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 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.
30 static int populate_dir(struct kobject
*kobj
)
32 struct kobj_type
*t
= get_ktype(kobj
);
33 struct attribute
*attr
;
37 if (t
&& t
->default_attrs
) {
38 for (i
= 0; (attr
= t
->default_attrs
[i
]) != NULL
; i
++) {
39 error
= sysfs_create_file(kobj
, attr
);
47 static int create_dir(struct kobject
*kobj
)
50 if (kobject_name(kobj
)) {
51 error
= sysfs_create_dir(kobj
);
53 error
= populate_dir(kobj
);
55 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj
);
61 static inline struct kobject
*to_kobj(struct list_head
*entry
)
63 return container_of(entry
, struct kobject
, entry
);
66 static int get_kobj_path_length(struct kobject
*kobj
)
69 struct kobject
*parent
= kobj
;
71 /* walk up the ancestors until we hit the one pointing to the
73 * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level.
76 if (kobject_name(parent
) == NULL
)
78 length
+= strlen(kobject_name(parent
)) + 1;
79 parent
= parent
->parent
;
84 static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject
*kobj
, char *path
, int length
)
86 struct kobject
*parent
;
89 for (parent
= kobj
; parent
; parent
= parent
->parent
) {
90 int cur
= strlen(kobject_name(parent
));
91 /* back up enough to print this name with '/' */
93 strncpy(path
+ length
, kobject_name(parent
), cur
);
94 *(path
+ --length
) = '/';
97 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: path = '%s'\n", kobject_name(kobj
),
98 kobj
, __FUNCTION__
, path
);
102 * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
104 * @kobj: kobject in question, with which to build the path
105 * @gfp_mask: the allocation type used to allocate the path
107 * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
109 char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject
*kobj
, gfp_t gfp_mask
)
114 len
= get_kobj_path_length(kobj
);
117 path
= kzalloc(len
, gfp_mask
);
120 fill_kobj_path(kobj
, path
, len
);
124 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path
);
126 /* add the kobject to its kset's list */
127 static void kobj_kset_join(struct kobject
*kobj
)
132 kset_get(kobj
->kset
);
133 spin_lock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
134 list_add_tail(&kobj
->entry
, &kobj
->kset
->list
);
135 spin_unlock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
138 /* remove the kobject from its kset's list */
139 static void kobj_kset_leave(struct kobject
*kobj
)
144 spin_lock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
145 list_del_init(&kobj
->entry
);
146 spin_unlock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
147 kset_put(kobj
->kset
);
150 static void kobject_init_internal(struct kobject
*kobj
)
154 kref_init(&kobj
->kref
);
155 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj
->entry
);
156 kobj
->state_in_sysfs
= 0;
157 kobj
->state_add_uevent_sent
= 0;
158 kobj
->state_remove_uevent_sent
= 0;
159 kobj
->state_initialized
= 1;
163 static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject
*kobj
)
166 struct kobject
*parent
;
171 if (!kobj
->name
|| !kobj
->name
[0]) {
172 pr_debug("kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty "
178 parent
= kobject_get(kobj
->parent
);
180 /* join kset if set, use it as parent if we do not already have one */
183 parent
= kobject_get(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
);
184 kobj_kset_join(kobj
);
185 kobj
->parent
= parent
;
188 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
189 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
,
190 parent
? kobject_name(parent
) : "<NULL>",
191 kobj
->kset
? kobject_name(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
) : "<NULL>");
193 error
= create_dir(kobj
);
195 kobj_kset_leave(kobj
);
199 /* be noisy on error issues */
200 if (error
== -EEXIST
)
201 printk(KERN_ERR
"%s failed for %s with "
202 "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
203 "the same name in the same directory.\n",
204 __FUNCTION__
, kobject_name(kobj
));
206 printk(KERN_ERR
"%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
207 __FUNCTION__
, kobject_name(kobj
), error
);
210 kobj
->state_in_sysfs
= 1;
216 * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
217 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
218 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
219 * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
221 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *fmt
,
228 name
= kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL
, fmt
, vargs
);
234 /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
237 /* Now, set the new name */
244 * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
245 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
246 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
248 * This sets the name of the kobject. If you have already added the
249 * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
250 * change the name of the kobject.
252 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *fmt
, ...)
258 retval
= kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj
, fmt
, args
);
263 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name
);
266 * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
267 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
268 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
270 * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
271 * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
273 * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
274 * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
275 * the memory is cleaned up properly.
277 void kobject_init(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobj_type
*ktype
)
282 err_str
= "invalid kobject pointer!";
286 err_str
= "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
289 if (kobj
->state_initialized
) {
290 /* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
291 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject (%p): tried to init an initialized "
292 "object, something is seriously wrong.\n", kobj
);
296 kobject_init_internal(kobj
);
301 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject (%p): %s\n", kobj
, err_str
);
304 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init
);
306 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*parent
,
307 const char *fmt
, va_list vargs
)
313 retval
= kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj
, fmt
, aq
);
316 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
319 kobj
->parent
= parent
;
320 return kobject_add_internal(kobj
);
324 * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
325 * @kobj: the kobject to add
326 * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
327 * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
329 * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
332 * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
333 * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
334 * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject. If no kset
335 * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
336 * root of the sysfs tree.
338 * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
339 * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
340 * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
341 * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
343 * Note, no "add" uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
344 * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
345 * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
346 * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
348 int kobject_add(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*parent
,
349 const char *fmt
, ...)
357 if (!kobj
->state_initialized
) {
358 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject '%s' (%p): tried to add an "
359 "uninitialized object, something is seriously wrong.\n",
360 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
365 retval
= kobject_add_varg(kobj
, parent
, fmt
, args
);
370 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add
);
373 * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
374 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
375 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
376 * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
377 * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
379 * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
380 * kobject_add(). The same type of error handling after a call to
381 * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
383 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobj_type
*ktype
,
384 struct kobject
*parent
, const char *fmt
, ...)
389 kobject_init(kobj
, ktype
);
392 retval
= kobject_add_varg(kobj
, parent
, fmt
, args
);
397 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add
);
400 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
401 * @kobj: object in question.
402 * @new_name: object's new name
404 int kobject_rename(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *new_name
)
407 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
408 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
411 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
417 /* see if this name is already in use */
419 struct kobject
*temp_kobj
;
420 temp_kobj
= kset_find_obj(kobj
->kset
, new_name
);
422 printk(KERN_WARNING
"kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
423 "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
424 kobject_name(kobj
), new_name
, new_name
);
425 kobject_put(temp_kobj
);
430 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
435 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
436 if (!devpath_string
) {
440 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
441 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
444 error
= sysfs_rename_dir(kobj
, new_name
);
446 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
447 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
448 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
450 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
453 kfree(devpath_string
);
461 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
462 * @kobj: object in question.
463 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
465 int kobject_move(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*new_parent
)
468 struct kobject
*old_parent
;
469 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
470 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
473 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
476 new_parent
= kobject_get(new_parent
);
479 new_parent
= kobject_get(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
);
481 /* old object path */
482 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
487 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
488 if (!devpath_string
) {
492 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
493 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
495 error
= sysfs_move_dir(kobj
, new_parent
);
498 old_parent
= kobj
->parent
;
499 kobj
->parent
= new_parent
;
501 kobject_put(old_parent
);
502 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
504 kobject_put(new_parent
);
506 kfree(devpath_string
);
512 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
515 void kobject_del(struct kobject
*kobj
)
520 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj
);
521 kobj
->state_in_sysfs
= 0;
522 kobj_kset_leave(kobj
);
523 kobject_put(kobj
->parent
);
528 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
531 struct kobject
*kobject_get(struct kobject
*kobj
)
534 kref_get(&kobj
->kref
);
539 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
540 * @kobj: object to cleanup
542 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject
*kobj
)
544 struct kobj_type
*t
= get_ktype(kobj
);
545 const char *name
= kobj
->name
;
547 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
548 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
);
550 if (t
&& !t
->release
)
551 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
552 "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
553 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
555 /* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
556 if (kobj
->state_add_uevent_sent
&& !kobj
->state_remove_uevent_sent
) {
557 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
558 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
559 kobject_uevent(kobj
, KOBJ_REMOVE
);
562 /* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
563 if (kobj
->state_in_sysfs
) {
564 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
565 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
569 if (t
&& t
->release
) {
570 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
571 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
575 /* free name if we allocated it */
577 pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name
);
582 static void kobject_release(struct kref
*kref
)
584 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref
, struct kobject
, kref
));
588 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
591 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
593 void kobject_put(struct kobject
*kobj
)
596 kref_put(&kobj
->kref
, kobject_release
);
599 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
601 pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj
, __FUNCTION__
);
605 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype
= {
606 .release
= dynamic_kobj_release
,
607 .sysfs_ops
= &kobj_sysfs_ops
,
611 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
613 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
614 * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
616 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
617 * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
618 * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
619 * already been called on this structure.
621 struct kobject
*kobject_create(void)
623 struct kobject
*kobj
;
625 kobj
= kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj
), GFP_KERNEL
);
629 kobject_init(kobj
, &dynamic_kobj_ktype
);
634 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
636 * @name: the name for the kset
637 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
639 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it
640 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
641 * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
642 * it is no longer being used.
644 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
646 struct kobject
*kobject_create_and_add(const char *name
, struct kobject
*parent
)
648 struct kobject
*kobj
;
651 kobj
= kobject_create();
655 retval
= kobject_add(kobj
, parent
, "%s", name
);
657 printk(KERN_WARNING
"%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
658 __FUNCTION__
, retval
);
664 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add
);
667 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
670 void kset_init(struct kset
*k
)
672 kobject_init_internal(&k
->kobj
);
673 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k
->list
);
674 spin_lock_init(&k
->list_lock
);
677 /* default kobject attribute operations */
678 static ssize_t
kobj_attr_show(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct attribute
*attr
,
681 struct kobj_attribute
*kattr
;
684 kattr
= container_of(attr
, struct kobj_attribute
, attr
);
686 ret
= kattr
->show(kobj
, kattr
, buf
);
690 static ssize_t
kobj_attr_store(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct attribute
*attr
,
691 const char *buf
, size_t count
)
693 struct kobj_attribute
*kattr
;
696 kattr
= container_of(attr
, struct kobj_attribute
, attr
);
698 ret
= kattr
->store(kobj
, kattr
, buf
, count
);
702 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops
= {
703 .show
= kobj_attr_show
,
704 .store
= kobj_attr_store
,
708 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
711 int kset_register(struct kset
*k
)
719 err
= kobject_add_internal(&k
->kobj
);
722 kobject_uevent(&k
->kobj
, KOBJ_ADD
);
727 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
730 void kset_unregister(struct kset
*k
)
734 kobject_put(&k
->kobj
);
738 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
739 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
740 * @name: object's name.
742 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
743 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
744 * take a reference and return the object.
746 struct kobject
*kset_find_obj(struct kset
*kset
, const char *name
)
748 struct list_head
*entry
;
749 struct kobject
*ret
= NULL
;
751 spin_lock(&kset
->list_lock
);
752 list_for_each(entry
, &kset
->list
) {
753 struct kobject
*k
= to_kobj(entry
);
754 if (kobject_name(k
) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k
), name
)) {
755 ret
= kobject_get(k
);
759 spin_unlock(&kset
->list_lock
);
763 static void kset_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
765 struct kset
*kset
= container_of(kobj
, struct kset
, kobj
);
766 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
767 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
);
771 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype
= {
772 .sysfs_ops
= &kobj_sysfs_ops
,
773 .release
= kset_release
,
777 * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
779 * @name: the name for the kset
780 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
781 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
783 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically. This structure can
784 * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
785 * kset_register(). When you are finished with this structure, if
786 * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
787 * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
789 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
791 static struct kset
*kset_create(const char *name
,
792 struct kset_uevent_ops
*uevent_ops
,
793 struct kobject
*parent_kobj
)
797 kset
= kzalloc(sizeof(*kset
), GFP_KERNEL
);
800 kobject_set_name(&kset
->kobj
, name
);
801 kset
->uevent_ops
= uevent_ops
;
802 kset
->kobj
.parent
= parent_kobj
;
805 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
806 * no kset itself. That way we can properly free it when it is
807 * finished being used.
809 kset
->kobj
.ktype
= &kset_ktype
;
810 kset
->kobj
.kset
= NULL
;
816 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
818 * @name: the name for the kset
819 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
820 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
822 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
823 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
824 * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
825 * is no longer being used.
827 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
829 struct kset
*kset_create_and_add(const char *name
,
830 struct kset_uevent_ops
*uevent_ops
,
831 struct kobject
*parent_kobj
)
836 kset
= kset_create(name
, uevent_ops
, parent_kobj
);
839 error
= kset_register(kset
);
846 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add
);
848 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get
);
849 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put
);
850 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del
);
852 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register
);
853 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister
);