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27.Dd March 2, 2016
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_p ,
35.Nm make_dev_s ,
36.Nm make_dev_alias ,
37.Nm make_dev_alias_p ,
38.Nm destroy_dev ,
39.Nm destroy_dev_sched ,
40.Nm destroy_dev_sched_cb ,
41.Nm destroy_dev_drain ,
42.Nm dev_depends
43.Nd manage
44.Vt cdev Ns 's
45and DEVFS registration for devices
46.Sh SYNOPSIS
47.In sys/param.h
48.In sys/conf.h
49.Ft void
50.Fn make_dev_args_init "struct make_dev_args *args"
51.Ft int
52.Fn make_dev_s "struct make_dev_args *args" "struct cdev **cdev" "const char *fmt" ...
53.Ft int
54.Fn make_dev_alias_p "int flags" "struct cdev **cdev" "struct cdev *pdev" "const char *fmt" ...
55.Ft void
56.Fn destroy_dev "struct cdev *dev"
57.Ft void
58.Fn destroy_dev_sched "struct cdev *dev"
59.Ft void
60.Fn destroy_dev_sched_cb "struct cdev *dev" "void (*cb)(void *)" "void *arg"
61.Ft void
62.Fn destroy_dev_drain "struct cdevsw *csw"
63.Ft void
64.Fn dev_depends "struct cdev *pdev" "struct cdev *cdev"
65.Pp
66LEGACY INTERFACES
67.Ft struct cdev *
68.Fn make_dev "struct cdevsw *cdevsw" "int unit" "uid_t uid" "gid_t gid" "int perms" "const char *fmt" ...
69.Ft struct cdev *
70.Fn make_dev_cred "struct cdevsw *cdevsw" "int unit" "struct ucred *cr" "uid_t uid" "gid_t gid" "int perms" "const char *fmt" ...
71.Ft struct cdev *
72.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" ...
73.Ft int
74.Fn make_dev_p "int flags" "struct cdev **cdev" "struct cdevsw *devsw" "struct ucred *cr" "uid_t uid" "gid_t gid" "int mode" "const char *fmt" ...
75.Ft struct cdev *
76.Fn make_dev_alias "struct cdev *pdev" "const char *fmt" ...
77.Sh DESCRIPTION
78The
79.Fn make_dev_s
80function creates a
81.Fa cdev
82structure for a new device, which is returned into the
83.Fa cdev
84argument.
85It also notifies
86.Xr devfs 5
87of the presence of the new device, that causes corresponding nodes
88to be created.
89Besides this, a
90.Xr devctl 4
91notification is sent.
92The function takes the structure
93.Va struct make_dev_args args ,
94which specifies the parameters for the device creation:
95.Pp
96.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
97struct make_dev_args {
98	size_t		 mda_size;
99	int		 mda_flags;
100	struct cdevsw	*mda_devsw;
101	struct ucred	*mda_cr;
102	uid_t		 mda_uid;
103	gid_t		 mda_gid;
104	int		 mda_mode;
105	int		 mda_unit;
106	void		*mda_si_drv1;
107	void		*mda_si_drv2;
108};
109.Ed
110Before use and filling with the desired values, the structure must be
111initialized by the
112.Fn make_dev_args_init
113function, which ensures that future kernel interface expansion does
114not affect driver source code or binary interface.
115.Pp
116The created device will be owned by
117.Va args.mda_uid ,
118with the group ownership as
119.Va args.mda_gid .
120The name is the expansion of
121.Va fmt
122and following arguments as
123.Xr printf 9
124would print it.
125The name determines its path under
126.Pa /dev
127or other
128.Xr devfs 5
129mount point and may contain slash
130.Ql /
131characters to denote subdirectories.
132The permissions of the file specified in
133.Va args.mda_mode
134are defined in
135.In sys/stat.h :
136.Pp
137.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
138#define S_IRWXU 0000700    /* RWX mask for owner */
139#define S_IRUSR 0000400    /* R for owner */
140#define S_IWUSR 0000200    /* W for owner */
141#define S_IXUSR 0000100    /* X for owner */
142
143#define S_IRWXG 0000070    /* RWX mask for group */
144#define S_IRGRP 0000040    /* R for group */
145#define S_IWGRP 0000020    /* W for group */
146#define S_IXGRP 0000010    /* X for group */
147
148#define S_IRWXO 0000007    /* RWX mask for other */
149#define S_IROTH 0000004    /* R for other */
150#define S_IWOTH 0000002    /* W for other */
151#define S_IXOTH 0000001    /* X for other */
152
153#define S_ISUID 0004000    /* set user id on execution */
154#define S_ISGID 0002000    /* set group id on execution */
155#define S_ISVTX 0001000    /* sticky bit */
156#ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
157#define S_ISTXT 0001000
158#endif
159.Ed
160.Pp
161The
162.Va args.mda_cr
163argument specifies credentials that will be stored in the
164.Fa si_cred
165member of the initialized
166.Fa struct cdev .
167.Pp
168The
169.Va args.mda_flags
170argument alters the operation of
171.Fn make_dev_s.
172The following values are currently accepted:
173.Pp
174.Bl -tag -width "It Dv MAKEDEV_CHECKNAME" -compact -offset indent
175.It Dv MAKEDEV_REF
176reference the created device
177.It Dv MAKEDEV_NOWAIT
178do not sleep, the call may fail
179.It Dv MAKEDEV_WAITOK
180allow the function to sleep to satisfy malloc
181.It Dv MAKEDEV_ETERNAL
182created device will be never destroyed
183.It Dv MAKEDEV_CHECKNAME
184return an error if the device name is invalid or already exists
185.El
186.Pp
187Only
188.Dv MAKEDEV_NOWAIT ,
189.Dv MAKEDEV_WAITOK
190and
191.Dv MAKEDEV_CHECKNAME
192values are accepted for the
193.Fn make_dev_alias_p
194function.
195.Pp
196The
197.Dv MAKEDEV_WAITOK
198flag is assumed if none of
199.Dv MAKEDEV_WAITOK ,
200.Dv MAKEDEV_NOWAIT
201is specified.
202.Pp
203The
204.Xr dev_clone 9
205event handler shall specify
206.Dv MAKEDEV_REF
207flag when creating a device in response to lookup, to avoid race where
208the device created is destroyed immediately after
209.Xr devfs_lookup 9
210drops his reference to cdev.
211.Pp
212The
213.Dv MAKEDEV_ETERNAL
214flag allows the kernel to not acquire some locks when translating system
215calls into the cdevsw methods calls.
216It is responsibility of the driver author to make sure that
217.Fn destroy_dev
218is never called on the returned cdev.
219For the convenience, use the
220.Dv MAKEDEV_ETERNAL_KLD
221flag for the code that can be compiled into kernel or loaded
222(and unloaded) as loadable module.
223.Pp
224A panic will occur if the
225.Dv MAKEDEV_CHECKNAME
226flag is not specified
227and the device name is invalid or already exists.
228.Pp
229The
230.Fn make_dev_p
231use of the form
232.Bd -literal -offset indent
233struct cdev *dev;
234int res;
235res = make_dev_p(flags, &dev, cdevsw, cred, uid, gid, perms, name);
236.Ed
237is equivalent to the code
238.Bd -literal -offset indent
239struct cdev *dev;
240struct make_dev_args args;
241int res;
242
243make_dev_args_init(&args);
244args.mda_flags = flags;
245args.mda_devsw = cdevsw;
246args.mda_cred = cred;
247args.mda_uid = uid;
248args.mda_gid = gid;
249args.mda_mode = perms;
250res = make_dev_s(&args, &dev, name);
251.Ed
252.Pp
253Similarly, the
254.Fn make_dev_credf
255function call is equivalent to
256.Bd -literal -offset indent
257	(void) make_dev_s(&args, &dev, name);
258.Ed
259In other words,
260.Fn make_dev_credf
261does not allow the caller to obtain the return value, and in
262kernels compiled with the
263.Va INVARIANTS
264options, the function asserts that the device creation succeeded.
265.Pp
266The
267.Fn make_dev_cred
268function is equivalent to the call
269.Bd -literal -offset indent
270make_dev_credf(0, cdevsw, unit, cr, uid, gid, perms, fmt, ...);
271.Ed
272.Pp
273The
274.Fn make_dev
275function call is the same as
276.Bd -literal -offset indent
277make_dev_credf(0, cdevsw, unit, NULL, uid, gid, perms, fmt, ...);
278.Ed
279.Pp
280The
281.Fn make_dev_alias_p
282function takes the returned
283.Ft cdev
284from
285.Fn make_dev
286and makes another (aliased) name for this device.
287It is an error to call
288.Fn make_dev_alias_p
289prior to calling
290.Fn make_dev .
291.Pp
292The
293.Fn make_dev_alias
294function is similar to
295.Fn make_dev_alias_p
296but it returns the resulting aliasing
297.Ft *cdev
298and may not return an error.
299.Pp
300The
301.Fa cdev
302returned by
303.Fn make_dev_s
304and
305.Fn make_dev_alias_p
306has two fields,
307.Fa si_drv1
308and
309.Fa si_drv2 ,
310that are available to store state.
311Both fields are of type
312.Ft void * ,
313and can be initialized simultaneously with the
314.Va cdev
315allocation by filling
316.Va args.mda_si_drv1
317and
318.Va args.mda_si_drv2
319members of the
320.Fn make_dev_s
321argument structure, or filled after the
322.Va cdev
323is allocated, if using legacy interfaces.
324In the latter case, the driver should handle the race of
325accessing uninitialized
326.Va si_drv1
327and
328.Va si_drv2
329itself.
330These are designed to replace the
331.Fa unit
332argument to
333.Fn make_dev ,
334which can be obtained with
335.Fn dev2unit .
336.Pp
337The
338.Fn destroy_dev
339function takes the returned
340.Fa cdev
341from
342.Fn make_dev
343and destroys the registration for that device.
344The notification is sent to
345.Xr devctl 4
346about the destruction event.
347Do not call
348.Fn destroy_dev
349on devices that were created with
350.Fn make_dev_alias .
351.Pp
352The
353.Fn dev_depends
354function establishes a parent-child relationship between two devices.
355The net effect is that a
356.Fn destroy_dev
357of the parent device will also result in the destruction of the
358child device(s),
359if any exist.
360A device may simultaneously be a parent and a child,
361so it is possible to build a complete hierarchy.
362.Pp
363The
364.Fn destroy_dev_sched_cb
365function schedules execution of the
366.Fn destroy_dev
367for the specified
368.Fa cdev
369in the safe context.
370After
371.Fn destroy_dev
372is finished, and if the supplied
373.Fa cb
374is not
375.Dv NULL ,
376the callback
377.Fa cb
378is called, with argument
379.Fa arg .
380The
381.Fn destroy_dev_sched
382function is the same as
383.Bd -literal -offset indent
384destroy_dev_sched_cb(cdev, NULL, NULL);
385.Ed
386.Pp
387The
388.Fn d_close
389driver method cannot call
390.Fn destroy_dev
391directly.
392Doing so causes deadlock when
393.Fn destroy_dev
394waits for all threads to leave the driver methods.
395Also, because
396.Fn destroy_dev
397sleeps, no non-sleepable locks may be held over the call.
398The
399.Fn destroy_dev_sched
400family of functions overcome these issues.
401.Pp
402The device driver may call the
403.Fn destroy_dev_drain
404function to wait until all devices that have supplied
405.Fa csw
406as cdevsw, are destroyed.
407This is useful when driver knows that
408.Fn destroy_dev_sched
409is called for all instantiated devices, but need to postpone module
410unload until
411.Fn destroy_dev
412is actually finished for all of them.
413.Sh RETURN VALUES
414If successful,
415.Fn make_dev_s
416and
417.Fn make_dev_p
418will return 0, otherwise they will return an error.
419If successful,
420.Fn make_dev_credf
421will return a valid
422.Fa cdev
423pointer, otherwise it will return
424.Dv NULL .
425.Sh ERRORS
426The
427.Fn make_dev_s ,
428.Fn make_dev_p
429and
430.Fn make_dev_alias_p
431calls will fail and the device will be not registered if:
432.Bl -tag -width Er
433.It Bq Er ENOMEM
434The
435.Dv MAKEDEV_NOWAIT
436flag was specified and a memory allocation request could not be satisfied.
437.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
438The
439.Dv MAKEDEV_CHECKNAME
440flag was specified and the provided device name is longer than
441.Dv SPECNAMELEN .
442.It Bq Er EINVAL
443The
444.Dv MAKEDEV_CHECKNAME
445flag was specified and the provided device name is empty, contains a
446.Qq \&.
447or
448.Qq ..
449path component or ends with
450.Ql / .
451.It Bq Er EINVAL
452The
453.Dv MAKEDEV_CHECKNAME
454flag was specified and the provided device name contains invalid characters.
455.It Bq Er EEXIST
456The
457.Dv MAKEDEV_CHECKNAME
458flag was specified and the provided device name already exists.
459.El
460.Sh SEE ALSO
461.Xr devctl 4 ,
462.Xr devfs 5 ,
463.Xr dev_clone 9
464.Sh HISTORY
465The
466.Fn make_dev
467and
468.Fn destroy_dev
469functions first appeared in
470.Fx 4.0 .
471The function
472.Fn make_dev_alias
473first appeared in
474.Fx 4.1 .
475The function
476.Fn dev_depends
477first appeared in
478.Fx 5.0 .
479The functions
480.Fn make_dev_credf ,
481.Fn destroy_dev_sched ,
482.Fn destroy_dev_sched_cb
483first appeared in
484.Fx 7.0 .
485The function
486.Fn make_dev_p
487first appeared in
488.Fx 8.2 .
489The function
490.Fn make_dev_s
491first appeared in
492.Fx 11.0 .
493