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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  */
30 static 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 
47 static 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 
61 static 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 
79 static 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  */
104 char *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 }
119 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path);
120 
121 /* add the kobject to its kset's list */
122 static 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 */
134 static 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 
145 static 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 
158 static 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 		pr_debug("kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty "
168 			 "name!\n", kobj);
169 		WARN_ON(1);
170 		return -EINVAL;
171 	}
172 
173 	parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
174 
175 	/* join kset if set, use it as parent if we do not already have one */
176 	if (kobj->kset) {
177 		if (!parent)
178 			parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
179 		kobj_kset_join(kobj);
180 		kobj->parent = parent;
181 	}
182 
183 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
184 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__,
185 		 parent ? kobject_name(parent) : "<NULL>",
186 		 kobj->kset ? kobject_name(&kobj->kset->kobj) : "<NULL>");
187 
188 	error = create_dir(kobj);
189 	if (error) {
190 		kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
191 		kobject_put(parent);
192 		kobj->parent = NULL;
193 
194 		/* be noisy on error issues */
195 		if (error == -EEXIST)
196 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s with "
197 			       "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
198 			       "the same name in the same directory.\n",
199 			       __func__, kobject_name(kobj));
200 		else
201 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
202 			       __func__, kobject_name(kobj), error);
203 		dump_stack();
204 	} else
205 		kobj->state_in_sysfs = 1;
206 
207 	return error;
208 }
209 
210 /**
211  * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
212  * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
213  * @fmt: format string used to build the name
214  * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
215  */
216 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
217 				  va_list vargs)
218 {
219 	const char *old_name = kobj->name;
220 	char *s;
221 
222 	kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
223 	if (!kobj->name)
224 		return -ENOMEM;
225 
226 	/* ewww... some of these buggers have '/' in the name ... */
227 	s = strchr(kobj->name, '/');
228 	if (s)
229 		s[0] = '!';
230 
231 	kfree(old_name);
232 	return 0;
233 }
234 
235 /**
236  * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
237  * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
238  * @fmt: format string used to build the name
239  *
240  * This sets the name of the kobject.  If you have already added the
241  * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
242  * change the name of the kobject.
243  */
244 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
245 {
246 	va_list vargs;
247 	int retval;
248 
249 	va_start(vargs, fmt);
250 	retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, vargs);
251 	va_end(vargs);
252 
253 	return retval;
254 }
255 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
256 
257 /**
258  * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
259  * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
260  * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
261  *
262  * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
263  * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
264  *
265  * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
266  * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
267  * the memory is cleaned up properly.
268  */
269 void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
270 {
271 	char *err_str;
272 
273 	if (!kobj) {
274 		err_str = "invalid kobject pointer!";
275 		goto error;
276 	}
277 	if (!ktype) {
278 		err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
279 		goto error;
280 	}
281 	if (kobj->state_initialized) {
282 		/* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
283 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): tried to init an initialized "
284 		       "object, something is seriously wrong.\n", kobj);
285 		dump_stack();
286 	}
287 
288 	kobject_init_internal(kobj);
289 	kobj->ktype = ktype;
290 	return;
291 
292 error:
293 	printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): %s\n", kobj, err_str);
294 	dump_stack();
295 }
296 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
297 
298 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
299 			    const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
300 {
301 	int retval;
302 
303 	retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, vargs);
304 	if (retval) {
305 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
306 		return retval;
307 	}
308 	kobj->parent = parent;
309 	return kobject_add_internal(kobj);
310 }
311 
312 /**
313  * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
314  * @kobj: the kobject to add
315  * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
316  * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
317  *
318  * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
319  * function.
320  *
321  * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
322  * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
323  * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject.  If no kset
324  * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
325  * root of the sysfs tree.
326  *
327  * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
328  * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
329  * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
330  * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
331  *
332  * Note, no "add" uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
333  * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
334  * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
335  * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
336  */
337 int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
338 		const char *fmt, ...)
339 {
340 	va_list args;
341 	int retval;
342 
343 	if (!kobj)
344 		return -EINVAL;
345 
346 	if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
347 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject '%s' (%p): tried to add an "
348 		       "uninitialized object, something is seriously wrong.\n",
349 		       kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
350 		dump_stack();
351 		return -EINVAL;
352 	}
353 	va_start(args, fmt);
354 	retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
355 	va_end(args);
356 
357 	return retval;
358 }
359 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
360 
361 /**
362  * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
363  * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
364  * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
365  * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
366  * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
367  *
368  * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
369  * kobject_add().  The same type of error handling after a call to
370  * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
371  */
372 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
373 			 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
374 {
375 	va_list args;
376 	int retval;
377 
378 	kobject_init(kobj, ktype);
379 
380 	va_start(args, fmt);
381 	retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
382 	va_end(args);
383 
384 	return retval;
385 }
386 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
387 
388 /**
389  * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
390  * @kobj: object in question.
391  * @new_name: object's new name
392  */
393 int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
394 {
395 	int error = 0;
396 	const char *devpath = NULL;
397 	char *devpath_string = NULL;
398 	char *envp[2];
399 
400 	kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
401 	if (!kobj)
402 		return -EINVAL;
403 	if (!kobj->parent)
404 		return -EINVAL;
405 
406 	/* see if this name is already in use */
407 	if (kobj->kset) {
408 		struct kobject *temp_kobj;
409 		temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
410 		if (temp_kobj) {
411 			printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
412 			       "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
413 			       kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
414 			kobject_put(temp_kobj);
415 			return -EINVAL;
416 		}
417 	}
418 
419 	devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
420 	if (!devpath) {
421 		error = -ENOMEM;
422 		goto out;
423 	}
424 	devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
425 	if (!devpath_string) {
426 		error = -ENOMEM;
427 		goto out;
428 	}
429 	sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
430 	envp[0] = devpath_string;
431 	envp[1] = NULL;
432 
433 	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
434 
435 	/* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
436 	 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
437 	 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
438 	if (!error)
439 		kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
440 
441 out:
442 	kfree(devpath_string);
443 	kfree(devpath);
444 	kobject_put(kobj);
445 
446 	return error;
447 }
448 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_rename);
449 
450 /**
451  * kobject_move - move object to another parent
452  * @kobj: object in question.
453  * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
454  */
455 int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
456 {
457 	int error;
458 	struct kobject *old_parent;
459 	const char *devpath = NULL;
460 	char *devpath_string = NULL;
461 	char *envp[2];
462 
463 	kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
464 	if (!kobj)
465 		return -EINVAL;
466 	new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
467 	if (!new_parent) {
468 		if (kobj->kset)
469 			new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
470 	}
471 	/* old object path */
472 	devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
473 	if (!devpath) {
474 		error = -ENOMEM;
475 		goto out;
476 	}
477 	devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
478 	if (!devpath_string) {
479 		error = -ENOMEM;
480 		goto out;
481 	}
482 	sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
483 	envp[0] = devpath_string;
484 	envp[1] = NULL;
485 	error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
486 	if (error)
487 		goto out;
488 	old_parent = kobj->parent;
489 	kobj->parent = new_parent;
490 	new_parent = NULL;
491 	kobject_put(old_parent);
492 	kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
493 out:
494 	kobject_put(new_parent);
495 	kobject_put(kobj);
496 	kfree(devpath_string);
497 	kfree(devpath);
498 	return error;
499 }
500 
501 /**
502  * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
503  * @kobj: object.
504  */
505 void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
506 {
507 	if (!kobj)
508 		return;
509 
510 	sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
511 	kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
512 	kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
513 	kobject_put(kobj->parent);
514 	kobj->parent = NULL;
515 }
516 
517 /**
518  * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
519  * @kobj: object.
520  */
521 struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
522 {
523 	if (kobj)
524 		kref_get(&kobj->kref);
525 	return kobj;
526 }
527 
528 /*
529  * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
530  * @kobj: object to cleanup
531  */
532 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
533 {
534 	struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
535 	const char *name = kobj->name;
536 
537 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
538 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
539 
540 	if (t && !t->release)
541 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
542 			 "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
543 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
544 
545 	/* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
546 	if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
547 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
548 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
549 		kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
550 	}
551 
552 	/* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
553 	if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
554 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
555 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
556 		kobject_del(kobj);
557 	}
558 
559 	if (t && t->release) {
560 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
561 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
562 		t->release(kobj);
563 	}
564 
565 	/* free name if we allocated it */
566 	if (name) {
567 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name);
568 		kfree(name);
569 	}
570 }
571 
572 static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
573 {
574 	kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref, struct kobject, kref));
575 }
576 
577 /**
578  * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
579  * @kobj: object.
580  *
581  * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
582  */
583 void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
584 {
585 	if (kobj) {
586 		if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
587 			printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject: '%s' (%p): is not "
588 			       "initialized, yet kobject_put() is being "
589 			       "called.\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
590 			WARN_ON(1);
591 		}
592 		kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
593 	}
594 }
595 
596 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
597 {
598 	pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj, __func__);
599 	kfree(kobj);
600 }
601 
602 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
603 	.release	= dynamic_kobj_release,
604 	.sysfs_ops	= &kobj_sysfs_ops,
605 };
606 
607 /**
608  * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
609  *
610  * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
611  * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
612  *
613  * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
614  * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
615  * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
616  * already been called on this structure.
617  */
618 struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
619 {
620 	struct kobject *kobj;
621 
622 	kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
623 	if (!kobj)
624 		return NULL;
625 
626 	kobject_init(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
627 	return kobj;
628 }
629 
630 /**
631  * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
632  *
633  * @name: the name for the kset
634  * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
635  *
636  * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it
637  * with sysfs.  When you are finished with this structure, call
638  * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
639  * it is no longer being used.
640  *
641  * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
642  */
643 struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
644 {
645 	struct kobject *kobj;
646 	int retval;
647 
648 	kobj = kobject_create();
649 	if (!kobj)
650 		return NULL;
651 
652 	retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
653 	if (retval) {
654 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
655 		       __func__, retval);
656 		kobject_put(kobj);
657 		kobj = NULL;
658 	}
659 	return kobj;
660 }
661 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
662 
663 /**
664  * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
665  * @k: kset
666  */
667 void kset_init(struct kset *k)
668 {
669 	kobject_init_internal(&k->kobj);
670 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
671 	spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
672 }
673 
674 /* default kobject attribute operations */
675 static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
676 			      char *buf)
677 {
678 	struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
679 	ssize_t ret = -EIO;
680 
681 	kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
682 	if (kattr->show)
683 		ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
684 	return ret;
685 }
686 
687 static ssize_t kobj_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
688 			       const char *buf, size_t count)
689 {
690 	struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
691 	ssize_t ret = -EIO;
692 
693 	kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
694 	if (kattr->store)
695 		ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
696 	return ret;
697 }
698 
699 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
700 	.show	= kobj_attr_show,
701 	.store	= kobj_attr_store,
702 };
703 
704 /**
705  * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
706  * @k: kset.
707  */
708 int kset_register(struct kset *k)
709 {
710 	int err;
711 
712 	if (!k)
713 		return -EINVAL;
714 
715 	kset_init(k);
716 	err = kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
717 	if (err)
718 		return err;
719 	kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
720 	return 0;
721 }
722 
723 /**
724  * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
725  * @k: kset.
726  */
727 void kset_unregister(struct kset *k)
728 {
729 	if (!k)
730 		return;
731 	kobject_put(&k->kobj);
732 }
733 
734 /**
735  * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
736  * @kset: kset we're looking in.
737  * @name: object's name.
738  *
739  * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
740  * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
741  * take a reference and return the object.
742  */
743 struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
744 {
745 	struct kobject *k;
746 	struct kobject *ret = NULL;
747 
748 	spin_lock(&kset->list_lock);
749 	list_for_each_entry(k, &kset->list, entry) {
750 		if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k), name)) {
751 			ret = kobject_get(k);
752 			break;
753 		}
754 	}
755 	spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
756 	return ret;
757 }
758 
759 static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
760 {
761 	struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
762 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
763 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
764 	kfree(kset);
765 }
766 
767 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
768 	.sysfs_ops	= &kobj_sysfs_ops,
769 	.release = kset_release,
770 };
771 
772 /**
773  * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
774  *
775  * @name: the name for the kset
776  * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
777  * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
778  *
779  * This function creates a kset structure dynamically.  This structure can
780  * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
781  * kset_register().  When you are finished with this structure, if
782  * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
783  * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
784  *
785  * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
786  */
787 static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
788 				struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
789 				struct kobject *parent_kobj)
790 {
791 	struct kset *kset;
792 
793 	kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
794 	if (!kset)
795 		return NULL;
796 	kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
797 	kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
798 	kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
799 
800 	/*
801 	 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
802 	 * no kset itself.  That way we can properly free it when it is
803 	 * finished being used.
804 	 */
805 	kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
806 	kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
807 
808 	return kset;
809 }
810 
811 /**
812  * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
813  *
814  * @name: the name for the kset
815  * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
816  * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
817  *
818  * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
819  * with sysfs.  When you are finished with this structure, call
820  * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
821  * is no longer being used.
822  *
823  * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
824  */
825 struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
826 				 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
827 				 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
828 {
829 	struct kset *kset;
830 	int error;
831 
832 	kset = kset_create(name, uevent_ops, parent_kobj);
833 	if (!kset)
834 		return NULL;
835 	error = kset_register(kset);
836 	if (error) {
837 		kfree(kset);
838 		return NULL;
839 	}
840 	return kset;
841 }
842 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
843 
844 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
845 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put);
846 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
847 
848 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
849 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);
850