2 * kobject.c - library routines for handling generic kernel objects
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("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: path = '%s'\n", kobject_name(kobj),
99 kobj, __FUNCTION__,path);
103 * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
105 * @kobj: kobject in question, with which to build the path
106 * @gfp_mask: the allocation type used to allocate the path
108 * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
110 char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
115 len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
118 path = kzalloc(len, gfp_mask);
121 fill_kobj_path(kobj, path, len);
125 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path);
127 static void kobject_init_internal(struct kobject * kobj)
131 kref_init(&kobj->kref);
132 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
137 * unlink - remove kobject from kset list.
140 * Remove the kobject from the kset list and decrement
141 * its parent's refcount.
142 * This is separated out, so we can use it in both
143 * kobject_del() and kobject_add_internal() on error.
146 static void unlink(struct kobject * kobj)
148 struct kobject *parent = kobj->parent;
151 spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
152 list_del_init(&kobj->entry);
153 spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
160 static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
163 struct kobject * parent;
165 if (!(kobj = kobject_get(kobj)))
168 kobject_set_name(kobj, "NO_NAME");
169 if (!*kobj->k_name) {
170 pr_debug("kobject (%p) attempted to be registered with no "
176 parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
178 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
179 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__,
180 parent ? kobject_name(parent) : "<NULL>",
181 kobj->kset ? kobject_name(&kobj->kset->kobj) : "<NULL>" );
184 kobj->kset = kset_get(kobj->kset);
187 parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
189 * If the kset is our parent, get a second
190 * reference, we drop both the kset and the
191 * parent ref on cleanup
196 spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
197 list_add_tail(&kobj->entry, &kobj->kset->list);
198 spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
199 kobj->parent = parent;
202 error = create_dir(kobj);
204 /* unlink does the kobject_put() for us */
207 /* be noisy on error issues */
208 if (error == -EEXIST)
209 printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s with "
210 "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
211 "the same name in the same directory.\n",
212 __FUNCTION__, kobject_name(kobj));
214 printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
215 __FUNCTION__, kobject_name(kobj), error);
223 * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
224 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
225 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
226 * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
228 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
235 name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
241 /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
244 /* Now, set the new name */
251 * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
252 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
253 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
255 * This sets the name of the kobject. If you have already added the
256 * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
257 * change the name of the kobject.
259 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
265 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, args);
270 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
273 * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
274 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
275 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
277 * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
278 * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
280 * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
281 * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
282 * the memory is cleaned up properly.
284 void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
289 err_str = "invalid kobject pointer!";
293 err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
296 if (atomic_read(&kobj->kref.refcount)) {
297 /* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
298 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: reference count is already set, "
299 "something is seriously wrong.\n");
303 kref_init(&kobj->kref);
304 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
309 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: %s\n", err_str);
312 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
314 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
315 const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
321 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, aq);
324 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
327 kobj->parent = parent;
328 return kobject_add_internal(kobj);
332 * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
333 * @kobj: the kobject to add
334 * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
335 * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
337 * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
340 * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
341 * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
342 * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject. If no kset
343 * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
344 * root of the sysfs tree.
346 * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
347 * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
349 * If the function is successful, the only way to properly clean up the
350 * memory is with a call to kobject_del(), in which case, a call to
351 * kobject_put() is not necessary (kobject_del() does the final
352 * kobject_put() to call the release function in the ktype's release
355 * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
356 * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
358 * Note, no uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
359 * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
360 * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
361 * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
363 int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
364 const char *fmt, ...)
373 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
378 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
381 * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
382 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
383 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
384 * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
385 * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
387 * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
388 * kobject_add(). The same type of error handling after a call to
389 * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
391 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
392 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
397 kobject_init(kobj, ktype);
400 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
405 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
408 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
409 * @kobj: object in question.
410 * @new_name: object's new name
413 int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
416 const char *devpath = NULL;
417 char *devpath_string = NULL;
420 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
426 /* see if this name is already in use */
428 struct kobject *temp_kobj;
429 temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
431 printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
432 "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
433 kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
434 kobject_put(temp_kobj);
439 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
444 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
445 if (!devpath_string) {
449 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
450 envp[0] = devpath_string;
453 error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
455 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
456 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
457 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
459 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
462 kfree(devpath_string);
470 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
471 * @kobj: object in question.
472 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
475 int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
478 struct kobject *old_parent;
479 const char *devpath = NULL;
480 char *devpath_string = NULL;
483 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
486 new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
489 new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
491 /* old object path */
492 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
497 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
498 if (!devpath_string) {
502 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
503 envp[0] = devpath_string;
505 error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
508 old_parent = kobj->parent;
509 kobj->parent = new_parent;
511 kobject_put(old_parent);
512 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
514 kobject_put(new_parent);
516 kfree(devpath_string);
522 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
526 void kobject_del(struct kobject * kobj)
530 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
535 * kobject_unregister - remove object from hierarchy and decrement refcount.
536 * @kobj: object going away.
539 void kobject_unregister(struct kobject * kobj)
543 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
544 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
545 kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
551 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
555 struct kobject * kobject_get(struct kobject * kobj)
558 kref_get(&kobj->kref);
563 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
564 * @kobj: object to cleanup
566 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
568 struct kobj_type * t = get_ktype(kobj);
569 struct kset * s = kobj->kset;
570 const char *name = kobj->k_name;
572 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
573 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
574 if (t && t->release) {
576 /* If we have a release function, we can guess that this was
577 * not a statically allocated kobject, so we should be safe to
585 static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
587 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref, struct kobject, kref));
591 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
594 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
596 void kobject_put(struct kobject * kobj)
599 kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
602 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
604 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
605 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
609 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
610 .release = dynamic_kobj_release,
611 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
615 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
617 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
618 * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
620 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
621 * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
622 * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
623 * already been called on this structure.
625 struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
627 struct kobject *kobj;
629 kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
633 kobject_init(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
638 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
640 * @name: the name for the kset
641 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
643 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
644 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
645 * kobject_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
646 * it is no longer being used.
648 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
650 struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
652 struct kobject *kobj;
655 kobj = kobject_create();
659 retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
661 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
662 __FUNCTION__, retval);
668 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
671 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
675 void kset_init(struct kset * k)
677 kobject_init_internal(&k->kobj);
678 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
679 spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
682 /* default kobject attribute operations */
683 static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
686 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
689 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
691 ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
695 static ssize_t kobj_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
696 const char *buf, size_t count)
698 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
701 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
703 ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
707 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
708 .show = kobj_attr_show,
709 .store = kobj_attr_store,
713 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
717 int kset_register(struct kset * k)
725 err = kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
728 kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
734 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
738 void kset_unregister(struct kset * k)
742 kobject_unregister(&k->kobj);
747 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
748 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
749 * @name: object's name.
751 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
752 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
753 * take a reference and return the object.
756 struct kobject * kset_find_obj(struct kset * kset, const char * name)
758 struct list_head * entry;
759 struct kobject * ret = NULL;
761 spin_lock(&kset->list_lock);
762 list_for_each(entry,&kset->list) {
763 struct kobject * k = to_kobj(entry);
764 if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k),name)) {
765 ret = kobject_get(k);
769 spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
773 static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
775 struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
776 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
777 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
781 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
782 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
783 .release = kset_release,
787 * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
789 * @name: the name for the kset
790 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
791 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
793 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically. This structure can
794 * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
795 * kset_register(). When you are finished with this structure, if
796 * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
797 * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
799 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
801 static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
802 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
803 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
807 kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
810 kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
811 kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
812 kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
815 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
816 * no kset itself. That way we can properly free it when it is
817 * finished being used.
819 kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
820 kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
826 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
828 * @name: the name for the kset
829 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
830 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
832 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
833 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
834 * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
835 * is no longer being used.
837 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
839 struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
840 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
841 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
846 kset = kset_create(name, uevent_ops, parent_kobj);
849 error = kset_register(kset);
856 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
858 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_unregister);
859 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
860 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put);
861 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
863 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
864 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);