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("%s: path = '%s'\n",__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
);
127 * kobject_init - initialize object.
128 * @kobj: object in question.
130 void kobject_init(struct kobject
* kobj
)
134 kref_init(&kobj
->kref
);
135 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj
->entry
);
136 kobj
->kset
= kset_get(kobj
->kset
);
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
)
153 spin_lock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
154 list_del_init(&kobj
->entry
);
155 spin_unlock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
161 * kobject_add - add an object to the hierarchy.
165 int kobject_add(struct kobject
* kobj
)
168 struct kobject
* parent
;
170 if (!(kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
)))
173 kobject_set_name(kobj
, "NO_NAME");
174 if (!*kobj
->k_name
) {
175 pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
180 parent
= kobject_get(kobj
->parent
);
182 pr_debug("kobject %s: registering. parent: %s, set: %s\n",
183 kobject_name(kobj
), parent
? kobject_name(parent
) : "<NULL>",
184 kobj
->kset
? kobject_name(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
) : "<NULL>" );
187 spin_lock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
190 parent
= kobject_get(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
);
192 list_add_tail(&kobj
->entry
,&kobj
->kset
->list
);
193 spin_unlock(&kobj
->kset
->list_lock
);
194 kobj
->parent
= parent
;
197 error
= create_dir(kobj
);
199 /* unlink does the kobject_put() for us */
203 /* be noisy on error issues */
204 if (error
== -EEXIST
)
205 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject_add failed for %s with "
206 "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
207 "the same name in the same directory.\n",
210 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject_add failed for %s (%d)\n",
211 kobject_name(kobj
), error
);
219 * kobject_register - initialize and add an object.
220 * @kobj: object in question.
223 int kobject_register(struct kobject
* kobj
)
228 error
= kobject_add(kobj
);
230 kobject_uevent(kobj
, KOBJ_ADD
);
237 * kobject_set_name - Set the name of an object
239 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
241 * If strlen(name) >= KOBJ_NAME_LEN, then use a dynamically allocated
242 * string that @kobj->k_name points to. Otherwise, use the static
245 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject
* kobj
, const char * fmt
, ...)
253 /* find out how big a buffer we need */
254 name
= kmalloc(1024, GFP_KERNEL
);
260 need
= vsnprintf(name
, 1024, fmt
, args
);
264 /* Allocate the new space and copy the string in */
266 name
= kmalloc(limit
, GFP_KERNEL
);
272 need
= vsnprintf(name
, limit
, fmt
, args
);
275 /* something wrong with the string we copied? */
282 /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
285 /* Now, set the new name */
290 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name
);
293 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
294 * @kobj: object in question.
295 * @new_name: object's new name
298 int kobject_rename(struct kobject
* kobj
, const char *new_name
)
301 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
302 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
305 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
311 /* see if this name is already in use */
313 struct kobject
*temp_kobj
;
314 temp_kobj
= kset_find_obj(kobj
->kset
, new_name
);
316 printk(KERN_WARNING
"kobject '%s' can not be renamed "
317 "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existance.\n",
318 kobject_name(kobj
), new_name
, new_name
);
319 kobject_put(temp_kobj
);
324 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
329 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
330 if (!devpath_string
) {
334 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
335 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
337 /* Note : if we want to send the new name alone, not the full path,
338 * we could probably use kobject_name(kobj); */
340 error
= sysfs_rename_dir(kobj
, new_name
);
342 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
343 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
344 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
346 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
349 kfree(devpath_string
);
357 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
358 * @kobj: object in question.
359 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
362 int kobject_move(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*new_parent
)
365 struct kobject
*old_parent
;
366 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
367 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
370 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
373 new_parent
= kobject_get(new_parent
);
376 new_parent
= kobject_get(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
);
378 /* old object path */
379 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
384 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
385 if (!devpath_string
) {
389 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
390 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
392 error
= sysfs_move_dir(kobj
, new_parent
);
395 old_parent
= kobj
->parent
;
396 kobj
->parent
= new_parent
;
398 kobject_put(old_parent
);
399 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
401 kobject_put(new_parent
);
403 kfree(devpath_string
);
409 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
413 void kobject_del(struct kobject
* kobj
)
417 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj
);
422 * kobject_unregister - remove object from hierarchy and decrement refcount.
423 * @kobj: object going away.
426 void kobject_unregister(struct kobject
* kobj
)
430 pr_debug("kobject %s: unregistering\n",kobject_name(kobj
));
431 kobject_uevent(kobj
, KOBJ_REMOVE
);
437 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
441 struct kobject
* kobject_get(struct kobject
* kobj
)
444 kref_get(&kobj
->kref
);
449 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
453 void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject
* kobj
)
455 struct kobj_type
* t
= get_ktype(kobj
);
456 struct kset
* s
= kobj
->kset
;
457 struct kobject
* parent
= kobj
->parent
;
458 const char *name
= kobj
->k_name
;
460 pr_debug("kobject %s: cleaning up\n",kobject_name(kobj
));
461 if (t
&& t
->release
) {
463 /* If we have a release function, we can guess that this was
464 * not a statically allocated kobject, so we should be safe to
473 static void kobject_release(struct kref
*kref
)
475 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref
, struct kobject
, kref
));
479 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
482 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
484 void kobject_put(struct kobject
* kobj
)
487 kref_put(&kobj
->kref
, kobject_release
);
491 static void dir_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
496 static struct kobj_type dir_ktype
= {
497 .release
= dir_release
,
499 .default_attrs
= NULL
,
503 * kobject_kset_add_dir - add sub directory of object.
504 * @kset: kset the directory is belongs to.
505 * @parent: object in which a directory is created.
506 * @name: directory name.
508 * Add a plain directory object as child of given object.
510 struct kobject
*kobject_kset_add_dir(struct kset
*kset
,
511 struct kobject
*parent
, const char *name
)
519 k
= kzalloc(sizeof(*k
), GFP_KERNEL
);
525 k
->ktype
= &dir_ktype
;
526 kobject_set_name(k
, name
);
527 ret
= kobject_register(k
);
529 printk(KERN_WARNING
"%s: kobject_register error: %d\n",
539 * kobject_add_dir - add sub directory of object.
540 * @parent: object in which a directory is created.
541 * @name: directory name.
543 * Add a plain directory object as child of given object.
545 struct kobject
*kobject_add_dir(struct kobject
*parent
, const char *name
)
547 return kobject_kset_add_dir(NULL
, parent
, name
);
551 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
555 void kset_init(struct kset
* k
)
557 kobject_init(&k
->kobj
);
558 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k
->list
);
559 spin_lock_init(&k
->list_lock
);
564 * kset_add - add a kset object to the hierarchy.
568 int kset_add(struct kset
* k
)
570 return kobject_add(&k
->kobj
);
575 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
579 int kset_register(struct kset
* k
)
590 kobject_uevent(&k
->kobj
, KOBJ_ADD
);
596 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
600 void kset_unregister(struct kset
* k
)
604 kobject_unregister(&k
->kobj
);
609 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
610 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
611 * @name: object's name.
613 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
614 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
615 * take a reference and return the object.
618 struct kobject
* kset_find_obj(struct kset
* kset
, const char * name
)
620 struct list_head
* entry
;
621 struct kobject
* ret
= NULL
;
623 spin_lock(&kset
->list_lock
);
624 list_for_each(entry
,&kset
->list
) {
625 struct kobject
* k
= to_kobj(entry
);
626 if (kobject_name(k
) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k
),name
)) {
627 ret
= kobject_get(k
);
631 spin_unlock(&kset
->list_lock
);
635 int subsystem_register(struct kset
*s
)
637 return kset_register(s
);
640 void subsystem_unregister(struct kset
*s
)
646 * subsystem_create_file - export sysfs attribute file.
648 * @a: subsystem attribute descriptor.
651 int subsys_create_file(struct kset
*s
, struct subsys_attribute
*a
)
659 error
= sysfs_create_file(&s
->kobj
, &a
->attr
);
665 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init
);
666 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_register
);
667 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_unregister
);
668 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get
);
669 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put
);
670 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add
);
671 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del
);
673 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register
);
674 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister
);
676 EXPORT_SYMBOL(subsystem_register
);
677 EXPORT_SYMBOL(subsystem_unregister
);
678 EXPORT_SYMBOL(subsys_create_file
);