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 int get_kobj_path_length(struct kobject
*kobj
)
64 struct kobject
*parent
= kobj
;
66 /* walk up the ancestors until we hit the one pointing to the
68 * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level.
71 if (kobject_name(parent
) == NULL
)
73 length
+= strlen(kobject_name(parent
)) + 1;
74 parent
= parent
->parent
;
79 static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject
*kobj
, char *path
, int length
)
81 struct kobject
*parent
;
84 for (parent
= kobj
; parent
; parent
= parent
->parent
) {
85 int cur
= strlen(kobject_name(parent
));
86 /* back up enough to print this name with '/' */
88 strncpy(path
+ length
, kobject_name(parent
), cur
);
89 *(path
+ --length
) = '/';
92 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: path = '%s'\n", kobject_name(kobj
),
93 kobj
, __func__
, path
);
97 * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
99 * @kobj: kobject in question, with which to build the path
100 * @gfp_mask: the allocation type used to allocate the path
102 * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
104 char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject
*kobj
, gfp_t gfp_mask
)
109 len
= get_kobj_path_length(kobj
);
112 path
= kzalloc(len
, gfp_mask
);
115 fill_kobj_path(kobj
, path
, len
);
119 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path
);
121 /* add the kobject to its kset's list */
122 static void kobj_kset_join(struct kobject
*kobj
)
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
);
133 /* remove the kobject from its kset's list */
134 static void kobj_kset_leave(struct kobject
*kobj
)
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
);
145 static void kobject_init_internal(struct kobject
*kobj
)
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;
158 static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject
*kobj
)
161 struct kobject
*parent
;
166 if (!kobj
->name
|| !kobj
->name
[0]) {
167 WARN(1, "kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty "
172 parent
= kobject_get(kobj
->parent
);
174 /* join kset if set, use it as parent if we do not already have one */
177 parent
= kobject_get(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
);
178 kobj_kset_join(kobj
);
179 kobj
->parent
= parent
;
182 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
183 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __func__
,
184 parent
? kobject_name(parent
) : "<NULL>",
185 kobj
->kset
? kobject_name(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
) : "<NULL>");
187 error
= create_dir(kobj
);
189 kobj_kset_leave(kobj
);
193 /* be noisy on error issues */
194 if (error
== -EEXIST
)
195 printk(KERN_ERR
"%s failed for %s with "
196 "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
197 "the same name in the same directory.\n",
198 __func__
, kobject_name(kobj
));
200 printk(KERN_ERR
"%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
201 __func__
, kobject_name(kobj
), error
);
204 kobj
->state_in_sysfs
= 1;
210 * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
211 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
212 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
213 * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
215 int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *fmt
,
218 const char *old_name
= kobj
->name
;
221 if (kobj
->name
&& !fmt
)
224 kobj
->name
= kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL
, fmt
, vargs
);
228 /* ewww... some of these buggers have '/' in the name ... */
229 while ((s
= strchr(kobj
->name
, '/')))
237 * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
238 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
239 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
241 * This sets the name of the kobject. If you have already added the
242 * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
243 * change the name of the kobject.
245 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *fmt
, ...)
250 va_start(vargs
, fmt
);
251 retval
= kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj
, fmt
, vargs
);
256 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name
);
259 * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
260 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
261 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
263 * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
264 * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
266 * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
267 * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
268 * the memory is cleaned up properly.
270 void kobject_init(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobj_type
*ktype
)
275 err_str
= "invalid kobject pointer!";
279 err_str
= "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
282 if (kobj
->state_initialized
) {
283 /* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
284 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject (%p): tried to init an initialized "
285 "object, something is seriously wrong.\n", kobj
);
289 kobject_init_internal(kobj
);
294 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject (%p): %s\n", kobj
, err_str
);
297 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init
);
299 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*parent
,
300 const char *fmt
, va_list vargs
)
304 retval
= kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj
, fmt
, vargs
);
306 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
309 kobj
->parent
= parent
;
310 return kobject_add_internal(kobj
);
314 * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
315 * @kobj: the kobject to add
316 * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
317 * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
319 * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
322 * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
323 * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
324 * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject. If no kset
325 * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
326 * root of the sysfs tree.
328 * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
329 * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
330 * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
331 * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
333 * Note, no "add" uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
334 * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
335 * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
336 * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
338 int kobject_add(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*parent
,
339 const char *fmt
, ...)
347 if (!kobj
->state_initialized
) {
348 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject '%s' (%p): tried to add an "
349 "uninitialized object, something is seriously wrong.\n",
350 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
355 retval
= kobject_add_varg(kobj
, parent
, fmt
, args
);
360 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add
);
363 * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
364 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
365 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
366 * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
367 * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
369 * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
370 * kobject_add(). The same type of error handling after a call to
371 * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
373 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobj_type
*ktype
,
374 struct kobject
*parent
, const char *fmt
, ...)
379 kobject_init(kobj
, ktype
);
382 retval
= kobject_add_varg(kobj
, parent
, fmt
, args
);
387 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add
);
390 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
391 * @kobj: object in question.
392 * @new_name: object's new name
394 * It is the responsibility of the caller to provide mutual
395 * exclusion between two different calls of kobject_rename
396 * on the same kobject and to ensure that new_name is valid and
397 * won't conflict with other kobjects.
399 int kobject_rename(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *new_name
)
402 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
403 const char *dup_name
= NULL
, *name
;
404 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
407 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
413 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
418 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
419 if (!devpath_string
) {
423 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
424 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
427 name
= dup_name
= kstrdup(new_name
, GFP_KERNEL
);
433 error
= sysfs_rename_dir(kobj
, new_name
);
437 /* Install the new kobject name */
438 dup_name
= kobj
->name
;
441 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
442 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
443 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
444 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
448 kfree(devpath_string
);
454 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_rename
);
457 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
458 * @kobj: object in question.
459 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
461 int kobject_move(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*new_parent
)
464 struct kobject
*old_parent
;
465 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
466 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
469 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
472 new_parent
= kobject_get(new_parent
);
475 new_parent
= kobject_get(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
);
477 /* old object path */
478 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
483 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
484 if (!devpath_string
) {
488 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
489 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
491 error
= sysfs_move_dir(kobj
, new_parent
);
494 old_parent
= kobj
->parent
;
495 kobj
->parent
= new_parent
;
497 kobject_put(old_parent
);
498 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
500 kobject_put(new_parent
);
502 kfree(devpath_string
);
508 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
511 void kobject_del(struct kobject
*kobj
)
516 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj
);
517 kobj
->state_in_sysfs
= 0;
518 kobj_kset_leave(kobj
);
519 kobject_put(kobj
->parent
);
524 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
527 struct kobject
*kobject_get(struct kobject
*kobj
)
530 kref_get(&kobj
->kref
);
535 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
536 * @kobj: object to cleanup
538 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject
*kobj
)
540 struct kobj_type
*t
= get_ktype(kobj
);
541 const char *name
= kobj
->name
;
543 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
544 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __func__
);
546 if (t
&& !t
->release
)
547 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
548 "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
549 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
551 /* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
552 if (kobj
->state_add_uevent_sent
&& !kobj
->state_remove_uevent_sent
) {
553 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
554 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
555 kobject_uevent(kobj
, KOBJ_REMOVE
);
558 /* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
559 if (kobj
->state_in_sysfs
) {
560 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
561 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
565 if (t
&& t
->release
) {
566 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
567 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
571 /* free name if we allocated it */
573 pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name
);
578 static void kobject_release(struct kref
*kref
)
580 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref
, struct kobject
, kref
));
584 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
587 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
589 void kobject_put(struct kobject
*kobj
)
592 if (!kobj
->state_initialized
)
593 WARN(1, KERN_WARNING
"kobject: '%s' (%p): is not "
594 "initialized, yet kobject_put() is being "
595 "called.\n", kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
596 kref_put(&kobj
->kref
, kobject_release
);
600 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
602 pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj
, __func__
);
606 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype
= {
607 .release
= dynamic_kobj_release
,
608 .sysfs_ops
= &kobj_sysfs_ops
,
612 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
614 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
615 * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
617 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
618 * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
619 * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
620 * already been called on this structure.
622 struct kobject
*kobject_create(void)
624 struct kobject
*kobj
;
626 kobj
= kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj
), GFP_KERNEL
);
630 kobject_init(kobj
, &dynamic_kobj_ktype
);
635 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
637 * @name: the name for the kset
638 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
640 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it
641 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
642 * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
643 * it is no longer being used.
645 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
647 struct kobject
*kobject_create_and_add(const char *name
, struct kobject
*parent
)
649 struct kobject
*kobj
;
652 kobj
= kobject_create();
656 retval
= kobject_add(kobj
, parent
, "%s", name
);
658 printk(KERN_WARNING
"%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
665 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add
);
668 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
671 void kset_init(struct kset
*k
)
673 kobject_init_internal(&k
->kobj
);
674 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k
->list
);
675 spin_lock_init(&k
->list_lock
);
678 /* default kobject attribute operations */
679 static ssize_t
kobj_attr_show(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct attribute
*attr
,
682 struct kobj_attribute
*kattr
;
685 kattr
= container_of(attr
, struct kobj_attribute
, attr
);
687 ret
= kattr
->show(kobj
, kattr
, buf
);
691 static ssize_t
kobj_attr_store(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct attribute
*attr
,
692 const char *buf
, size_t count
)
694 struct kobj_attribute
*kattr
;
697 kattr
= container_of(attr
, struct kobj_attribute
, attr
);
699 ret
= kattr
->store(kobj
, kattr
, buf
, count
);
703 const struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops
= {
704 .show
= kobj_attr_show
,
705 .store
= kobj_attr_store
,
709 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
712 int kset_register(struct kset
*k
)
720 err
= kobject_add_internal(&k
->kobj
);
723 kobject_uevent(&k
->kobj
, KOBJ_ADD
);
728 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
731 void kset_unregister(struct kset
*k
)
735 kobject_put(&k
->kobj
);
739 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
740 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
741 * @name: object's name.
743 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
744 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
745 * take a reference and return the object.
747 struct kobject
*kset_find_obj(struct kset
*kset
, const char *name
)
750 struct kobject
*ret
= NULL
;
752 spin_lock(&kset
->list_lock
);
753 list_for_each_entry(k
, &kset
->list
, 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
, __func__
);
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 const struct kset_uevent_ops
*uevent_ops
,
793 struct kobject
*parent_kobj
)
798 kset
= kzalloc(sizeof(*kset
), GFP_KERNEL
);
801 retval
= kobject_set_name(&kset
->kobj
, name
);
806 kset
->uevent_ops
= uevent_ops
;
807 kset
->kobj
.parent
= parent_kobj
;
810 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
811 * no kset itself. That way we can properly free it when it is
812 * finished being used.
814 kset
->kobj
.ktype
= &kset_ktype
;
815 kset
->kobj
.kset
= NULL
;
821 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
823 * @name: the name for the kset
824 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
825 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
827 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
828 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
829 * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
830 * is no longer being used.
832 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
834 struct kset
*kset_create_and_add(const char *name
,
835 const struct kset_uevent_ops
*uevent_ops
,
836 struct kobject
*parent_kobj
)
841 kset
= kset_create(name
, uevent_ops
, parent_kobj
);
844 error
= kset_register(kset
);
851 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add
);
853 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get
);
854 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put
);
855 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del
);
857 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register
);
858 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister
);