xref: /freebsd/share/man/man9/make_dev.9 (revision 830940567b49bb0c08dfaed40418999e76616909)
1.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Chris Costello
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
10.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
11.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
12.\"
13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
23.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
24.\"
25.\" $FreeBSD$
26.\"
27.Dd September 28, 2008
28.Os
29.Dt MAKE_DEV 9
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm make_dev ,
32.Nm make_dev_cred ,
33.Nm make_dev_credf ,
34.Nm make_dev_alias ,
35.Nm destroy_dev ,
36.Nm destroy_dev_sched ,
37.Nm destroy_dev_sched_cb ,
38.Nm destroy_dev_drain ,
39.Nm dev_depends
40.Nd manage
41.Vt cdev Ns 's
42and DEVFS registration for devices
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/param.h
45.In sys/conf.h
46.Ft struct cdev *
47.Fn make_dev "struct cdevsw *cdevsw" "int unit" "uid_t uid" "gid_t gid" "int perms" "const char *fmt" ...
48.Ft struct cdev *
49.Fn make_dev_cred "struct cdevsw *cdevsw" "int unit" "struct ucred *cr" "uid_t uid" "gid_t gid" "int perms" "const char *fmt" ...
50.Ft struct cdev *
51.Fn make_dev_credf "int flags" "struct cdevsw *cdevsw" "int unit" "struct ucred *cr" "uid_t uid" "gid_t gid" "int perms" "const char *fmt" ...
52.Ft struct cdev *
53.Fn make_dev_alias "struct cdev *pdev" "const char *fmt" ...
54.Ft void
55.Fn destroy_dev "struct cdev *dev"
56.Ft void
57.Fn destroy_dev_sched "struct cdev *dev"
58.Ft void
59.Fn destroy_dev_sched_cb "struct cdev *dev" "void (*cb)(void *)" "void *arg"
60.Ft void
61.Fn destroy_dev_drain "struct cdevsw *csw"
62.Ft void
63.Fn dev_depends "struct cdev *pdev" "struct cdev *cdev"
64.Sh DESCRIPTION
65The
66.Fn make_dev_credf
67function creates a
68.Fa cdev
69structure for a new device.
70It also notifies
71.Xr devfs 5
72of the presence of the new device, that causes corresponding nodes
73to be created.
74Besides this, a
75.Xr devctl 4
76notification is sent.
77The device will be owned by
78.Va uid ,
79with the group ownership as
80.Va gid .
81The name is the expansion of
82.Va fmt
83and following arguments as
84.Xr printf 9
85would print it.
86The name determines its path under
87.Pa /dev
88or other
89.Xr devfs 5
90mount point and may contain slash
91.Ql /
92characters to denote subdirectories.
93The permissions of the file specified in
94.Va perms
95are defined in
96.In sys/stat.h :
97.Pp
98.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
99#define S_IRWXU 0000700    /* RWX mask for owner */
100#define S_IRUSR 0000400    /* R for owner */
101#define S_IWUSR 0000200    /* W for owner */
102#define S_IXUSR 0000100    /* X for owner */
103
104#define S_IRWXG 0000070    /* RWX mask for group */
105#define S_IRGRP 0000040    /* R for group */
106#define S_IWGRP 0000020    /* W for group */
107#define S_IXGRP 0000010    /* X for group */
108
109#define S_IRWXO 0000007    /* RWX mask for other */
110#define S_IROTH 0000004    /* R for other */
111#define S_IWOTH 0000002    /* W for other */
112#define S_IXOTH 0000001    /* X for other */
113
114#define S_ISUID 0004000    /* set user id on execution */
115#define S_ISGID 0002000    /* set group id on execution */
116#define S_ISVTX 0001000    /* sticky bit */
117#ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
118#define S_ISTXT 0001000
119#endif
120.Ed
121.Pp
122The
123.Va cr
124argument specifies credentials that will be stored in the
125.Fa si_cred
126member of the initialized
127.Fa struct cdev .
128The
129.Va flags
130argument alters the operation of
131.Fn make_dev_credf .
132The following values are currently accepted:
133.Pp
134.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
135MAKEDEV_REF	reference the created device
136.Ed
137.Pp
138The
139.Xr dev_clone 9
140event handler shall specify
141.Dv MAKEDEV_REF
142flag when creating a device in response to lookup, to avoid race where
143the device created is destroyed immediately after
144.Xr devfs_lookup 9
145drops his reference to cdev.
146.Pp
147The
148.Fn make_dev_cred
149function is equivalent to the call
150.Bd -literal -offset indent
151make_dev_credf(0, cdevsw, unit, cr, uid, gid, perms, fmt, ...);
152.Ed .
153.Pp
154The
155.Fn make_dev
156function call is the same as
157.Bd -literal -offset indent
158make_dev_credf(0, cdevsw, unit, NULL, uid, gid, perms, fmt, ...);
159.Ed .
160.Pp
161The
162.Fn make_dev_alias
163function takes the returned
164.Ft cdev
165from
166.Fn make_dev
167and makes another (aliased) name for this device.
168It is an error to call
169.Fn make_dev_alias
170prior to calling
171.Fn make_dev .
172.Pp
173The
174.Fa cdev
175returned by
176.Fn make_dev
177and
178.Fn make_dev_alias
179has two fields,
180.Fa si_drv1
181and
182.Fa si_drv2 ,
183that are available to store state.
184Both fields are of type
185.Ft void * .
186These are designed to replace the
187.Fa unit
188argument to
189.Fn make_dev ,
190which can be obtained with
191.Fn dev2unit .
192.Pp
193The
194.Fn destroy_dev
195function takes the returned
196.Fa cdev
197from
198.Fn make_dev
199and destroys the registration for that device.
200The notification is sent to
201.Xr devctl 4
202about the destruction event.
203Do not call
204.Fn destroy_dev
205on devices that were created with
206.Fn make_dev_alias .
207.Pp
208The
209.Fn dev_depends
210function establishes a parent-child relationship between two devices.
211The net effect is that a
212.Fn destroy_dev
213of the parent device will also result in the destruction of the
214child device(s),
215if any exist.
216A device may simultaneously be a parent and a child,
217so it is possible to build a complete hierarchy.
218.Pp
219The
220.Fn destroy_dev_sched_cb
221function schedules execution of the
222.Fn destroy_dev
223for the specified
224.Fa cdev
225in the safe context.
226After
227.Fn destroy_dev
228is finished, and if the supplied
229.Fa cb
230is not NULL, the callback
231.Fa cb
232is called, with argument
233.Fa arg .
234The
235.Fn destroy_dev_sched
236function is the same as
237.Bd -literal -offset indent
238destroy_dev_sched(cdev, NULL, NULL);
239.Ed .
240.Pp
241The
242.Fn d_close
243driver method cannot call
244.Fn destroy_dev
245directly. Doing so causes deadlock when
246.Fn destroy_dev
247waits for all threads to leave the driver methods.
248Also, because
249.Fn destroy_dev
250sleeps, no non-sleepable locks may be held over the call.
251The
252.Fn destroy_dev_sched
253family of functions overcome these issues.
254.Pp
255The device driver may call the
256.Fn destroy_dev_drain
257function to wait until all devices that have supplied
258.Fa csw
259as cdevsw, are destroyed. This is useful when driver knows that
260.Fn destroy_dev_sched
261is called for all instantiated devices, but need to postpone module
262unload until
263.Fn destroy_dev
264is actually finished for all of them.
265.Pp
266.Sh SEE ALSO
267.Xr devctl 4 ,
268.Xr destroy_dev_drain 9 ,
269.Xr dev_clone 9 ,
270.Xr devfs 5
271.Sh HISTORY
272The
273.Fn make_dev
274and
275.Fn destroy_dev
276functions first appeared in
277.Fx 4.0 .
278The function
279.Fn make_dev_alias
280first appeared in
281.Fx 4.1 .
282The function
283.Fn dev_depends
284first appeared in
285.Fx 5.0 .
286The functions
287.Fn make_dev_credf ,
288.Fn destroy_dev_sched ,
289.Fn destroy_dev_sched_cb
290first appeared in
291.Fx 7.0 .
292