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1 /*
2 * kobject.c - library routines for handling generic kernel objects
3 *
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.
7 *
8 * This file is released under the GPLv2.
9 *
10 *
11 * Please see the file Documentation/kobject.txt for critical information
12 * about using the kobject interface.
13 */
14
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>
20
21 /*
22 * populate_dir - populate directory with attributes.
23 * @kobj: object we're working on.
24 *
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.
29 */
30 static int populate_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
31 {
32 struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
33 struct attribute *attr;
34 int error = 0;
35 int i;
36
37 if (t && t->default_attrs) {
38 for (i = 0; (attr = t->default_attrs[i]) != NULL; i++) {
39 error = sysfs_create_file(kobj, attr);
40 if (error)
41 break;
42 }
43 }
44 return error;
45 }
46
47 static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
48 {
49 int error = 0;
50 if (kobject_name(kobj)) {
51 error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
52 if (!error) {
53 error = populate_dir(kobj);
54 if (error)
55 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
56 }
57 }
58 return error;
59 }
60
61 static int get_kobj_path_length(struct kobject *kobj)
62 {
63 int length = 1;
64 struct kobject *parent = kobj;
65
66 /* walk up the ancestors until we hit the one pointing to the
67 * root.
68 * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level.
69 */
70 do {
71 if (kobject_name(parent) == NULL)
72 return 0;
73 length += strlen(kobject_name(parent)) + 1;
74 parent = parent->parent;
75 } while (parent);
76 return length;
77 }
78
79 static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
80 {
81 struct kobject *parent;
82
83 --length;
84 for (parent = kobj; parent; parent = parent->parent) {
85 int cur = strlen(kobject_name(parent));
86 /* back up enough to print this name with '/' */
87 length -= cur;
88 strncpy(path + length, kobject_name(parent), cur);
89 *(path + --length) = '/';
90 }
91
92 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: path = '%s'\n", kobject_name(kobj),
93 kobj, __func__, path);
94 }
95
96 /**
97 * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
98 *
99 * @kobj: kobject in question, with which to build the path
100 * @gfp_mask: the allocation type used to allocate the path
101 *
102 * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
103 */
104 char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
105 {
106 char *path;
107 int len;
108
109 len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
110 if (len == 0)
111 return NULL;
112 path = kzalloc(len, gfp_mask);
113 if (!path)
114 return NULL;
115 fill_kobj_path(kobj, path, len);
116
117 return path;
118 }
119 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path);
120
121 /* add the kobject to its kset's list */
122 static void kobj_kset_join(struct kobject *kobj)
123 {
124 if (!kobj->kset)
125 return;
126
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);
131 }
132
133 /* remove the kobject from its kset's list */
134 static void kobj_kset_leave(struct kobject *kobj)
135 {
136 if (!kobj->kset)
137 return;
138
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);
143 }
144
145 static void kobject_init_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
146 {
147 if (!kobj)
148 return;
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;
155 }
156
157
158 static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
159 {
160 int error = 0;
161 struct kobject *parent;
162
163 if (!kobj)
164 return -ENOENT;
165
166 if (!kobj->name || !kobj->name[0]) {
167 WARN(1, "kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty "
168 "name!\n", kobj);
169 return -EINVAL;
170 }
171
172 parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
173
174 /* join kset if set, use it as parent if we do not already have one */
175 if (kobj->kset) {
176 if (!parent)
177 parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
178 kobj_kset_join(kobj);
179 kobj->parent = parent;
180 }
181
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>");
186
187 error = create_dir(kobj);
188 if (error) {
189 kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
190 kobject_put(parent);
191 kobj->parent = NULL;
192
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));
199 else
200 printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
201 __func__, kobject_name(kobj), error);
202 dump_stack();
203 } else
204 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 1;
205
206 return error;
207 }
208
209 /**
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.
214 */
215 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
216 va_list vargs)
217 {
218 const char *old_name = kobj->name;
219 char *s;
220
221 kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
222 if (!kobj->name)
223 return -ENOMEM;
224
225 /* ewww... some of these buggers have '/' in the name ... */
226 s = strchr(kobj->name, '/');
227 if (s)
228 s[0] = '!';
229
230 kfree(old_name);
231 return 0;
232 }
233
234 /**
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
238 *
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.
242 */
243 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
244 {
245 va_list vargs;
246 int retval;
247
248 va_start(vargs, fmt);
249 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, vargs);
250 va_end(vargs);
251
252 return retval;
253 }
254 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
255
256 /**
257 * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
258 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
259 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
260 *
261 * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
262 * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
263 *
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.
267 */
268 void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
269 {
270 char *err_str;
271
272 if (!kobj) {
273 err_str = "invalid kobject pointer!";
274 goto error;
275 }
276 if (!ktype) {
277 err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
278 goto error;
279 }
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);
284 dump_stack();
285 }
286
287 kobject_init_internal(kobj);
288 kobj->ktype = ktype;
289 return;
290
291 error:
292 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): %s\n", kobj, err_str);
293 dump_stack();
294 }
295 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
296
297 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
298 const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
299 {
300 int retval;
301
302 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, vargs);
303 if (retval) {
304 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
305 return retval;
306 }
307 kobj->parent = parent;
308 return kobject_add_internal(kobj);
309 }
310
311 /**
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.
316 *
317 * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
318 * function.
319 *
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.
325 *
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.
330 *
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.
335 */
336 int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
337 const char *fmt, ...)
338 {
339 va_list args;
340 int retval;
341
342 if (!kobj)
343 return -EINVAL;
344
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);
349 dump_stack();
350 return -EINVAL;
351 }
352 va_start(args, fmt);
353 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
354 va_end(args);
355
356 return retval;
357 }
358 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
359
360 /**
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.
366 *
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.
370 */
371 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
372 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
373 {
374 va_list args;
375 int retval;
376
377 kobject_init(kobj, ktype);
378
379 va_start(args, fmt);
380 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
381 va_end(args);
382
383 return retval;
384 }
385 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
386
387 /**
388 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
389 * @kobj: object in question.
390 * @new_name: object's new name
391 */
392 int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
393 {
394 int error = 0;
395 const char *devpath = NULL;
396 char *devpath_string = NULL;
397 char *envp[2];
398
399 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
400 if (!kobj)
401 return -EINVAL;
402 if (!kobj->parent)
403 return -EINVAL;
404
405 /* see if this name is already in use */
406 if (kobj->kset) {
407 struct kobject *temp_kobj;
408 temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
409 if (temp_kobj) {
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);
414 return -EINVAL;
415 }
416 }
417
418 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
419 if (!devpath) {
420 error = -ENOMEM;
421 goto out;
422 }
423 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
424 if (!devpath_string) {
425 error = -ENOMEM;
426 goto out;
427 }
428 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
429 envp[0] = devpath_string;
430 envp[1] = NULL;
431
432 error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
433
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. */
437 if (!error)
438 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
439
440 out:
441 kfree(devpath_string);
442 kfree(devpath);
443 kobject_put(kobj);
444
445 return error;
446 }
447 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_rename);
448
449 /**
450 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
451 * @kobj: object in question.
452 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
453 */
454 int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
455 {
456 int error;
457 struct kobject *old_parent;
458 const char *devpath = NULL;
459 char *devpath_string = NULL;
460 char *envp[2];
461
462 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
463 if (!kobj)
464 return -EINVAL;
465 new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
466 if (!new_parent) {
467 if (kobj->kset)
468 new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
469 }
470 /* old object path */
471 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
472 if (!devpath) {
473 error = -ENOMEM;
474 goto out;
475 }
476 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
477 if (!devpath_string) {
478 error = -ENOMEM;
479 goto out;
480 }
481 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
482 envp[0] = devpath_string;
483 envp[1] = NULL;
484 error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
485 if (error)
486 goto out;
487 old_parent = kobj->parent;
488 kobj->parent = new_parent;
489 new_parent = NULL;
490 kobject_put(old_parent);
491 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
492 out:
493 kobject_put(new_parent);
494 kobject_put(kobj);
495 kfree(devpath_string);
496 kfree(devpath);
497 return error;
498 }
499
500 /**
501 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
502 * @kobj: object.
503 */
504 void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
505 {
506 if (!kobj)
507 return;
508
509 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
510 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
511 kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
512 kobject_put(kobj->parent);
513 kobj->parent = NULL;
514 }
515
516 /**
517 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
518 * @kobj: object.
519 */
520 struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
521 {
522 if (kobj)
523 kref_get(&kobj->kref);
524 return kobj;
525 }
526
527 /*
528 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
529 * @kobj: object to cleanup
530 */
531 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
532 {
533 struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
534 const char *name = kobj->name;
535
536 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
537 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
538
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);
543
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);
549 }
550
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);
555 kobject_del(kobj);
556 }
557
558 if (t && t->release) {
559 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
560 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
561 t->release(kobj);
562 }
563
564 /* free name if we allocated it */
565 if (name) {
566 pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name);
567 kfree(name);
568 }
569 }
570
571 static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
572 {
573 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref, struct kobject, kref));
574 }
575
576 /**
577 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
578 * @kobj: object.
579 *
580 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
581 */
582 void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
583 {
584 if (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);
590 }
591 }
592
593 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
594 {
595 pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj, __func__);
596 kfree(kobj);
597 }
598
599 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
600 .release = dynamic_kobj_release,
601 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
602 };
603
604 /**
605 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
606 *
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.
609 *
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.
614 */
615 struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
616 {
617 struct kobject *kobj;
618
619 kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
620 if (!kobj)
621 return NULL;
622
623 kobject_init(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
624 return kobj;
625 }
626
627 /**
628 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
629 *
630 * @name: the name for the kset
631 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
632 *
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.
637 *
638 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
639 */
640 struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
641 {
642 struct kobject *kobj;
643 int retval;
644
645 kobj = kobject_create();
646 if (!kobj)
647 return NULL;
648
649 retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
650 if (retval) {
651 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
652 __func__, retval);
653 kobject_put(kobj);
654 kobj = NULL;
655 }
656 return kobj;
657 }
658 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
659
660 /**
661 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
662 * @k: kset
663 */
664 void kset_init(struct kset *k)
665 {
666 kobject_init_internal(&k->kobj);
667 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
668 spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
669 }
670
671 /* default kobject attribute operations */
672 static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
673 char *buf)
674 {
675 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
676 ssize_t ret = -EIO;
677
678 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
679 if (kattr->show)
680 ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
681 return ret;
682 }
683
684 static ssize_t kobj_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
685 const char *buf, size_t count)
686 {
687 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
688 ssize_t ret = -EIO;
689
690 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
691 if (kattr->store)
692 ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
693 return ret;
694 }
695
696 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
697 .show = kobj_attr_show,
698 .store = kobj_attr_store,
699 };
700
701 /**
702 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
703 * @k: kset.
704 */
705 int kset_register(struct kset *k)
706 {
707 int err;
708
709 if (!k)
710 return -EINVAL;
711
712 kset_init(k);
713 err = kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
714 if (err)
715 return err;
716 kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
717 return 0;
718 }
719
720 /**
721 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
722 * @k: kset.
723 */
724 void kset_unregister(struct kset *k)
725 {
726 if (!k)
727 return;
728 kobject_put(&k->kobj);
729 }
730
731 /**
732 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
733 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
734 * @name: object's name.
735 *
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.
739 */
740 struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
741 {
742 struct kobject *k;
743 struct kobject *ret = NULL;
744
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);
749 break;
750 }
751 }
752 spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
753 return ret;
754 }
755
756 static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
757 {
758 struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
759 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
760 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
761 kfree(kset);
762 }
763
764 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
765 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
766 .release = kset_release,
767 };
768
769 /**
770 * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
771 *
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.
775 *
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.
781 *
782 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
783 */
784 static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
785 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
786 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
787 {
788 struct kset *kset;
789
790 kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
791 if (!kset)
792 return NULL;
793 kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
794 kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
795 kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
796
797 /*
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.
801 */
802 kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
803 kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
804
805 return kset;
806 }
807
808 /**
809 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
810 *
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.
814 *
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.
819 *
820 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
821 */
822 struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
823 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
824 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
825 {
826 struct kset *kset;
827 int error;
828
829 kset = kset_create(name, uevent_ops, parent_kobj);
830 if (!kset)
831 return NULL;
832 error = kset_register(kset);
833 if (error) {
834 kfree(kset);
835 return NULL;
836 }
837 return kset;
838 }
839 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
840
841 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
842 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put);
843 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
844
845 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
846 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);