2 * kobject.c - library routines for handling generic kernel objects
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.
8 * This file is released under the GPLv2.
11 * Please see the file Documentation/kobject.txt for critical information
12 * about using the kobject interface.
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>
22 * populate_dir - populate directory with attributes.
23 * @kobj: object we're working on.
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.
33 static int populate_dir(struct kobject
* kobj
)
35 struct kobj_type
* t
= get_ktype(kobj
);
36 struct attribute
* attr
;
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
)))
49 static int create_dir(struct kobject
* kobj
)
52 if (kobject_name(kobj
)) {
53 error
= sysfs_create_dir(kobj
);
55 if ((error
= populate_dir(kobj
)))
56 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj
);
62 static inline struct kobject
* to_kobj(struct list_head
* entry
)
64 return container_of(entry
,struct kobject
,entry
);
67 static int get_kobj_path_length(struct kobject
*kobj
)
70 struct kobject
* parent
= kobj
;
72 /* walk up the ancestors until we hit the one pointing to the
74 * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level.
77 if (kobject_name(parent
) == NULL
)
79 length
+= strlen(kobject_name(parent
)) + 1;
80 parent
= parent
->parent
;
85 static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject
*kobj
, char *path
, int length
)
87 struct kobject
* parent
;
90 for (parent
= kobj
; parent
; parent
= parent
->parent
) {
91 int cur
= strlen(kobject_name(parent
));
92 /* back up enough to print this name with '/' */
94 strncpy (path
+ length
, kobject_name(parent
), cur
);
95 *(path
+ --length
) = '/';
98 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: path = '%s'\n", kobject_name(kobj
),
99 kobj
, __FUNCTION__
,path
);
103 * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
105 * @kobj: kobject in question, with which to build the path
106 * @gfp_mask: the allocation type used to allocate the path
108 * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
110 char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject
*kobj
, gfp_t gfp_mask
)
115 len
= get_kobj_path_length(kobj
);
118 path
= kzalloc(len
, gfp_mask
);
121 fill_kobj_path(kobj
, path
, len
);
125 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path
);
127 static void kobject_init_internal(struct kobject
* kobj
)
131 kref_init(&kobj
->kref
);
132 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj
->entry
);
137 * unlink - remove kobject from kset list.
140 * Remove the kobject from the kset list and decrement
141 * its parent's refcount.
142 * This is separated out, so we can use it in both
143 * kobject_del() and kobject_add_internal() on error.
146 static void unlink(struct kobject
* kobj
)
148 struct kobject
*parent
= kobj
->parent
;
151 spin_lock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
152 list_del_init(&kobj
->entry
);
153 spin_unlock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
160 static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject
*kobj
)
163 struct kobject
* parent
;
165 if (!(kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
)))
168 kobject_set_name(kobj
, "NO_NAME");
169 if (!*kobj
->k_name
) {
170 pr_debug("kobject (%p) attempted to be registered with no "
176 parent
= kobject_get(kobj
->parent
);
178 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
179 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
,
180 parent
? kobject_name(parent
) : "<NULL>",
181 kobj
->kset
? kobject_name(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
) : "<NULL>" );
184 kobj
->kset
= kset_get(kobj
->kset
);
187 parent
= kobject_get(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
);
189 * If the kset is our parent, get a second
190 * reference, we drop both the kset and the
191 * parent ref on cleanup
196 spin_lock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
197 list_add_tail(&kobj
->entry
, &kobj
->kset
->list
);
198 spin_unlock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
199 kobj
->parent
= parent
;
202 error
= create_dir(kobj
);
204 /* unlink does the kobject_put() for us */
207 /* be noisy on error issues */
208 if (error
== -EEXIST
)
209 printk(KERN_ERR
"%s failed for %s with "
210 "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
211 "the same name in the same directory.\n",
212 __FUNCTION__
, kobject_name(kobj
));
214 printk(KERN_ERR
"%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
215 __FUNCTION__
, kobject_name(kobj
), error
);
223 * kobject_register - initialize and add an object.
224 * @kobj: object in question.
227 int kobject_register(struct kobject
* kobj
)
231 kobject_init_internal(kobj
);
232 error
= kobject_add(kobj
);
234 kobject_uevent(kobj
, KOBJ_ADD
);
240 * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
241 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
242 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
243 * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
245 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *fmt
,
252 name
= kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL
, fmt
, vargs
);
258 /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
261 /* Now, set the new name */
268 * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
269 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
270 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
272 * This sets the name of the kobject. If you have already added the
273 * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
274 * change the name of the kobject.
276 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *fmt
, ...)
282 retval
= kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj
, fmt
, args
);
287 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name
);
290 * kobject_init_ng - initialize a kobject structure
291 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
292 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
294 * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
295 * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
297 * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
298 * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
299 * the memory is cleaned up properly.
301 void kobject_init_ng(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobj_type
*ktype
)
306 err_str
= "invalid kobject pointer!";
310 err_str
= "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
313 if (atomic_read(&kobj
->kref
.refcount
)) {
314 /* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
315 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject: reference count is already set, "
316 "something is seriously wrong.\n");
320 kref_init(&kobj
->kref
);
321 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj
->entry
);
326 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject: %s\n", err_str
);
329 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init_ng
);
331 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*parent
,
332 const char *fmt
, va_list vargs
)
338 retval
= kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj
, fmt
, aq
);
341 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
344 kobj
->parent
= parent
;
345 return kobject_add_internal(kobj
);
349 * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
350 * @kobj: the kobject to add
351 * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
352 * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
354 * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
357 * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
358 * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
359 * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject. If no kset
360 * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
361 * root of the sysfs tree.
363 * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
364 * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
366 * If the function is successful, the only way to properly clean up the
367 * memory is with a call to kobject_del(), in which case, a call to
368 * kobject_put() is not necessary (kobject_del() does the final
369 * kobject_put() to call the release function in the ktype's release
372 * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
373 * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
375 * Note, no uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
376 * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
377 * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
378 * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
380 int kobject_add(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*parent
,
381 const char *fmt
, ...)
390 retval
= kobject_add_varg(kobj
, parent
, fmt
, args
);
395 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add
);
398 * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
399 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
400 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
401 * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
402 * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
404 * This function combines the call to kobject_init_ng() and
405 * kobject_add(). The same type of error handling after a call to
406 * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
408 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobj_type
*ktype
,
409 struct kobject
*parent
, const char *fmt
, ...)
414 kobject_init_ng(kobj
, ktype
);
417 retval
= kobject_add_varg(kobj
, parent
, fmt
, args
);
422 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add
);
425 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
426 * @kobj: object in question.
427 * @new_name: object's new name
430 int kobject_rename(struct kobject
* kobj
, const char *new_name
)
433 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
434 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
437 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
443 /* see if this name is already in use */
445 struct kobject
*temp_kobj
;
446 temp_kobj
= kset_find_obj(kobj
->kset
, new_name
);
448 printk(KERN_WARNING
"kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
449 "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
450 kobject_name(kobj
), new_name
, new_name
);
451 kobject_put(temp_kobj
);
456 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
461 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
462 if (!devpath_string
) {
466 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
467 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
470 error
= sysfs_rename_dir(kobj
, new_name
);
472 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
473 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
474 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
476 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
479 kfree(devpath_string
);
487 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
488 * @kobj: object in question.
489 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
492 int kobject_move(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*new_parent
)
495 struct kobject
*old_parent
;
496 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
497 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
500 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
503 new_parent
= kobject_get(new_parent
);
506 new_parent
= kobject_get(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
);
508 /* old object path */
509 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
514 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
515 if (!devpath_string
) {
519 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
520 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
522 error
= sysfs_move_dir(kobj
, new_parent
);
525 old_parent
= kobj
->parent
;
526 kobj
->parent
= new_parent
;
528 kobject_put(old_parent
);
529 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
531 kobject_put(new_parent
);
533 kfree(devpath_string
);
539 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
543 void kobject_del(struct kobject
* kobj
)
547 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj
);
552 * kobject_unregister - remove object from hierarchy and decrement refcount.
553 * @kobj: object going away.
556 void kobject_unregister(struct kobject
* kobj
)
560 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
561 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
);
562 kobject_uevent(kobj
, KOBJ_REMOVE
);
568 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
572 struct kobject
* kobject_get(struct kobject
* kobj
)
575 kref_get(&kobj
->kref
);
580 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
581 * @kobj: object to cleanup
583 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject
*kobj
)
585 struct kobj_type
* t
= get_ktype(kobj
);
586 struct kset
* s
= kobj
->kset
;
587 const char *name
= kobj
->k_name
;
589 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
590 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
);
591 if (t
&& t
->release
) {
593 /* If we have a release function, we can guess that this was
594 * not a statically allocated kobject, so we should be safe to
602 static void kobject_release(struct kref
*kref
)
604 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref
, struct kobject
, kref
));
608 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
611 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
613 void kobject_put(struct kobject
* kobj
)
616 kref_put(&kobj
->kref
, kobject_release
);
619 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
621 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
622 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
);
626 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype
= {
627 .release
= dynamic_kobj_release
,
628 .sysfs_ops
= &kobj_sysfs_ops
,
632 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
634 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
635 * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
637 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
638 * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
639 * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init_ng() has
640 * already been called on this structure.
642 struct kobject
*kobject_create(void)
644 struct kobject
*kobj
;
646 kobj
= kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj
), GFP_KERNEL
);
650 kobject_init_ng(kobj
, &dynamic_kobj_ktype
);
655 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
657 * @name: the name for the kset
658 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
660 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
661 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
662 * kobject_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
663 * it is no longer being used.
665 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
667 struct kobject
*kobject_create_and_add(const char *name
, struct kobject
*parent
)
669 struct kobject
*kobj
;
672 kobj
= kobject_create();
676 retval
= kobject_add(kobj
, parent
, "%s", name
);
678 printk(KERN_WARNING
"%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
679 __FUNCTION__
, retval
);
685 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add
);
688 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
692 void kset_init(struct kset
* k
)
694 kobject_init_internal(&k
->kobj
);
695 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k
->list
);
696 spin_lock_init(&k
->list_lock
);
699 /* default kobject attribute operations */
700 static ssize_t
kobj_attr_show(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct attribute
*attr
,
703 struct kobj_attribute
*kattr
;
706 kattr
= container_of(attr
, struct kobj_attribute
, attr
);
708 ret
= kattr
->show(kobj
, kattr
, buf
);
712 static ssize_t
kobj_attr_store(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct attribute
*attr
,
713 const char *buf
, size_t count
)
715 struct kobj_attribute
*kattr
;
718 kattr
= container_of(attr
, struct kobj_attribute
, attr
);
720 ret
= kattr
->store(kobj
, kattr
, buf
, count
);
724 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops
= {
725 .show
= kobj_attr_show
,
726 .store
= kobj_attr_store
,
730 * kset_add - add a kset object to the hierarchy.
734 int kset_add(struct kset
* k
)
736 return kobject_add_internal(&k
->kobj
);
741 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
745 int kset_register(struct kset
* k
)
756 kobject_uevent(&k
->kobj
, KOBJ_ADD
);
762 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
766 void kset_unregister(struct kset
* k
)
770 kobject_unregister(&k
->kobj
);
775 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
776 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
777 * @name: object's name.
779 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
780 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
781 * take a reference and return the object.
784 struct kobject
* kset_find_obj(struct kset
* kset
, const char * name
)
786 struct list_head
* entry
;
787 struct kobject
* ret
= NULL
;
789 spin_lock(&kset
->list_lock
);
790 list_for_each(entry
,&kset
->list
) {
791 struct kobject
* k
= to_kobj(entry
);
792 if (kobject_name(k
) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k
),name
)) {
793 ret
= kobject_get(k
);
797 spin_unlock(&kset
->list_lock
);
801 static void kset_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
803 struct kset
*kset
= container_of(kobj
, struct kset
, kobj
);
804 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
805 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
);
809 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype
= {
810 .sysfs_ops
= &kobj_sysfs_ops
,
811 .release
= kset_release
,
815 * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
817 * @name: the name for the kset
818 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
819 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
821 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically. This structure can
822 * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
823 * kset_register(). When you are finished with this structure, if
824 * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
825 * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
827 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
829 static struct kset
*kset_create(const char *name
,
830 struct kset_uevent_ops
*uevent_ops
,
831 struct kobject
*parent_kobj
)
835 kset
= kzalloc(sizeof(*kset
), GFP_KERNEL
);
838 kobject_set_name(&kset
->kobj
, name
);
839 kset
->uevent_ops
= uevent_ops
;
840 kset
->kobj
.parent
= parent_kobj
;
843 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
844 * no kset itself. That way we can properly free it when it is
845 * finished being used.
847 kset
->kobj
.ktype
= &kset_ktype
;
848 kset
->kobj
.kset
= NULL
;
854 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
856 * @name: the name for the kset
857 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
858 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
860 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
861 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
862 * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
863 * is no longer being used.
865 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
867 struct kset
*kset_create_and_add(const char *name
,
868 struct kset_uevent_ops
*uevent_ops
,
869 struct kobject
*parent_kobj
)
874 kset
= kset_create(name
, uevent_ops
, parent_kobj
);
877 error
= kset_register(kset
);
884 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add
);
886 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_register
);
887 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_unregister
);
888 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get
);
889 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put
);
890 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del
);
892 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register
);
893 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister
);