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27.Dd May 6, 2010
28.Dt MAKE_DEV 9
29.Os
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
136MAKEDEV_NOWAIT	do not sleep, may return NULL
137MAKEDEV_WAITOK	allow the function to sleep to satisfy malloc
138.Ed
139.Pp
140The
141.Dv MAKEDEV_WAITOK
142flag is assumed if none of
143.Dv MAKEDEV_WAITOK ,
144.Dv MAKEDEV_NOWAIT
145is specified.
146.Pp
147The
148.Xr dev_clone 9
149event handler shall specify
150.Dv MAKEDEV_REF
151flag when creating a device in response to lookup, to avoid race where
152the device created is destroyed immediately after
153.Xr devfs_lookup 9
154drops his reference to cdev.
155.Pp
156The
157.Fn make_dev_cred
158function is equivalent to the call
159.Bd -literal -offset indent
160make_dev_credf(0, cdevsw, unit, cr, uid, gid, perms, fmt, ...);
161.Ed
162.Pp
163The
164.Fn make_dev
165function call is the same as
166.Bd -literal -offset indent
167make_dev_credf(0, cdevsw, unit, NULL, uid, gid, perms, fmt, ...);
168.Ed
169.Pp
170The
171.Fn make_dev_alias
172function takes the returned
173.Ft cdev
174from
175.Fn make_dev
176and makes another (aliased) name for this device.
177It is an error to call
178.Fn make_dev_alias
179prior to calling
180.Fn make_dev .
181.Pp
182The
183.Fa cdev
184returned by
185.Fn make_dev
186and
187.Fn make_dev_alias
188has two fields,
189.Fa si_drv1
190and
191.Fa si_drv2 ,
192that are available to store state.
193Both fields are of type
194.Ft void * .
195These are designed to replace the
196.Fa unit
197argument to
198.Fn make_dev ,
199which can be obtained with
200.Fn dev2unit .
201.Pp
202The
203.Fn destroy_dev
204function takes the returned
205.Fa cdev
206from
207.Fn make_dev
208and destroys the registration for that device.
209The notification is sent to
210.Xr devctl 4
211about the destruction event.
212Do not call
213.Fn destroy_dev
214on devices that were created with
215.Fn make_dev_alias .
216.Pp
217The
218.Fn dev_depends
219function establishes a parent-child relationship between two devices.
220The net effect is that a
221.Fn destroy_dev
222of the parent device will also result in the destruction of the
223child device(s),
224if any exist.
225A device may simultaneously be a parent and a child,
226so it is possible to build a complete hierarchy.
227.Pp
228The
229.Fn destroy_dev_sched_cb
230function schedules execution of the
231.Fn destroy_dev
232for the specified
233.Fa cdev
234in the safe context.
235After
236.Fn destroy_dev
237is finished, and if the supplied
238.Fa cb
239is not NULL, the callback
240.Fa cb
241is called, with argument
242.Fa arg .
243The
244.Fn destroy_dev_sched
245function is the same as
246.Bd -literal -offset indent
247destroy_dev_sched(cdev, NULL, NULL);
248.Ed
249.Pp
250The
251.Fn d_close
252driver method cannot call
253.Fn destroy_dev
254directly. Doing so causes deadlock when
255.Fn destroy_dev
256waits for all threads to leave the driver methods.
257Also, because
258.Fn destroy_dev
259sleeps, no non-sleepable locks may be held over the call.
260The
261.Fn destroy_dev_sched
262family of functions overcome these issues.
263.Pp
264The device driver may call the
265.Fn destroy_dev_drain
266function to wait until all devices that have supplied
267.Fa csw
268as cdevsw, are destroyed. This is useful when driver knows that
269.Fn destroy_dev_sched
270is called for all instantiated devices, but need to postpone module
271unload until
272.Fn destroy_dev
273is actually finished for all of them.
274.Pp
275.Sh SEE ALSO
276.Xr devctl 4 ,
277.Xr destroy_dev_drain 9 ,
278.Xr dev_clone 9 ,
279.Xr devfs 5
280.Sh HISTORY
281The
282.Fn make_dev
283and
284.Fn destroy_dev
285functions first appeared in
286.Fx 4.0 .
287The function
288.Fn make_dev_alias
289first appeared in
290.Fx 4.1 .
291The function
292.Fn dev_depends
293first appeared in
294.Fx 5.0 .
295The functions
296.Fn make_dev_credf ,
297.Fn destroy_dev_sched ,
298.Fn destroy_dev_sched_cb
299first appeared in
300.Fx 7.0 .
301