4 * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
7 #include <linux/init.h>
9 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
10 #include <linux/slab.h>
11 #include <linux/string.h>
13 #include <linux/major.h>
14 #include <linux/errno.h>
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
18 #include <linux/kobject.h>
19 #include <linux/kobj_map.h>
20 #include <linux/cdev.h>
21 #include <linux/mutex.h>
22 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
27 * capabilities for /dev/mem, /dev/kmem and similar directly mappable character
29 * - permits shared-mmap for read, write and/or exec
30 * - does not permit private mmap in NOMMU mode (can't do COW)
31 * - no readahead or I/O queue unplugging required
33 struct backing_dev_info directly_mappable_cdev_bdi
= {
37 /* permit private copies of the data to be taken */
40 /* permit direct mmap, for read, write or exec */
42 BDI_CAP_READ_MAP
| BDI_CAP_WRITE_MAP
| BDI_CAP_EXEC_MAP
|
43 /* no writeback happens */
44 BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK
),
47 static struct kobj_map
*cdev_map
;
49 static DEFINE_MUTEX(chrdevs_lock
);
51 static struct char_device_struct
{
52 struct char_device_struct
*next
;
54 unsigned int baseminor
;
57 struct cdev
*cdev
; /* will die */
58 } *chrdevs
[CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE
];
60 /* index in the above */
61 static inline int major_to_index(int major
)
63 return major
% CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE
;
68 void chrdev_show(struct seq_file
*f
, off_t offset
)
70 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
72 if (offset
< CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE
) {
73 mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock
);
74 for (cd
= chrdevs
[offset
]; cd
; cd
= cd
->next
)
75 seq_printf(f
, "%3d %s\n", cd
->major
, cd
->name
);
76 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
80 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
83 * Register a single major with a specified minor range.
85 * If major == 0 this functions will dynamically allocate a major and return
88 * If major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve the passed range of
89 * minors and will return zero on success.
91 * Returns a -ve errno on failure.
93 static struct char_device_struct
*
94 __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major
, unsigned int baseminor
,
95 int minorct
, const char *name
)
97 struct char_device_struct
*cd
, **cp
;
101 cd
= kzalloc(sizeof(struct char_device_struct
), GFP_KERNEL
);
103 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM
);
105 mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock
);
109 for (i
= ARRAY_SIZE(chrdevs
)-1; i
> 0; i
--) {
110 if (chrdevs
[i
] == NULL
)
123 cd
->baseminor
= baseminor
;
124 cd
->minorct
= minorct
;
125 strlcpy(cd
->name
, name
, sizeof(cd
->name
));
127 i
= major_to_index(major
);
129 for (cp
= &chrdevs
[i
]; *cp
; cp
= &(*cp
)->next
)
130 if ((*cp
)->major
> major
||
131 ((*cp
)->major
== major
&&
132 (((*cp
)->baseminor
>= baseminor
) ||
133 ((*cp
)->baseminor
+ (*cp
)->minorct
> baseminor
))))
136 /* Check for overlapping minor ranges. */
137 if (*cp
&& (*cp
)->major
== major
) {
138 int old_min
= (*cp
)->baseminor
;
139 int old_max
= (*cp
)->baseminor
+ (*cp
)->minorct
- 1;
140 int new_min
= baseminor
;
141 int new_max
= baseminor
+ minorct
- 1;
143 /* New driver overlaps from the left. */
144 if (new_max
>= old_min
&& new_max
<= old_max
) {
149 /* New driver overlaps from the right. */
150 if (new_min
<= old_max
&& new_min
>= old_min
) {
158 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
161 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
166 static struct char_device_struct
*
167 __unregister_chrdev_region(unsigned major
, unsigned baseminor
, int minorct
)
169 struct char_device_struct
*cd
= NULL
, **cp
;
170 int i
= major_to_index(major
);
172 mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock
);
173 for (cp
= &chrdevs
[i
]; *cp
; cp
= &(*cp
)->next
)
174 if ((*cp
)->major
== major
&&
175 (*cp
)->baseminor
== baseminor
&&
176 (*cp
)->minorct
== minorct
)
182 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
187 * register_chrdev_region() - register a range of device numbers
188 * @from: the first in the desired range of device numbers; must include
190 * @count: the number of consecutive device numbers required
191 * @name: the name of the device or driver.
193 * Return value is zero on success, a negative error code on failure.
195 int register_chrdev_region(dev_t from
, unsigned count
, const char *name
)
197 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
198 dev_t to
= from
+ count
;
201 for (n
= from
; n
< to
; n
= next
) {
202 next
= MKDEV(MAJOR(n
)+1, 0);
205 cd
= __register_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n
), MINOR(n
),
213 for (n
= from
; n
< to
; n
= next
) {
214 next
= MKDEV(MAJOR(n
)+1, 0);
215 kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n
), MINOR(n
), next
- n
));
221 * alloc_chrdev_region() - register a range of char device numbers
222 * @dev: output parameter for first assigned number
223 * @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers
224 * @count: the number of minor numbers required
225 * @name: the name of the associated device or driver
227 * Allocates a range of char device numbers. The major number will be
228 * chosen dynamically, and returned (along with the first minor number)
229 * in @dev. Returns zero or a negative error code.
231 int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t
*dev
, unsigned baseminor
, unsigned count
,
234 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
235 cd
= __register_chrdev_region(0, baseminor
, count
, name
);
238 *dev
= MKDEV(cd
->major
, cd
->baseminor
);
243 * __register_chrdev() - create and register a cdev occupying a range of minors
244 * @major: major device number or 0 for dynamic allocation
245 * @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers
246 * @count: the number of minor numbers required
247 * @name: name of this range of devices
248 * @fops: file operations associated with this devices
250 * If @major == 0 this functions will dynamically allocate a major and return
253 * If @major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve a device with the given
254 * major number and will return zero on success.
256 * Returns a -ve errno on failure.
258 * The name of this device has nothing to do with the name of the device in
259 * /dev. It only helps to keep track of the different owners of devices. If
260 * your module name has only one type of devices it's ok to use e.g. the name
261 * of the module here.
263 int __register_chrdev(unsigned int major
, unsigned int baseminor
,
264 unsigned int count
, const char *name
,
265 const struct file_operations
*fops
)
267 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
271 cd
= __register_chrdev_region(major
, baseminor
, count
, name
);
279 cdev
->owner
= fops
->owner
;
281 kobject_set_name(&cdev
->kobj
, "%s", name
);
283 err
= cdev_add(cdev
, MKDEV(cd
->major
, baseminor
), count
);
289 return major
? 0 : cd
->major
;
291 kobject_put(&cdev
->kobj
);
293 kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(cd
->major
, baseminor
, count
));
298 * unregister_chrdev_region() - return a range of device numbers
299 * @from: the first in the range of numbers to unregister
300 * @count: the number of device numbers to unregister
302 * This function will unregister a range of @count device numbers,
303 * starting with @from. The caller should normally be the one who
304 * allocated those numbers in the first place...
306 void unregister_chrdev_region(dev_t from
, unsigned count
)
308 dev_t to
= from
+ count
;
311 for (n
= from
; n
< to
; n
= next
) {
312 next
= MKDEV(MAJOR(n
)+1, 0);
315 kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n
), MINOR(n
), next
- n
));
320 * __unregister_chrdev - unregister and destroy a cdev
321 * @major: major device number
322 * @baseminor: first of the range of minor numbers
323 * @count: the number of minor numbers this cdev is occupying
324 * @name: name of this range of devices
326 * Unregister and destroy the cdev occupying the region described by
327 * @major, @baseminor and @count. This function undoes what
328 * __register_chrdev() did.
330 void __unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major
, unsigned int baseminor
,
331 unsigned int count
, const char *name
)
333 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
335 cd
= __unregister_chrdev_region(major
, baseminor
, count
);
341 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cdev_lock
);
343 static struct kobject
*cdev_get(struct cdev
*p
)
345 struct module
*owner
= p
->owner
;
346 struct kobject
*kobj
;
348 if (owner
&& !try_module_get(owner
))
350 kobj
= kobject_get(&p
->kobj
);
356 void cdev_put(struct cdev
*p
)
359 struct module
*owner
= p
->owner
;
360 kobject_put(&p
->kobj
);
366 * Called every time a character special file is opened
368 static int chrdev_open(struct inode
*inode
, struct file
*filp
)
371 struct cdev
*new = NULL
;
374 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
377 struct kobject
*kobj
;
379 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
380 kobj
= kobj_lookup(cdev_map
, inode
->i_rdev
, &idx
);
383 new = container_of(kobj
, struct cdev
, kobj
);
384 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
385 /* Check i_cdev again in case somebody beat us to it while
386 we dropped the lock. */
389 inode
->i_cdev
= p
= new;
390 list_add(&inode
->i_devices
, &p
->list
);
392 } else if (!cdev_get(p
))
394 } else if (!cdev_get(p
))
396 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
402 filp
->f_op
= fops_get(p
->ops
);
406 if (filp
->f_op
->open
) {
407 ret
= filp
->f_op
->open(inode
,filp
);
419 int cdev_index(struct inode
*inode
)
422 struct kobject
*kobj
;
424 kobj
= kobj_lookup(cdev_map
, inode
->i_rdev
, &idx
);
431 void cd_forget(struct inode
*inode
)
433 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
434 list_del_init(&inode
->i_devices
);
435 inode
->i_cdev
= NULL
;
436 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
439 static void cdev_purge(struct cdev
*cdev
)
441 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
442 while (!list_empty(&cdev
->list
)) {
444 inode
= container_of(cdev
->list
.next
, struct inode
, i_devices
);
445 list_del_init(&inode
->i_devices
);
446 inode
->i_cdev
= NULL
;
448 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
452 * Dummy default file-operations: the only thing this does
453 * is contain the open that then fills in the correct operations
454 * depending on the special file...
456 const struct file_operations def_chr_fops
= {
460 static struct kobject
*exact_match(dev_t dev
, int *part
, void *data
)
462 struct cdev
*p
= data
;
466 static int exact_lock(dev_t dev
, void *data
)
468 struct cdev
*p
= data
;
469 return cdev_get(p
) ? 0 : -1;
473 * cdev_add() - add a char device to the system
474 * @p: the cdev structure for the device
475 * @dev: the first device number for which this device is responsible
476 * @count: the number of consecutive minor numbers corresponding to this
479 * cdev_add() adds the device represented by @p to the system, making it
480 * live immediately. A negative error code is returned on failure.
482 int cdev_add(struct cdev
*p
, dev_t dev
, unsigned count
)
486 return kobj_map(cdev_map
, dev
, count
, NULL
, exact_match
, exact_lock
, p
);
489 static void cdev_unmap(dev_t dev
, unsigned count
)
491 kobj_unmap(cdev_map
, dev
, count
);
495 * cdev_del() - remove a cdev from the system
496 * @p: the cdev structure to be removed
498 * cdev_del() removes @p from the system, possibly freeing the structure
501 void cdev_del(struct cdev
*p
)
503 cdev_unmap(p
->dev
, p
->count
);
504 kobject_put(&p
->kobj
);
508 static void cdev_default_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
510 struct cdev
*p
= container_of(kobj
, struct cdev
, kobj
);
514 static void cdev_dynamic_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
516 struct cdev
*p
= container_of(kobj
, struct cdev
, kobj
);
521 static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_default
= {
522 .release
= cdev_default_release
,
525 static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_dynamic
= {
526 .release
= cdev_dynamic_release
,
530 * cdev_alloc() - allocate a cdev structure
532 * Allocates and returns a cdev structure, or NULL on failure.
534 struct cdev
*cdev_alloc(void)
536 struct cdev
*p
= kzalloc(sizeof(struct cdev
), GFP_KERNEL
);
538 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p
->list
);
539 kobject_init(&p
->kobj
, &ktype_cdev_dynamic
);
545 * cdev_init() - initialize a cdev structure
546 * @cdev: the structure to initialize
547 * @fops: the file_operations for this device
549 * Initializes @cdev, remembering @fops, making it ready to add to the
550 * system with cdev_add().
552 void cdev_init(struct cdev
*cdev
, const struct file_operations
*fops
)
554 memset(cdev
, 0, sizeof *cdev
);
555 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev
->list
);
556 kobject_init(&cdev
->kobj
, &ktype_cdev_default
);
560 static struct kobject
*base_probe(dev_t dev
, int *part
, void *data
)
562 if (request_module("char-major-%d-%d", MAJOR(dev
), MINOR(dev
)) > 0)
563 /* Make old-style 2.4 aliases work */
564 request_module("char-major-%d", MAJOR(dev
));
568 void __init
chrdev_init(void)
570 cdev_map
= kobj_map_init(base_probe
, &chrdevs_lock
);
571 bdi_init(&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi
);
575 /* Let modules do char dev stuff */
576 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_chrdev_region
);
577 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_chrdev_region
);
578 EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_chrdev_region
);
579 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_init
);
580 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_alloc
);
581 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_del
);
582 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_add
);
583 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_index
);
584 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_chrdev
);
585 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__unregister_chrdev
);
586 EXPORT_SYMBOL(directly_mappable_cdev_bdi
);