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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 */
30static 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
47static 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
61static 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
79static 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 */
104char *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}
119EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path);
120
121/* add the kobject to its kset's list */
122static 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 */
134static 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
145static 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
158static 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 */
215static 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 while ((s = strchr(kobj->name, '/')))
227 s[0] = '!';
228
229 kfree(old_name);
230 return 0;
231}
232
233/**
234 * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
235 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
236 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
237 *
238 * This sets the name of the kobject. If you have already added the
239 * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
240 * change the name of the kobject.
241 */
242int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
243{
244 va_list vargs;
245 int retval;
246
247 va_start(vargs, fmt);
248 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, vargs);
249 va_end(vargs);
250
251 return retval;
252}
253EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
254
255/**
256 * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
257 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
258 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
259 *
260 * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
261 * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
262 *
263 * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
264 * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
265 * the memory is cleaned up properly.
266 */
267void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
268{
269 char *err_str;
270
271 if (!kobj) {
272 err_str = "invalid kobject pointer!";
273 goto error;
274 }
275 if (!ktype) {
276 err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
277 goto error;
278 }
279 if (kobj->state_initialized) {
280 /* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
281 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): tried to init an initialized "
282 "object, something is seriously wrong.\n", kobj);
283 dump_stack();
284 }
285
286 kobject_init_internal(kobj);
287 kobj->ktype = ktype;
288 return;
289
290error:
291 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): %s\n", kobj, err_str);
292 dump_stack();
293}
294EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
295
296static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
297 const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
298{
299 int retval;
300
301 retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, vargs);
302 if (retval) {
303 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
304 return retval;
305 }
306 kobj->parent = parent;
307 return kobject_add_internal(kobj);
308}
309
310/**
311 * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
312 * @kobj: the kobject to add
313 * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
314 * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
315 *
316 * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
317 * function.
318 *
319 * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
320 * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
321 * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject. If no kset
322 * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
323 * root of the sysfs tree.
324 *
325 * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
326 * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
327 * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
328 * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
329 *
330 * Note, no "add" uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
331 * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
332 * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
333 * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
334 */
335int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
336 const char *fmt, ...)
337{
338 va_list args;
339 int retval;
340
341 if (!kobj)
342 return -EINVAL;
343
344 if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
345 printk(KERN_ERR "kobject '%s' (%p): tried to add an "
346 "uninitialized object, something is seriously wrong.\n",
347 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
348 dump_stack();
349 return -EINVAL;
350 }
351 va_start(args, fmt);
352 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
353 va_end(args);
354
355 return retval;
356}
357EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
358
359/**
360 * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
361 * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
362 * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
363 * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
364 * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
365 *
366 * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
367 * kobject_add(). The same type of error handling after a call to
368 * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
369 */
370int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
371 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
372{
373 va_list args;
374 int retval;
375
376 kobject_init(kobj, ktype);
377
378 va_start(args, fmt);
379 retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
380 va_end(args);
381
382 return retval;
383}
384EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
385
386/**
387 * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
388 * @kobj: object in question.
389 * @new_name: object's new name
390 */
391int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
392{
393 int error = 0;
394 const char *devpath = NULL;
395 char *devpath_string = NULL;
396 char *envp[2];
397
398 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
399 if (!kobj)
400 return -EINVAL;
401 if (!kobj->parent)
402 return -EINVAL;
403
404 /* see if this name is already in use */
405 if (kobj->kset) {
406 struct kobject *temp_kobj;
407 temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
408 if (temp_kobj) {
409 printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
410 "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
411 kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
412 kobject_put(temp_kobj);
413 return -EINVAL;
414 }
415 }
416
417 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
418 if (!devpath) {
419 error = -ENOMEM;
420 goto out;
421 }
422 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
423 if (!devpath_string) {
424 error = -ENOMEM;
425 goto out;
426 }
427 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
428 envp[0] = devpath_string;
429 envp[1] = NULL;
430
431 error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
432
433 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
434 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
435 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
436 if (!error)
437 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
438
439out:
440 kfree(devpath_string);
441 kfree(devpath);
442 kobject_put(kobj);
443
444 return error;
445}
446EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_rename);
447
448/**
449 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
450 * @kobj: object in question.
451 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
452 */
453int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
454{
455 int error;
456 struct kobject *old_parent;
457 const char *devpath = NULL;
458 char *devpath_string = NULL;
459 char *envp[2];
460
461 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
462 if (!kobj)
463 return -EINVAL;
464 new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
465 if (!new_parent) {
466 if (kobj->kset)
467 new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
468 }
469 /* old object path */
470 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
471 if (!devpath) {
472 error = -ENOMEM;
473 goto out;
474 }
475 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
476 if (!devpath_string) {
477 error = -ENOMEM;
478 goto out;
479 }
480 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
481 envp[0] = devpath_string;
482 envp[1] = NULL;
483 error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
484 if (error)
485 goto out;
486 old_parent = kobj->parent;
487 kobj->parent = new_parent;
488 new_parent = NULL;
489 kobject_put(old_parent);
490 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
491out:
492 kobject_put(new_parent);
493 kobject_put(kobj);
494 kfree(devpath_string);
495 kfree(devpath);
496 return error;
497}
498
499/**
500 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
501 * @kobj: object.
502 */
503void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
504{
505 if (!kobj)
506 return;
507
508 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
509 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
510 kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
511 kobject_put(kobj->parent);
512 kobj->parent = NULL;
513}
514
515/**
516 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
517 * @kobj: object.
518 */
519struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
520{
521 if (kobj)
522 kref_get(&kobj->kref);
523 return kobj;
524}
525
526/*
527 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
528 * @kobj: object to cleanup
529 */
530static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
531{
532 struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
533 const char *name = kobj->name;
534
535 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
536 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
537
538 if (t && !t->release)
539 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
540 "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
541 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
542
543 /* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
544 if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
545 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
546 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
547 kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
548 }
549
550 /* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
551 if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
552 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
553 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
554 kobject_del(kobj);
555 }
556
557 if (t && t->release) {
558 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
559 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
560 t->release(kobj);
561 }
562
563 /* free name if we allocated it */
564 if (name) {
565 pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name);
566 kfree(name);
567 }
568}
569
570static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
571{
572 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref, struct kobject, kref));
573}
574
575/**
576 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
577 * @kobj: object.
578 *
579 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
580 */
581void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
582{
583 if (kobj) {
584 if (!kobj->state_initialized)
585 WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "kobject: '%s' (%p): is not "
586 "initialized, yet kobject_put() is being "
587 "called.\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
588 kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
589 }
590}
591
592static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
593{
594 pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj, __func__);
595 kfree(kobj);
596}
597
598static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
599 .release = dynamic_kobj_release,
600 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
601};
602
603/**
604 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
605 *
606 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
607 * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
608 *
609 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
610 * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
611 * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
612 * already been called on this structure.
613 */
614struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
615{
616 struct kobject *kobj;
617
618 kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
619 if (!kobj)
620 return NULL;
621
622 kobject_init(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
623 return kobj;
624}
625
626/**
627 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
628 *
629 * @name: the name for the kset
630 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
631 *
632 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it
633 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
634 * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
635 * it is no longer being used.
636 *
637 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
638 */
639struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
640{
641 struct kobject *kobj;
642 int retval;
643
644 kobj = kobject_create();
645 if (!kobj)
646 return NULL;
647
648 retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
649 if (retval) {
650 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
651 __func__, retval);
652 kobject_put(kobj);
653 kobj = NULL;
654 }
655 return kobj;
656}
657EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
658
659/**
660 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
661 * @k: kset
662 */
663void kset_init(struct kset *k)
664{
665 kobject_init_internal(&k->kobj);
666 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
667 spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
668}
669
670/* default kobject attribute operations */
671static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
672 char *buf)
673{
674 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
675 ssize_t ret = -EIO;
676
677 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
678 if (kattr->show)
679 ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
680 return ret;
681}
682
683static ssize_t kobj_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
684 const char *buf, size_t count)
685{
686 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
687 ssize_t ret = -EIO;
688
689 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
690 if (kattr->store)
691 ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
692 return ret;
693}
694
695struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
696 .show = kobj_attr_show,
697 .store = kobj_attr_store,
698};
699
700/**
701 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
702 * @k: kset.
703 */
704int kset_register(struct kset *k)
705{
706 int err;
707
708 if (!k)
709 return -EINVAL;
710
711 kset_init(k);
712 err = kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
713 if (err)
714 return err;
715 kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
716 return 0;
717}
718
719/**
720 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
721 * @k: kset.
722 */
723void kset_unregister(struct kset *k)
724{
725 if (!k)
726 return;
727 kobject_put(&k->kobj);
728}
729
730/**
731 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
732 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
733 * @name: object's name.
734 *
735 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
736 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
737 * take a reference and return the object.
738 */
739struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
740{
741 struct kobject *k;
742 struct kobject *ret = NULL;
743
744 spin_lock(&kset->list_lock);
745 list_for_each_entry(k, &kset->list, entry) {
746 if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k), name)) {
747 ret = kobject_get(k);
748 break;
749 }
750 }
751 spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
752 return ret;
753}
754
755static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
756{
757 struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
758 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
759 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
760 kfree(kset);
761}
762
763static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
764 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
765 .release = kset_release,
766};
767
768/**
769 * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
770 *
771 * @name: the name for the kset
772 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
773 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
774 *
775 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically. This structure can
776 * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
777 * kset_register(). When you are finished with this structure, if
778 * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
779 * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
780 *
781 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
782 */
783static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
784 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
785 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
786{
787 struct kset *kset;
788
789 kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
790 if (!kset)
791 return NULL;
792 kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
793 kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
794 kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
795
796 /*
797 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
798 * no kset itself. That way we can properly free it when it is
799 * finished being used.
800 */
801 kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
802 kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
803
804 return kset;
805}
806
807/**
808 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
809 *
810 * @name: the name for the kset
811 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
812 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
813 *
814 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
815 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
816 * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
817 * is no longer being used.
818 *
819 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
820 */
821struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
822 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
823 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
824{
825 struct kset *kset;
826 int error;
827
828 kset = kset_create(name, uevent_ops, parent_kobj);
829 if (!kset)
830 return NULL;
831 error = kset_register(kset);
832 if (error) {
833 kfree(kset);
834 return NULL;
835 }
836 return kset;
837}
838EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
839
840EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
841EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put);
842EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
843
844EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
845EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);