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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 		WARN(1, "kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty "
168 			 "name!\n", kobj);
169 		return -EINVAL;
170 	}
171 
172 	parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
173 
174 	/* join kset if set, use it as parent if we do not already have one */
175 	if (kobj->kset) {
176 		if (!parent)
177 			parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
178 		kobj_kset_join(kobj);
179 		kobj->parent = parent;
180 	}
181 
182 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
183 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__,
184 		 parent ? kobject_name(parent) : "<NULL>",
185 		 kobj->kset ? kobject_name(&kobj->kset->kobj) : "<NULL>");
186 
187 	error = create_dir(kobj);
188 	if (error) {
189 		kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
190 		kobject_put(parent);
191 		kobj->parent = NULL;
192 
193 		/* be noisy on error issues */
194 		if (error == -EEXIST)
195 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s with "
196 			       "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
197 			       "the same name in the same directory.\n",
198 			       __func__, kobject_name(kobj));
199 		else
200 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
201 			       __func__, kobject_name(kobj), error);
202 		dump_stack();
203 	} else
204 		kobj->state_in_sysfs = 1;
205 
206 	return error;
207 }
208 
209 /**
210  * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
211  * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
212  * @fmt: format string used to build the name
213  * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
214  */
215 int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
216 				  va_list vargs)
217 {
218 	const char *old_name = kobj->name;
219 	char *s;
220 
221 	kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
222 	if (!kobj->name)
223 		return -ENOMEM;
224 
225 	/* ewww... some of these buggers have '/' in the name ... */
226 	while ((s = strchr(kobj->name, '/')))
227 		s[0] = '!';
228 
229 	kfree(old_name);
230 	return 0;
231 }
232 
233 /**
234  * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
235  * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
236  * @fmt: format string used to build the name
237  *
238  * This sets the name of the kobject.  If you have already added the
239  * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
240  * change the name of the kobject.
241  */
242 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
243 {
244 	va_list vargs;
245 	int retval;
246 
247 	va_start(vargs, fmt);
248 	retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, vargs);
249 	va_end(vargs);
250 
251 	return retval;
252 }
253 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
254 
255 /**
256  * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
257  * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
258  * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
259  *
260  * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
261  * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
262  *
263  * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
264  * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
265  * the memory is cleaned up properly.
266  */
267 void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
268 {
269 	char *err_str;
270 
271 	if (!kobj) {
272 		err_str = "invalid kobject pointer!";
273 		goto error;
274 	}
275 	if (!ktype) {
276 		err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
277 		goto error;
278 	}
279 	if (kobj->state_initialized) {
280 		/* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
281 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): tried to init an initialized "
282 		       "object, something is seriously wrong.\n", kobj);
283 		dump_stack();
284 	}
285 
286 	kobject_init_internal(kobj);
287 	kobj->ktype = ktype;
288 	return;
289 
290 error:
291 	printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): %s\n", kobj, err_str);
292 	dump_stack();
293 }
294 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
295 
296 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
297 			    const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
298 {
299 	int retval;
300 
301 	retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, vargs);
302 	if (retval) {
303 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
304 		return retval;
305 	}
306 	kobj->parent = parent;
307 	return kobject_add_internal(kobj);
308 }
309 
310 /**
311  * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
312  * @kobj: the kobject to add
313  * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
314  * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
315  *
316  * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
317  * function.
318  *
319  * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
320  * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
321  * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject.  If no kset
322  * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
323  * root of the sysfs tree.
324  *
325  * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
326  * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
327  * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
328  * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
329  *
330  * Note, no "add" uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
331  * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
332  * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
333  * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
334  */
335 int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
336 		const char *fmt, ...)
337 {
338 	va_list args;
339 	int retval;
340 
341 	if (!kobj)
342 		return -EINVAL;
343 
344 	if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
345 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject '%s' (%p): tried to add an "
346 		       "uninitialized object, something is seriously wrong.\n",
347 		       kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
348 		dump_stack();
349 		return -EINVAL;
350 	}
351 	va_start(args, fmt);
352 	retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
353 	va_end(args);
354 
355 	return retval;
356 }
357 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
358 
359 /**
360  * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
361  * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
362  * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
363  * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
364  * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
365  *
366  * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
367  * kobject_add().  The same type of error handling after a call to
368  * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
369  */
370 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
371 			 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
372 {
373 	va_list args;
374 	int retval;
375 
376 	kobject_init(kobj, ktype);
377 
378 	va_start(args, fmt);
379 	retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
380 	va_end(args);
381 
382 	return retval;
383 }
384 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
385 
386 /**
387  * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
388  * @kobj: object in question.
389  * @new_name: object's new name
390  *
391  * It is the responsibility of the caller to provide mutual
392  * exclusion between two different calls of kobject_rename
393  * on the same kobject and to ensure that new_name is valid and
394  * won't conflict with other kobjects.
395  */
396 int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
397 {
398 	int error = 0;
399 	const char *devpath = NULL;
400 	const char *dup_name = NULL, *name;
401 	char *devpath_string = NULL;
402 	char *envp[2];
403 
404 	kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
405 	if (!kobj)
406 		return -EINVAL;
407 	if (!kobj->parent)
408 		return -EINVAL;
409 
410 	devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
411 	if (!devpath) {
412 		error = -ENOMEM;
413 		goto out;
414 	}
415 	devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
416 	if (!devpath_string) {
417 		error = -ENOMEM;
418 		goto out;
419 	}
420 	sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
421 	envp[0] = devpath_string;
422 	envp[1] = NULL;
423 
424 	name = dup_name = kstrdup(new_name, GFP_KERNEL);
425 	if (!name) {
426 		error = -ENOMEM;
427 		goto out;
428 	}
429 
430 	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
431 	if (error)
432 		goto out;
433 
434 	/* Install the new kobject name */
435 	dup_name = kobj->name;
436 	kobj->name = name;
437 
438 	/* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
439 	 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
440 	 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
441 	kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
442 
443 out:
444 	kfree(dup_name);
445 	kfree(devpath_string);
446 	kfree(devpath);
447 	kobject_put(kobj);
448 
449 	return error;
450 }
451 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_rename);
452 
453 /**
454  * kobject_move - move object to another parent
455  * @kobj: object in question.
456  * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
457  */
458 int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
459 {
460 	int error;
461 	struct kobject *old_parent;
462 	const char *devpath = NULL;
463 	char *devpath_string = NULL;
464 	char *envp[2];
465 
466 	kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
467 	if (!kobj)
468 		return -EINVAL;
469 	new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
470 	if (!new_parent) {
471 		if (kobj->kset)
472 			new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
473 	}
474 	/* old object path */
475 	devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
476 	if (!devpath) {
477 		error = -ENOMEM;
478 		goto out;
479 	}
480 	devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
481 	if (!devpath_string) {
482 		error = -ENOMEM;
483 		goto out;
484 	}
485 	sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
486 	envp[0] = devpath_string;
487 	envp[1] = NULL;
488 	error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
489 	if (error)
490 		goto out;
491 	old_parent = kobj->parent;
492 	kobj->parent = new_parent;
493 	new_parent = NULL;
494 	kobject_put(old_parent);
495 	kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
496 out:
497 	kobject_put(new_parent);
498 	kobject_put(kobj);
499 	kfree(devpath_string);
500 	kfree(devpath);
501 	return error;
502 }
503 
504 /**
505  * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
506  * @kobj: object.
507  */
508 void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
509 {
510 	if (!kobj)
511 		return;
512 
513 	sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
514 	kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
515 	kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
516 	kobject_put(kobj->parent);
517 	kobj->parent = NULL;
518 }
519 
520 /**
521  * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
522  * @kobj: object.
523  */
524 struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
525 {
526 	if (kobj)
527 		kref_get(&kobj->kref);
528 	return kobj;
529 }
530 
531 /*
532  * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
533  * @kobj: object to cleanup
534  */
535 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
536 {
537 	struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
538 	const char *name = kobj->name;
539 
540 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
541 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
542 
543 	if (t && !t->release)
544 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
545 			 "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
546 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
547 
548 	/* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
549 	if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
550 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
551 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
552 		kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
553 	}
554 
555 	/* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
556 	if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
557 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
558 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
559 		kobject_del(kobj);
560 	}
561 
562 	if (t && t->release) {
563 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
564 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
565 		t->release(kobj);
566 	}
567 
568 	/* free name if we allocated it */
569 	if (name) {
570 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name);
571 		kfree(name);
572 	}
573 }
574 
575 static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
576 {
577 	kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref, struct kobject, kref));
578 }
579 
580 /**
581  * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
582  * @kobj: object.
583  *
584  * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
585  */
586 void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
587 {
588 	if (kobj) {
589 		if (!kobj->state_initialized)
590 			WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "kobject: '%s' (%p): is not "
591 			       "initialized, yet kobject_put() is being "
592 			       "called.\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
593 		kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
594 	}
595 }
596 
597 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
598 {
599 	pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj, __func__);
600 	kfree(kobj);
601 }
602 
603 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
604 	.release	= dynamic_kobj_release,
605 	.sysfs_ops	= &kobj_sysfs_ops,
606 };
607 
608 /**
609  * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
610  *
611  * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
612  * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
613  *
614  * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
615  * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
616  * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
617  * already been called on this structure.
618  */
619 struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
620 {
621 	struct kobject *kobj;
622 
623 	kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
624 	if (!kobj)
625 		return NULL;
626 
627 	kobject_init(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
628 	return kobj;
629 }
630 
631 /**
632  * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
633  *
634  * @name: the name for the kset
635  * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
636  *
637  * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it
638  * with sysfs.  When you are finished with this structure, call
639  * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
640  * it is no longer being used.
641  *
642  * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
643  */
644 struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
645 {
646 	struct kobject *kobj;
647 	int retval;
648 
649 	kobj = kobject_create();
650 	if (!kobj)
651 		return NULL;
652 
653 	retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
654 	if (retval) {
655 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
656 		       __func__, retval);
657 		kobject_put(kobj);
658 		kobj = NULL;
659 	}
660 	return kobj;
661 }
662 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
663 
664 /**
665  * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
666  * @k: kset
667  */
668 void kset_init(struct kset *k)
669 {
670 	kobject_init_internal(&k->kobj);
671 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
672 	spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
673 }
674 
675 /* default kobject attribute operations */
676 static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
677 			      char *buf)
678 {
679 	struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
680 	ssize_t ret = -EIO;
681 
682 	kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
683 	if (kattr->show)
684 		ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
685 	return ret;
686 }
687 
688 static ssize_t kobj_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
689 			       const char *buf, size_t count)
690 {
691 	struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
692 	ssize_t ret = -EIO;
693 
694 	kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
695 	if (kattr->store)
696 		ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
697 	return ret;
698 }
699 
700 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
701 	.show	= kobj_attr_show,
702 	.store	= kobj_attr_store,
703 };
704 
705 /**
706  * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
707  * @k: kset.
708  */
709 int kset_register(struct kset *k)
710 {
711 	int err;
712 
713 	if (!k)
714 		return -EINVAL;
715 
716 	kset_init(k);
717 	err = kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
718 	if (err)
719 		return err;
720 	kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
721 	return 0;
722 }
723 
724 /**
725  * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
726  * @k: kset.
727  */
728 void kset_unregister(struct kset *k)
729 {
730 	if (!k)
731 		return;
732 	kobject_put(&k->kobj);
733 }
734 
735 /**
736  * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
737  * @kset: kset we're looking in.
738  * @name: object's name.
739  *
740  * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
741  * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
742  * take a reference and return the object.
743  */
744 struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
745 {
746 	struct kobject *k;
747 	struct kobject *ret = NULL;
748 
749 	spin_lock(&kset->list_lock);
750 	list_for_each_entry(k, &kset->list, entry) {
751 		if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k), name)) {
752 			ret = kobject_get(k);
753 			break;
754 		}
755 	}
756 	spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
757 	return ret;
758 }
759 
760 static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
761 {
762 	struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
763 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
764 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
765 	kfree(kset);
766 }
767 
768 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
769 	.sysfs_ops	= &kobj_sysfs_ops,
770 	.release = kset_release,
771 };
772 
773 /**
774  * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
775  *
776  * @name: the name for the kset
777  * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
778  * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
779  *
780  * This function creates a kset structure dynamically.  This structure can
781  * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
782  * kset_register().  When you are finished with this structure, if
783  * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
784  * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
785  *
786  * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
787  */
788 static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
789 				struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
790 				struct kobject *parent_kobj)
791 {
792 	struct kset *kset;
793 
794 	kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
795 	if (!kset)
796 		return NULL;
797 	kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
798 	kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
799 	kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
800 
801 	/*
802 	 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
803 	 * no kset itself.  That way we can properly free it when it is
804 	 * finished being used.
805 	 */
806 	kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
807 	kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
808 
809 	return kset;
810 }
811 
812 /**
813  * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
814  *
815  * @name: the name for the kset
816  * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
817  * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
818  *
819  * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
820  * with sysfs.  When you are finished with this structure, call
821  * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
822  * is no longer being used.
823  *
824  * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
825  */
826 struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
827 				 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
828 				 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
829 {
830 	struct kset *kset;
831 	int error;
832 
833 	kset = kset_create(name, uevent_ops, parent_kobj);
834 	if (!kset)
835 		return NULL;
836 	error = kset_register(kset);
837 	if (error) {
838 		kfree(kset);
839 		return NULL;
840 	}
841 	return kset;
842 }
843 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
844 
845 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
846 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put);
847 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
848 
849 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
850 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);
851