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 inline struct kobject *to_kobj(struct list_head *entry)
63 return container_of(entry, struct kobject, entry);
66 static int get_kobj_path_length(struct kobject *kobj)
69 struct kobject *parent = kobj;
71 /* walk up the ancestors until we hit the one pointing to the
73 * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level.
76 if (kobject_name(parent) == NULL)
78 length += strlen(kobject_name(parent)) + 1;
79 parent = parent->parent;
84 static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
86 struct kobject *parent;
89 for (parent = kobj; parent; parent = parent->parent) {
90 int cur = strlen(kobject_name(parent));
91 /* back up enough to print this name with '/' */
93 strncpy(path + length, kobject_name(parent), cur);
94 *(path + --length) = '/';
97 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: path = '%s'\n", kobject_name(kobj),
98 kobj, __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);
126 /* add the kobject to its kset's list */
127 static void kobj_kset_join(struct kobject *kobj)
132 kset_get(kobj->kset);
133 spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
134 list_add_tail(&kobj->entry, &kobj->kset->list);
135 spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
138 /* remove the kobject from its kset's list */
139 static void kobj_kset_leave(struct kobject *kobj)
144 spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
145 list_del_init(&kobj->entry);
146 spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
147 kset_put(kobj->kset);
150 static void kobject_init_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
154 kref_init(&kobj->kref);
155 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
159 static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
162 struct kobject *parent;
167 if (!kobj->name || !kobj->name[0]) {
168 pr_debug("kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty "
174 parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
176 /* join kset if set, use it as parent if we do not already have one */
179 parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
180 kobj_kset_join(kobj);
181 kobj->parent = parent;
184 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
185 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__,
186 parent ? kobject_name(parent) : "<NULL>",
187 kobj->kset ? kobject_name(&kobj->kset->kobj) : "<NULL>");
189 error = create_dir(kobj);
191 kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
195 /* be noisy on error issues */
196 if (error == -EEXIST)
197 printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s with "
198 "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
199 "the same name in the same directory.\n",
200 __FUNCTION__, kobject_name(kobj));
202 printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
203 __FUNCTION__, kobject_name(kobj), error);
206 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 1;
212 * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
213 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
214 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
215 * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
217 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
224 name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
230 /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
233 /* Now, set the new name */
240 * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
241 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
242 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
244 * This sets the name of the kobject. If you have already added the
245 * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
246 * change the name of the kobject.
248 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
254 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, args);
259 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
262 * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
263 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
264 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
266 * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
267 * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
269 * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
270 * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
271 * the memory is cleaned up properly.
273 void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
278 err_str = "invalid kobject pointer!";
282 err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
285 if (kobj->state_initialized) {
286 /* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
287 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): tried to init an initialized "
288 "object, something is seriously wrong.\n", kobj);
292 kref_init(&kobj->kref);
293 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
295 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
296 kobj->state_add_uevent_sent = 0;
297 kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent = 0;
298 kobj->state_initialized = 1;
302 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): %s\n", kobj, err_str);
305 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
307 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
308 const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
314 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, aq);
317 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
320 kobj->parent = parent;
321 return kobject_add_internal(kobj);
325 * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
326 * @kobj: the kobject to add
327 * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
328 * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
330 * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
333 * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
334 * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
335 * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject. If no kset
336 * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
337 * root of the sysfs tree.
339 * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
340 * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
341 * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
342 * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
344 * Note, no "add" uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
345 * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
346 * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
347 * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
349 int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
350 const char *fmt, ...)
358 if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
359 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject '%s' (%p): tried to add an "
360 "uninitialized object, something is seriously wrong.\n",
361 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
366 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
371 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
374 * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
375 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
376 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
377 * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
378 * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
380 * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
381 * kobject_add(). The same type of error handling after a call to
382 * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
384 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
385 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
390 kobject_init(kobj, ktype);
393 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
398 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
401 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
402 * @kobj: object in question.
403 * @new_name: object's new name
405 int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
408 const char *devpath = NULL;
409 char *devpath_string = NULL;
412 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
418 /* see if this name is already in use */
420 struct kobject *temp_kobj;
421 temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
423 printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
424 "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
425 kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
426 kobject_put(temp_kobj);
431 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
436 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
437 if (!devpath_string) {
441 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
442 envp[0] = devpath_string;
445 error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
447 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
448 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
449 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
451 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
454 kfree(devpath_string);
462 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
463 * @kobj: object in question.
464 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
466 int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
469 struct kobject *old_parent;
470 const char *devpath = NULL;
471 char *devpath_string = NULL;
474 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
477 new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
480 new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
482 /* old object path */
483 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
488 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
489 if (!devpath_string) {
493 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
494 envp[0] = devpath_string;
496 error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
499 old_parent = kobj->parent;
500 kobj->parent = new_parent;
502 kobject_put(old_parent);
503 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
505 kobject_put(new_parent);
507 kfree(devpath_string);
513 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
516 void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
521 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
522 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
523 kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
524 kobject_put(kobj->parent);
529 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
532 struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
535 kref_get(&kobj->kref);
540 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
541 * @kobj: object to cleanup
543 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
545 struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
546 const char *name = kobj->name;
548 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
549 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
551 if (t && !t->release)
552 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
553 "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
554 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
556 /* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
557 if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
558 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
559 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
560 kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
563 /* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
564 if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
565 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
566 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
570 if (t && t->release) {
571 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
572 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
576 /* free name if we allocated it */
578 pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name);
583 static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
585 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref, struct kobject, kref));
589 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
592 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
594 void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
597 kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
600 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
602 pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj, __FUNCTION__);
606 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
607 .release = dynamic_kobj_release,
608 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
612 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
614 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
615 * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
617 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
618 * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
619 * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
620 * already been called on this structure.
622 struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
624 struct kobject *kobj;
626 kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
630 kobject_init(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
635 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
637 * @name: the name for the kset
638 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
640 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
641 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
642 * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
643 * it is no longer being used.
645 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
647 struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
649 struct kobject *kobj;
652 kobj = kobject_create();
656 retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
658 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
659 __FUNCTION__, retval);
665 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
668 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
671 void kset_init(struct kset *k)
673 kobject_init_internal(&k->kobj);
674 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
675 spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
678 /* default kobject attribute operations */
679 static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
682 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
685 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
687 ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
691 static ssize_t kobj_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
692 const char *buf, size_t count)
694 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
697 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
699 ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
703 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
704 .show = kobj_attr_show,
705 .store = kobj_attr_store,
709 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
712 int kset_register(struct kset *k)
720 err = kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
723 kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
728 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
731 void kset_unregister(struct kset *k)
735 kobject_put(&k->kobj);
739 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
740 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
741 * @name: object's name.
743 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
744 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
745 * take a reference and return the object.
747 struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
749 struct list_head *entry;
750 struct kobject *ret = NULL;
752 spin_lock(&kset->list_lock);
753 list_for_each(entry, &kset->list) {
754 struct kobject *k = to_kobj(entry);
755 if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k), name)) {
756 ret = kobject_get(k);
760 spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
764 static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
766 struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
767 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
768 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
772 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
773 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
774 .release = kset_release,
778 * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
780 * @name: the name for the kset
781 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
782 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
784 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically. This structure can
785 * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
786 * kset_register(). When you are finished with this structure, if
787 * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
788 * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
790 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
792 static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
793 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
794 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
798 kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
801 kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
802 kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
803 kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
806 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
807 * no kset itself. That way we can properly free it when it is
808 * finished being used.
810 kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
811 kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
817 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
819 * @name: the name for the kset
820 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
821 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
823 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
824 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
825 * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
826 * is no longer being used.
828 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
830 struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
831 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
832 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
837 kset = kset_create(name, uevent_ops, parent_kobj);
840 error = kset_register(kset);
847 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
849 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
850 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put);
851 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
853 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
854 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);