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/export.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 error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
52 error = populate_dir(kobj);
54 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
59 static int get_kobj_path_length(struct kobject *kobj)
62 struct kobject *parent = kobj;
64 /* walk up the ancestors until we hit the one pointing to the
66 * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level.
69 if (kobject_name(parent) == NULL)
71 length += strlen(kobject_name(parent)) + 1;
72 parent = parent->parent;
77 static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
79 struct kobject *parent;
82 for (parent = kobj; parent; parent = parent->parent) {
83 int cur = strlen(kobject_name(parent));
84 /* back up enough to print this name with '/' */
86 strncpy(path + length, kobject_name(parent), cur);
87 *(path + --length) = '/';
90 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: path = '%s'\n", kobject_name(kobj),
91 kobj, __func__, path);
95 * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
97 * @kobj: kobject in question, with which to build the path
98 * @gfp_mask: the allocation type used to allocate the path
100 * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
102 char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
107 len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
110 path = kzalloc(len, gfp_mask);
113 fill_kobj_path(kobj, path, len);
117 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path);
119 /* add the kobject to its kset's list */
120 static void kobj_kset_join(struct kobject *kobj)
125 kset_get(kobj->kset);
126 spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
127 list_add_tail(&kobj->entry, &kobj->kset->list);
128 spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
131 /* remove the kobject from its kset's list */
132 static void kobj_kset_leave(struct kobject *kobj)
137 spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
138 list_del_init(&kobj->entry);
139 spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
140 kset_put(kobj->kset);
143 static void kobject_init_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
147 kref_init(&kobj->kref);
148 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
149 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
150 kobj->state_add_uevent_sent = 0;
151 kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent = 0;
152 kobj->state_initialized = 1;
156 static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
159 struct kobject *parent;
164 if (!kobj->name || !kobj->name[0]) {
165 WARN(1, "kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty "
170 parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
172 /* join kset if set, use it as parent if we do not already have one */
175 parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
176 kobj_kset_join(kobj);
177 kobj->parent = parent;
180 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
181 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__,
182 parent ? kobject_name(parent) : "<NULL>",
183 kobj->kset ? kobject_name(&kobj->kset->kobj) : "<NULL>");
185 error = create_dir(kobj);
187 kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
191 /* be noisy on error issues */
192 if (error == -EEXIST)
193 WARN(1, "%s failed for %s with "
194 "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
195 "the same name in the same directory.\n",
196 __func__, kobject_name(kobj));
198 WARN(1, "%s failed for %s (error: %d parent: %s)\n",
199 __func__, kobject_name(kobj), error,
200 parent ? kobject_name(parent) : "'none'");
202 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 1;
208 * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
209 * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
210 * @fmt: format string used to build the name
211 * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
213 int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
216 const char *old_name = kobj->name;
219 if (kobj->name && !fmt)
222 kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
226 /* ewww... some of these buggers have '/' in the name ... */
227 while ((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 * It is the responsibility of the caller to provide mutual
393 * exclusion between two different calls of kobject_rename
394 * on the same kobject and to ensure that new_name is valid and
395 * won't conflict with other kobjects.
397 int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
400 const char *devpath = NULL;
401 const char *dup_name = NULL, *name;
402 char *devpath_string = NULL;
405 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
411 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
416 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
417 if (!devpath_string) {
421 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
422 envp[0] = devpath_string;
425 name = dup_name = kstrdup(new_name, GFP_KERNEL);
431 error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
435 /* Install the new kobject name */
436 dup_name = kobj->name;
439 /* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
440 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
441 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
442 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
446 kfree(devpath_string);
452 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_rename);
455 * kobject_move - move object to another parent
456 * @kobj: object in question.
457 * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
459 int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
462 struct kobject *old_parent;
463 const char *devpath = NULL;
464 char *devpath_string = NULL;
467 kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
470 new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
473 new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
475 /* old object path */
476 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
481 devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
482 if (!devpath_string) {
486 sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
487 envp[0] = devpath_string;
489 error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
492 old_parent = kobj->parent;
493 kobj->parent = new_parent;
495 kobject_put(old_parent);
496 kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
498 kobject_put(new_parent);
500 kfree(devpath_string);
506 * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
509 void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
514 sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
515 kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
516 kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
517 kobject_put(kobj->parent);
522 * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
525 struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
528 kref_get(&kobj->kref);
533 * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
534 * @kobj: object to cleanup
536 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
538 struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
539 const char *name = kobj->name;
541 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
542 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
544 if (t && !t->release)
545 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
546 "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
547 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
549 /* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
550 if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
551 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
552 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
553 kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
556 /* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
557 if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
558 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
559 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
563 if (t && t->release) {
564 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
565 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
569 /* free name if we allocated it */
571 pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name);
576 static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
578 kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref, struct kobject, kref));
582 * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
585 * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
587 void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
590 if (!kobj->state_initialized)
591 WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "kobject: '%s' (%p): is not "
592 "initialized, yet kobject_put() is being "
593 "called.\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
594 kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
598 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
600 pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj, __func__);
604 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
605 .release = dynamic_kobj_release,
606 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
610 * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
612 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
613 * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
615 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
616 * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
617 * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
618 * already been called on this structure.
620 struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
622 struct kobject *kobj;
624 kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
628 kobject_init(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
633 * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
635 * @name: the name for the kobject
636 * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
638 * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it
639 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
640 * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
641 * it is no longer being used.
643 * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
645 struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
647 struct kobject *kobj;
650 kobj = kobject_create();
654 retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
656 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
663 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
666 * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
669 void kset_init(struct kset *k)
671 kobject_init_internal(&k->kobj);
672 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
673 spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
676 /* default kobject attribute operations */
677 static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
680 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
683 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
685 ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
689 static ssize_t kobj_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
690 const char *buf, size_t count)
692 struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
695 kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
697 ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
701 const struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
702 .show = kobj_attr_show,
703 .store = kobj_attr_store,
707 * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
710 int kset_register(struct kset *k)
718 err = kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
721 kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
726 * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
729 void kset_unregister(struct kset *k)
733 kobject_put(&k->kobj);
737 * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
738 * @kset: kset we're looking in.
739 * @name: object's name.
741 * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
742 * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
743 * take a reference and return the object.
745 struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
748 struct kobject *ret = NULL;
750 spin_lock(&kset->list_lock);
752 list_for_each_entry(k, &kset->list, entry) {
753 if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k), name)) {
754 ret = kobject_get(k);
759 spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
763 static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
765 struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
766 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
767 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
771 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
772 .sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
773 .release = kset_release,
777 * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
779 * @name: the name for the kset
780 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
781 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
783 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically. This structure can
784 * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
785 * kset_register(). When you are finished with this structure, if
786 * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
787 * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
789 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
791 static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
792 const struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
793 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
798 kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
801 retval = kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
806 kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
807 kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
810 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
811 * no kset itself. That way we can properly free it when it is
812 * finished being used.
814 kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
815 kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
821 * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
823 * @name: the name for the kset
824 * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
825 * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
827 * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
828 * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
829 * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
830 * is no longer being used.
832 * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
834 struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
835 const struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
836 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
841 kset = kset_create(name, uevent_ops, parent_kobj);
844 error = kset_register(kset);
851 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
854 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kobj_ns_type_lock);
855 static const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_ns_ops_tbl[KOBJ_NS_TYPES];
857 int kobj_ns_type_register(const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops)
859 enum kobj_ns_type type = ops->type;
862 spin_lock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
865 if (type >= KOBJ_NS_TYPES)
869 if (type <= KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE)
873 if (kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type])
877 kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type] = ops;
880 spin_unlock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
884 int kobj_ns_type_registered(enum kobj_ns_type type)
888 spin_lock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
889 if ((type > KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE) && (type < KOBJ_NS_TYPES))
890 registered = kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type] != NULL;
891 spin_unlock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
896 const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_child_ns_ops(struct kobject *parent)
898 const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops = NULL;
900 if (parent && parent->ktype->child_ns_type)
901 ops = parent->ktype->child_ns_type(parent);
906 const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_ns_ops(struct kobject *kobj)
908 return kobj_child_ns_ops(kobj->parent);
912 void *kobj_ns_grab_current(enum kobj_ns_type type)
916 spin_lock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
917 if ((type > KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE) && (type < KOBJ_NS_TYPES) &&
918 kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type])
919 ns = kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type]->grab_current_ns();
920 spin_unlock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
925 const void *kobj_ns_netlink(enum kobj_ns_type type, struct sock *sk)
927 const void *ns = NULL;
929 spin_lock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
930 if ((type > KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE) && (type < KOBJ_NS_TYPES) &&
931 kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type])
932 ns = kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type]->netlink_ns(sk);
933 spin_unlock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
938 const void *kobj_ns_initial(enum kobj_ns_type type)
940 const void *ns = NULL;
942 spin_lock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
943 if ((type > KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE) && (type < KOBJ_NS_TYPES) &&
944 kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type])
945 ns = kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type]->initial_ns();
946 spin_unlock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
951 void kobj_ns_drop(enum kobj_ns_type type, void *ns)
953 spin_lock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
954 if ((type > KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE) && (type < KOBJ_NS_TYPES) &&
955 kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type] && kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type]->drop_ns)
956 kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type]->drop_ns(ns);
957 spin_unlock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
960 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
961 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put);
962 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
964 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
965 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);