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
);
128 * kobject_init - initialize object.
129 * @kobj: object in question.
131 void kobject_init(struct kobject
* kobj
)
135 kref_init(&kobj
->kref
);
136 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj
->entry
);
141 * unlink - remove kobject from kset list.
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() on error.
150 static void unlink(struct kobject
* kobj
)
152 struct kobject
*parent
= kobj
->parent
;
155 spin_lock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
156 list_del_init(&kobj
->entry
);
157 spin_unlock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
165 * kobject_add - add an object to the hierarchy.
169 int kobject_add(struct kobject
* kobj
)
172 struct kobject
* parent
;
174 if (!(kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
)))
177 kobject_set_name(kobj
, "NO_NAME");
178 if (!*kobj
->k_name
) {
179 pr_debug("kobject (%p) attempted to be registered with no "
185 parent
= kobject_get(kobj
->parent
);
187 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
188 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
,
189 parent
? kobject_name(parent
) : "<NULL>",
190 kobj
->kset
? kobject_name(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
) : "<NULL>" );
193 kobj
->kset
= kset_get(kobj
->kset
);
196 parent
= kobject_get(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
);
198 * If the kset is our parent, get a second
199 * reference, we drop both the kset and the
200 * parent ref on cleanup
205 spin_lock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
206 list_add_tail(&kobj
->entry
, &kobj
->kset
->list
);
207 spin_unlock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
208 kobj
->parent
= parent
;
211 error
= create_dir(kobj
);
213 /* unlink does the kobject_put() for us */
216 /* be noisy on error issues */
217 if (error
== -EEXIST
)
218 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject_add failed for %s with "
219 "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
220 "the same name in the same directory.\n",
223 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject_add failed for %s (%d)\n",
224 kobject_name(kobj
), error
);
232 * kobject_register - initialize and add an object.
233 * @kobj: object in question.
236 int kobject_register(struct kobject
* kobj
)
241 error
= kobject_add(kobj
);
243 kobject_uevent(kobj
, KOBJ_ADD
);
249 * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
250 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
251 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
252 * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
254 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *fmt
,
261 name
= kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL
, fmt
, vargs
);
267 /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
270 /* Now, set the new name */
277 * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
278 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
279 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
281 * This sets the name of the kobject. If you have already added the
282 * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
283 * change the name of the kobject.
285 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *fmt
, ...)
291 retval
= kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj
, fmt
, args
);
296 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name
);
299 * kobject_init_ng - initialize a kobject structure
300 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
301 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
303 * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
304 * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
306 * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
307 * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
308 * the memory is cleaned up properly.
310 void kobject_init_ng(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobj_type
*ktype
)
315 err_str
= "invalid kobject pointer!";
319 err_str
= "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
322 if (atomic_read(&kobj
->kref
.refcount
)) {
323 /* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
324 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject: reference count is already set, "
325 "something is seriously wrong.\n");
329 kref_init(&kobj
->kref
);
330 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj
->entry
);
335 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject: %s\n", err_str
);
338 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init_ng
);
340 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*parent
,
341 const char *fmt
, va_list vargs
)
347 retval
= kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj
, fmt
, aq
);
350 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
353 kobj
->parent
= parent
;
354 return kobject_add(kobj
);
358 * kobject_add_ng - the main kobject add function
359 * @kobj: the kobject to add
360 * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
361 * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
363 * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
366 * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
367 * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
368 * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject. If no kset
369 * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
370 * root of the sysfs tree.
372 * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
373 * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
375 * If the function is successful, the only way to properly clean up the
376 * memory is with a call to kobject_del(), in which case, a call to
377 * kobject_put() is not necessary (kobject_del() does the final
378 * kobject_put() to call the release function in the ktype's release
381 * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
382 * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
384 * Note, no uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
385 * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
386 * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
387 * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
389 int kobject_add_ng(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*parent
,
390 const char *fmt
, ...)
399 retval
= kobject_add_varg(kobj
, parent
, fmt
, args
);
404 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add_ng
);
407 * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
408 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
409 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
410 * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
411 * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
413 * This function combines the call to kobject_init_ng() and
414 * kobject_add_ng(). The same type of error handling after a call to
415 * kobject_add_ng() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
417 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobj_type
*ktype
,
418 struct kobject
*parent
, const char *fmt
, ...)
423 kobject_init_ng(kobj
, ktype
);
426 retval
= kobject_add_varg(kobj
, parent
, fmt
, args
);
431 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add
);
434 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
435 * @kobj: object in question.
436 * @new_name: object's new name
439 int kobject_rename(struct kobject
* kobj
, const char *new_name
)
442 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
443 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
446 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
452 /* see if this name is already in use */
454 struct kobject
*temp_kobj
;
455 temp_kobj
= kset_find_obj(kobj
->kset
, new_name
);
457 printk(KERN_WARNING
"kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
458 "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
459 kobject_name(kobj
), new_name
, new_name
);
460 kobject_put(temp_kobj
);
465 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
470 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
471 if (!devpath_string
) {
475 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
476 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
479 error
= sysfs_rename_dir(kobj
, new_name
);
481 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
482 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
483 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
485 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
488 kfree(devpath_string
);
496 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
497 * @kobj: object in question.
498 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
501 int kobject_move(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*new_parent
)
504 struct kobject
*old_parent
;
505 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
506 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
509 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
512 new_parent
= kobject_get(new_parent
);
515 new_parent
= kobject_get(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
);
517 /* old object path */
518 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
523 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
524 if (!devpath_string
) {
528 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
529 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
531 error
= sysfs_move_dir(kobj
, new_parent
);
534 old_parent
= kobj
->parent
;
535 kobj
->parent
= new_parent
;
537 kobject_put(old_parent
);
538 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
540 kobject_put(new_parent
);
542 kfree(devpath_string
);
548 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
552 void kobject_del(struct kobject
* kobj
)
556 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj
);
561 * kobject_unregister - remove object from hierarchy and decrement refcount.
562 * @kobj: object going away.
565 void kobject_unregister(struct kobject
* kobj
)
569 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
570 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
);
571 kobject_uevent(kobj
, KOBJ_REMOVE
);
577 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
581 struct kobject
* kobject_get(struct kobject
* kobj
)
584 kref_get(&kobj
->kref
);
589 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
590 * @kobj: object to cleanup
592 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject
*kobj
)
594 struct kobj_type
* t
= get_ktype(kobj
);
595 struct kset
* s
= kobj
->kset
;
596 const char *name
= kobj
->k_name
;
598 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
599 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
);
600 if (t
&& t
->release
) {
602 /* If we have a release function, we can guess that this was
603 * not a statically allocated kobject, so we should be safe to
611 static void kobject_release(struct kref
*kref
)
613 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref
, struct kobject
, kref
));
617 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
620 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
622 void kobject_put(struct kobject
* kobj
)
625 kref_put(&kobj
->kref
, kobject_release
);
628 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
630 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
631 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
);
635 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype
= {
636 .release
= dynamic_kobj_release
,
637 .sysfs_ops
= &kobj_sysfs_ops
,
641 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
643 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
644 * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
646 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
647 * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
648 * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init_ng() has
649 * already been called on this structure.
651 struct kobject
*kobject_create(void)
653 struct kobject
*kobj
;
655 kobj
= kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj
), GFP_KERNEL
);
659 kobject_init_ng(kobj
, &dynamic_kobj_ktype
);
664 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
666 * @name: the name for the kset
667 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
669 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
670 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
671 * kobject_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
672 * it is no longer being used.
674 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
676 struct kobject
*kobject_create_and_add(const char *name
, struct kobject
*parent
)
678 struct kobject
*kobj
;
681 kobj
= kobject_create();
685 retval
= kobject_add_ng(kobj
, parent
, "%s", name
);
687 printk(KERN_WARNING
"%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
688 __FUNCTION__
, retval
);
694 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add
);
697 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
701 void kset_init(struct kset
* k
)
703 kobject_init(&k
->kobj
);
704 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k
->list
);
705 spin_lock_init(&k
->list_lock
);
708 /* default kobject attribute operations */
709 static ssize_t
kobj_attr_show(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct attribute
*attr
,
712 struct kobj_attribute
*kattr
;
715 kattr
= container_of(attr
, struct kobj_attribute
, attr
);
717 ret
= kattr
->show(kobj
, kattr
, buf
);
721 static ssize_t
kobj_attr_store(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct attribute
*attr
,
722 const char *buf
, size_t count
)
724 struct kobj_attribute
*kattr
;
727 kattr
= container_of(attr
, struct kobj_attribute
, attr
);
729 ret
= kattr
->store(kobj
, kattr
, buf
, count
);
733 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops
= {
734 .show
= kobj_attr_show
,
735 .store
= kobj_attr_store
,
739 * kset_add - add a kset object to the hierarchy.
743 int kset_add(struct kset
* k
)
745 return kobject_add(&k
->kobj
);
750 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
754 int kset_register(struct kset
* k
)
765 kobject_uevent(&k
->kobj
, KOBJ_ADD
);
771 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
775 void kset_unregister(struct kset
* k
)
779 kobject_unregister(&k
->kobj
);
784 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
785 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
786 * @name: object's name.
788 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
789 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
790 * take a reference and return the object.
793 struct kobject
* kset_find_obj(struct kset
* kset
, const char * name
)
795 struct list_head
* entry
;
796 struct kobject
* ret
= NULL
;
798 spin_lock(&kset
->list_lock
);
799 list_for_each(entry
,&kset
->list
) {
800 struct kobject
* k
= to_kobj(entry
);
801 if (kobject_name(k
) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k
),name
)) {
802 ret
= kobject_get(k
);
806 spin_unlock(&kset
->list_lock
);
810 static void kset_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
812 struct kset
*kset
= container_of(kobj
, struct kset
, kobj
);
813 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
814 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __FUNCTION__
);
818 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype
= {
819 .sysfs_ops
= &kobj_sysfs_ops
,
820 .release
= kset_release
,
824 * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
826 * @name: the name for the kset
827 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
828 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
830 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically. This structure can
831 * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
832 * kset_register(). When you are finished with this structure, if
833 * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
834 * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
836 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
838 static struct kset
*kset_create(const char *name
,
839 struct kset_uevent_ops
*uevent_ops
,
840 struct kobject
*parent_kobj
)
844 kset
= kzalloc(sizeof(*kset
), GFP_KERNEL
);
847 kobject_set_name(&kset
->kobj
, name
);
848 kset
->uevent_ops
= uevent_ops
;
849 kset
->kobj
.parent
= parent_kobj
;
852 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
853 * no kset itself. That way we can properly free it when it is
854 * finished being used.
856 kset
->kobj
.ktype
= &kset_ktype
;
857 kset
->kobj
.kset
= NULL
;
863 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
865 * @name: the name for the kset
866 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
867 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
869 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
870 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
871 * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
872 * is no longer being used.
874 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
876 struct kset
*kset_create_and_add(const char *name
,
877 struct kset_uevent_ops
*uevent_ops
,
878 struct kobject
*parent_kobj
)
883 kset
= kset_create(name
, uevent_ops
, parent_kobj
);
886 error
= kset_register(kset
);
893 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add
);
895 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init
);
896 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_register
);
897 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_unregister
);
898 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get
);
899 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put
);
900 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add
);
901 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del
);
903 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register
);
904 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister
);