
193 * If the kset is our parent, get a second
194 * reference, we drop both the kset and the
195 * parent ref on cleanup
196 */
197 kobject_get(parent);
198 }
199
200 spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
201 list_add_tail(&kobj->entry, &kobj->kset->list);
202 spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
203 kobj->parent = parent;
204 }
205
206 error = create_dir(kobj);
207 if (error) {
208 /* unlink does the kobject_put() for us */
209 unlink(kobj);
210
211 /* be noisy on error issues */
212 if (error == -EEXIST)
213 printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s with "
214 "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
215 "the same name in the same directory.\n",
216 __FUNCTION__, kobject_name(kobj));
217 else
218 printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
219 __FUNCTION__, kobject_name(kobj), error);
220 dump_stack();
221 }
222
223 return error;
224 }
225
226 /**
227 * kobject_register - initialize and add an object.
228 * @kobj: object in question.
229 */
230
231 int kobject_register(struct kobject * kobj)
232 {
233 int error = -EINVAL;
234 if (kobj) {
235 kobject_init(kobj);
236 error = kobject_add(kobj);
237 if (!error)
238 kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
239 }
240 return error;
241 }
242
243 /**
244 * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
245 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
246 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
247 * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
248 */
249 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
250 va_list vargs)
251 {
252 va_list aq;
253 char *name;
254
255 va_copy(aq, vargs);
256 name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
257 va_end(aq);
258
259 if (!name)
260 return -ENOMEM;
261
262 /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
263 kfree(kobj->k_name);
264
265 /* Now, set the new name */
266 kobj->k_name = name;
267
268 return 0;
269 }
270
271 /**
272 * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
273 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
274 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
275 *
276 * This sets the name of the kobject. If you have already added the
277 * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
278 * change the name of the kobject.
279 */
280 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
281 {
282 va_list args;
283 int retval;
284
285 va_start(args, fmt);
286 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, args);
287 va_end(args);
288
289 return retval;
290 }
291 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
292
293 /**
294 * kobject_init_ng - initialize a kobject structure
295 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
296 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
297 *
298 * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
299 * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
300 *
301 * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
302 * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
303 * the memory is cleaned up properly.
304 */
305 void kobject_init_ng(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
306 {
307 char *err_str;
308
309 if (!kobj) {
310 err_str = "invalid kobject pointer!";
311 goto error;
312 }
313 if (!ktype) {
314 err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
315 goto error;
316 }
317 if (atomic_read(&kobj->kref.refcount)) {
318 /* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
319 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: reference count is already set, "
320 "something is seriously wrong.\n");
321 dump_stack();
322 }
323
324 kref_init(&kobj->kref);
325 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
326 kobj->ktype = ktype;
327 return;
328
329 error:
330 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: %s\n", err_str);
331 dump_stack();
332 }
333 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init_ng);
334
335 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
336 const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
337 {
338 va_list aq;
339 int retval;
340
341 va_copy(aq, vargs);
342 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, aq);
343 va_end(aq);
344 if (retval) {
345 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
346 return retval;
347 }
348 kobj->parent = parent;
349 return kobject_add_internal(kobj);
350 }
351
352 /**
353 * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
354 * @kobj: the kobject to add
355 * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
356 * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
357 *
358 * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
359 * function.
360 *
361 * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
362 * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
363 * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject. If no kset
364 * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
365 * root of the sysfs tree.
366 *
367 * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
368 * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
369 *
370 * If the function is successful, the only way to properly clean up the
371 * memory is with a call to kobject_del(), in which case, a call to
372 * kobject_put() is not necessary (kobject_del() does the final
373 * kobject_put() to call the release function in the ktype's release
374 * pointer.)
375 *
376 * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
377 * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
378 *
379 * Note, no uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
380 * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
381 * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
382 * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
383 */
384 int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
385 const char *fmt, ...)
386 {
387 va_list args;
388 int retval;
389
390 if (!kobj)
391 return -EINVAL;
392
393 va_start(args, fmt);
394 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
395 va_end(args);
396
397 return retval;
398 }
399 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
400
401 /**
402 * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
403 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
404 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
405 * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
406 * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
407 *
408 * This function combines the call to kobject_init_ng() and
409 * kobject_add(). The same type of error handling after a call to
410 * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
411 */
412 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
413 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
414 {
415 va_list args;
416 int retval;
417
418 kobject_init_ng(kobj, ktype);
419
420 va_start(args, fmt);
421 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
422 va_end(args);
423
424 return retval;
425 }
426 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
427
428 /**
429 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
430 * @kobj: object in question.
431 * @new_name: object's new name
432 */
433
434 int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
435 {
436 int error = 0;
437 const char *devpath = NULL;
438 char *devpath_string = NULL;
439 char *envp[2];
440
441 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
442 if (!kobj)
443 return -EINVAL;
444 if (!kobj->parent)
445 return -EINVAL;
446
447 /* see if this name is already in use */
448 if (kobj->kset) {
449 struct kobject *temp_kobj;
450 temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
451 if (temp_kobj) {
452 printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
453 "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
454 kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
455 kobject_put(temp_kobj);
456 return -EINVAL;
457 }
458 }
459
460 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
461 if (!devpath) {
462 error = -ENOMEM;
463 goto out;
464 }
465 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
466 if (!devpath_string) {
467 error = -ENOMEM;
468 goto out;
469 }
470 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
471 envp[0] = devpath_string;
472 envp[1] = NULL;
473
474 error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
475
476 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
477 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
478 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
479 if (!error)
480 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
481
482 out:
483 kfree(devpath_string);
484 kfree(devpath);
485 kobject_put(kobj);
486
487 return error;
488 }
489
490 /**
491 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
492 * @kobj: object in question.
493 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
494 */
495
496 int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
497 {
498 int error;
499 struct kobject *old_parent;
500 const char *devpath = NULL;
501 char *devpath_string = NULL;
502 char *envp[2];
503
504 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
505 if (!kobj)
506 return -EINVAL;
507 new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
508 if (!new_parent) {
509 if (kobj->kset)
510 new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
511 }
512 /* old object path */
513 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
514 if (!devpath) {
515 error = -ENOMEM;
516 goto out;
517 }
518 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
519 if (!devpath_string) {
520 error = -ENOMEM;
521 goto out;
522 }
523 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
524 envp[0] = devpath_string;
525 envp[1] = NULL;
526 error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
527 if (error)
528 goto out;
529 old_parent = kobj->parent;
530 kobj->parent = new_parent;
531 new_parent = NULL;
532 kobject_put(old_parent);
533 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
534 out:
535 kobject_put(new_parent);
536 kobject_put(kobj);
537 kfree(devpath_string);
538 kfree(devpath);
539 return error;
540 }
541
542 /**
543 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
544 * @kobj: object.
545 */
546
547 void kobject_del(struct kobject * kobj)
548 {
549 if (!kobj)
550 return;
551 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
552 unlink(kobj);
553 }
554
555 /**
556 * kobject_unregister - remove object from hierarchy and decrement refcount.
557 * @kobj: object going away.
558 */
559
560 void kobject_unregister(struct kobject * kobj)
561 {
562 if (!kobj)
563 return;
564 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
565 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
566 kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
567 kobject_del(kobj);
568 kobject_put(kobj);
569 }
570
571 /**
572 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
573 * @kobj: object.
574 */
575
576 struct kobject * kobject_get(struct kobject * kobj)
577 {
578 if (kobj)
579 kref_get(&kobj->kref);
580 return kobj;
581 }
582
583 /*
584 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
585 * @kobj: object to cleanup
586 */
587 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
588 {
589 struct kobj_type * t = get_ktype(kobj);
590 struct kset * s = kobj->kset;
591 const char *name = kobj->k_name;
592
593 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
594 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
595 if (t && t->release) {
596 t->release(kobj);
597 /* If we have a release function, we can guess that this was
598 * not a statically allocated kobject, so we should be safe to
599 * free the name */
600 kfree(name);
601 }
602 if (s)
603 kset_put(s);
604 }
605
606 static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
607 {
608 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref, struct kobject, kref));
609 }
610
611 /**
612 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
613 * @kobj: object.
614 *
615 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
616 */
617 void kobject_put(struct kobject * kobj)
618 {
619 if (kobj)
620 kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
621 }
622
623 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
624 {
625 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
626 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
627 kfree(kobj);
628 }
629
630 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
631 .release = dynamic_kobj_release,
632 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
633 };
634
635 /**
636 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
637 *
638 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
639 * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
640 *
641 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
642 * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
643 * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init_ng() has
644 * already been called on this structure.
645 */
646 struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
647 {
648 struct kobject *kobj;
649
650 kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
651 if (!kobj)
652 return NULL;
653
654 kobject_init_ng(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
655 return kobj;
656 }
657
658 /**
659 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
660 *
661 * @name: the name for the kset
662 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
663 *
664 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
665 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
666 * kobject_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
667 * it is no longer being used.
668 *
669 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
670 */
671 struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
672 {
673 struct kobject *kobj;
674 int retval;
675
676 kobj = kobject_create();
677 if (!kobj)
678 return NULL;
679
680 retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
681 if (retval) {
682 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
683 __FUNCTION__, retval);
684 kobject_put(kobj);
685 kobj = NULL;
686 }
687 return kobj;
688 }
689 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
690
691 /**
692 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
693 * @k: kset
694 */
695
696 void kset_init(struct kset * k)
697 {
698 kobject_init(&k->kobj);
699 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
700 spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
701 }
702
703 /* default kobject attribute operations */
704 static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
705 char *buf)
706 {
707 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
708 ssize_t ret = -EIO;
709
710 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
711 if (kattr->show)
712 ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
713 return ret;
714 }
715
716 static ssize_t kobj_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
717 const char *buf, size_t count)
718 {
719 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
720 ssize_t ret = -EIO;
721
722 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
723 if (kattr->store)
724 ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
725 return ret;
726 }
727
728 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
729 .show = kobj_attr_show,
730 .store = kobj_attr_store,
731 };
732
733 /**
734 * kset_add - add a kset object to the hierarchy.
735 * @k: kset.
736 */
737
738 int kset_add(struct kset * k)
739 {
740 return kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
741 }
742
743
744 /**
745 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
746 * @k: kset.
747 */
748
749 int kset_register(struct kset * k)
750 {
751 int err;
752
753 if (!k)
754 return -EINVAL;
755
756 kset_init(k);
757 err = kset_add(k);
758 if (err)
759 return err;
760 kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
761 return 0;
762 }
763
764
765 /**
766 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
767 * @k: kset.
768 */
769
770 void kset_unregister(struct kset * k)
771 {
772 if (!k)
773 return;
774 kobject_unregister(&k->kobj);
775 }
776
777
778 /**
779 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
780 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
781 * @name: object's name.
782 *
783 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
784 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
785 * take a reference and return the object.
786 */
787
788 struct kobject * kset_find_obj(struct kset * kset, const char * name)
789 {
790 struct list_head * entry;
791 struct kobject * ret = NULL;
792
793 spin_lock(&kset->list_lock);
794 list_for_each(entry,&kset->list) {
795 struct kobject * k = to_kobj(entry);
796 if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k),name)) {
797 ret = kobject_get(k);
798 break;
799 }
800 }
801 spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
802 return ret;
803 }
804
805 static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
806 {
807 struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
808 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
809 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
810 kfree(kset);
811 }
812
813 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
814 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
815 .release = kset_release,
816 };
817
818 /**
819 * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
820 *
821 * @name: the name for the kset
822 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
823 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
824 *
825 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically. This structure can
826 * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
827 * kset_register(). When you are finished with this structure, if
828 * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
829 * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
830 *
831 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
832 */
833 static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
834 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
835 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
836 {
837 struct kset *kset;
838
839 kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
840 if (!kset)
841 return NULL;
842 kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
843 kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
844 kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
845
846 /*
847 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
848 * no kset itself. That way we can properly free it when it is
849 * finished being used.
850 */
851 kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
852 kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
853
854 return kset;
855 }
856
857 /**
858 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
859 *
860 * @name: the name for the kset
861 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
862 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
863 *
864 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
865 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
866 * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
867 * is no longer being used.
868 *
869 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
870 */
871 struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
872 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
873 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
874 {
875 struct kset *kset;
876 int error;
877
878 kset = kset_create(name, uevent_ops, parent_kobj);
879 if (!kset)
880 return NULL;
881 error = kset_register(kset);
882 if (error) {
883 kfree(kset);
884 return NULL;
885 }
886 return kset;
887 }
888 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
889
890 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
891 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_register);
892 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_unregister);
893 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
894 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put);
895 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
896
897 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
898 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);