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 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *fmt
,
218 const char *old_name
= kobj
->name
;
221 kobj
->name
= kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL
, fmt
, vargs
);
225 /* ewww... some of these buggers have '/' in the name ... */
226 s
= strchr(kobj
->name
, '/');
235 * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
236 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
237 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
239 * This sets the name of the kobject. If you have already added the
240 * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
241 * change the name of the kobject.
243 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *fmt
, ...)
248 va_start(vargs
, fmt
);
249 retval
= kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj
, fmt
, vargs
);
254 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name
);
257 * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
258 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
259 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
261 * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
262 * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
264 * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
265 * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
266 * the memory is cleaned up properly.
268 void kobject_init(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobj_type
*ktype
)
273 err_str
= "invalid kobject pointer!";
277 err_str
= "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
280 if (kobj
->state_initialized
) {
281 /* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
282 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject (%p): tried to init an initialized "
283 "object, something is seriously wrong.\n", kobj
);
287 kobject_init_internal(kobj
);
292 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject (%p): %s\n", kobj
, err_str
);
295 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init
);
297 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*parent
,
298 const char *fmt
, va_list vargs
)
302 retval
= kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj
, fmt
, vargs
);
304 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
307 kobj
->parent
= parent
;
308 return kobject_add_internal(kobj
);
312 * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
313 * @kobj: the kobject to add
314 * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
315 * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
317 * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
320 * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
321 * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
322 * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject. If no kset
323 * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
324 * root of the sysfs tree.
326 * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
327 * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
328 * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
329 * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
331 * Note, no "add" uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
332 * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
333 * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
334 * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
336 int kobject_add(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*parent
,
337 const char *fmt
, ...)
345 if (!kobj
->state_initialized
) {
346 printk(KERN_ERR
"kobject '%s' (%p): tried to add an "
347 "uninitialized object, something is seriously wrong.\n",
348 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
353 retval
= kobject_add_varg(kobj
, parent
, fmt
, args
);
358 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add
);
361 * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
362 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
363 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
364 * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
365 * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
367 * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
368 * kobject_add(). The same type of error handling after a call to
369 * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
371 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobj_type
*ktype
,
372 struct kobject
*parent
, const char *fmt
, ...)
377 kobject_init(kobj
, ktype
);
380 retval
= kobject_add_varg(kobj
, parent
, fmt
, args
);
385 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add
);
388 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
389 * @kobj: object in question.
390 * @new_name: object's new name
392 int kobject_rename(struct kobject
*kobj
, const char *new_name
)
395 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
396 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
399 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
405 /* see if this name is already in use */
407 struct kobject
*temp_kobj
;
408 temp_kobj
= kset_find_obj(kobj
->kset
, new_name
);
410 printk(KERN_WARNING
"kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
411 "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
412 kobject_name(kobj
), new_name
, new_name
);
413 kobject_put(temp_kobj
);
418 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
423 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
424 if (!devpath_string
) {
428 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
429 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
432 error
= sysfs_rename_dir(kobj
, new_name
);
434 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
435 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
436 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
438 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
441 kfree(devpath_string
);
447 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_rename
);
450 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
451 * @kobj: object in question.
452 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
454 int kobject_move(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct kobject
*new_parent
)
457 struct kobject
*old_parent
;
458 const char *devpath
= NULL
;
459 char *devpath_string
= NULL
;
462 kobj
= kobject_get(kobj
);
465 new_parent
= kobject_get(new_parent
);
468 new_parent
= kobject_get(&kobj
->kset
->kobj
);
470 /* old object path */
471 devpath
= kobject_get_path(kobj
, GFP_KERNEL
);
476 devpath_string
= kmalloc(strlen(devpath
) + 15, GFP_KERNEL
);
477 if (!devpath_string
) {
481 sprintf(devpath_string
, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath
);
482 envp
[0] = devpath_string
;
484 error
= sysfs_move_dir(kobj
, new_parent
);
487 old_parent
= kobj
->parent
;
488 kobj
->parent
= new_parent
;
490 kobject_put(old_parent
);
491 kobject_uevent_env(kobj
, KOBJ_MOVE
, envp
);
493 kobject_put(new_parent
);
495 kfree(devpath_string
);
501 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
504 void kobject_del(struct kobject
*kobj
)
509 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj
);
510 kobj
->state_in_sysfs
= 0;
511 kobj_kset_leave(kobj
);
512 kobject_put(kobj
->parent
);
517 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
520 struct kobject
*kobject_get(struct kobject
*kobj
)
523 kref_get(&kobj
->kref
);
528 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
529 * @kobj: object to cleanup
531 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject
*kobj
)
533 struct kobj_type
*t
= get_ktype(kobj
);
534 const char *name
= kobj
->name
;
536 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
537 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __func__
);
539 if (t
&& !t
->release
)
540 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
541 "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
542 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
544 /* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
545 if (kobj
->state_add_uevent_sent
&& !kobj
->state_remove_uevent_sent
) {
546 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
547 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
548 kobject_uevent(kobj
, KOBJ_REMOVE
);
551 /* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
552 if (kobj
->state_in_sysfs
) {
553 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
554 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
558 if (t
&& t
->release
) {
559 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
560 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
564 /* free name if we allocated it */
566 pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name
);
571 static void kobject_release(struct kref
*kref
)
573 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref
, struct kobject
, kref
));
577 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
580 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
582 void kobject_put(struct kobject
*kobj
)
585 if (!kobj
->state_initialized
)
586 WARN(1, KERN_WARNING
"kobject: '%s' (%p): is not "
587 "initialized, yet kobject_put() is being "
588 "called.\n", kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
);
589 kref_put(&kobj
->kref
, kobject_release
);
593 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
595 pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj
, __func__
);
599 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype
= {
600 .release
= dynamic_kobj_release
,
601 .sysfs_ops
= &kobj_sysfs_ops
,
605 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
607 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
608 * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
610 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
611 * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
612 * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
613 * already been called on this structure.
615 struct kobject
*kobject_create(void)
617 struct kobject
*kobj
;
619 kobj
= kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj
), GFP_KERNEL
);
623 kobject_init(kobj
, &dynamic_kobj_ktype
);
628 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
630 * @name: the name for the kset
631 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
633 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it
634 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
635 * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
636 * it is no longer being used.
638 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
640 struct kobject
*kobject_create_and_add(const char *name
, struct kobject
*parent
)
642 struct kobject
*kobj
;
645 kobj
= kobject_create();
649 retval
= kobject_add(kobj
, parent
, "%s", name
);
651 printk(KERN_WARNING
"%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
658 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add
);
661 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
664 void kset_init(struct kset
*k
)
666 kobject_init_internal(&k
->kobj
);
667 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k
->list
);
668 spin_lock_init(&k
->list_lock
);
671 /* default kobject attribute operations */
672 static ssize_t
kobj_attr_show(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct attribute
*attr
,
675 struct kobj_attribute
*kattr
;
678 kattr
= container_of(attr
, struct kobj_attribute
, attr
);
680 ret
= kattr
->show(kobj
, kattr
, buf
);
684 static ssize_t
kobj_attr_store(struct kobject
*kobj
, struct attribute
*attr
,
685 const char *buf
, size_t count
)
687 struct kobj_attribute
*kattr
;
690 kattr
= container_of(attr
, struct kobj_attribute
, attr
);
692 ret
= kattr
->store(kobj
, kattr
, buf
, count
);
696 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops
= {
697 .show
= kobj_attr_show
,
698 .store
= kobj_attr_store
,
702 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
705 int kset_register(struct kset
*k
)
713 err
= kobject_add_internal(&k
->kobj
);
716 kobject_uevent(&k
->kobj
, KOBJ_ADD
);
721 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
724 void kset_unregister(struct kset
*k
)
728 kobject_put(&k
->kobj
);
732 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
733 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
734 * @name: object's name.
736 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
737 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
738 * take a reference and return the object.
740 struct kobject
*kset_find_obj(struct kset
*kset
, const char *name
)
743 struct kobject
*ret
= NULL
;
745 spin_lock(&kset
->list_lock
);
746 list_for_each_entry(k
, &kset
->list
, entry
) {
747 if (kobject_name(k
) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k
), name
)) {
748 ret
= kobject_get(k
);
752 spin_unlock(&kset
->list_lock
);
756 static void kset_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
758 struct kset
*kset
= container_of(kobj
, struct kset
, kobj
);
759 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
760 kobject_name(kobj
), kobj
, __func__
);
764 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype
= {
765 .sysfs_ops
= &kobj_sysfs_ops
,
766 .release
= kset_release
,
770 * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
772 * @name: the name for the kset
773 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
774 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
776 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically. This structure can
777 * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
778 * kset_register(). When you are finished with this structure, if
779 * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
780 * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
782 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
784 static struct kset
*kset_create(const char *name
,
785 struct kset_uevent_ops
*uevent_ops
,
786 struct kobject
*parent_kobj
)
790 kset
= kzalloc(sizeof(*kset
), GFP_KERNEL
);
793 kobject_set_name(&kset
->kobj
, name
);
794 kset
->uevent_ops
= uevent_ops
;
795 kset
->kobj
.parent
= parent_kobj
;
798 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
799 * no kset itself. That way we can properly free it when it is
800 * finished being used.
802 kset
->kobj
.ktype
= &kset_ktype
;
803 kset
->kobj
.kset
= NULL
;
809 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
811 * @name: the name for the kset
812 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
813 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
815 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
816 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
817 * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
818 * is no longer being used.
820 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
822 struct kset
*kset_create_and_add(const char *name
,
823 struct kset_uevent_ops
*uevent_ops
,
824 struct kobject
*parent_kobj
)
829 kset
= kset_create(name
, uevent_ops
, parent_kobj
);
832 error
= kset_register(kset
);
839 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add
);
841 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get
);
842 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put
);
843 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del
);
845 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register
);
846 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister
);