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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, __FUNCTION__, 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, __FUNCTION__,
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 			       __FUNCTION__, kobject_name(kobj));
200 		else
201 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
202 			       __FUNCTION__, 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 	va_list aq;
220 	char *name;
221 
222 	va_copy(aq, vargs);
223 	name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
224 	va_end(aq);
225 
226 	if (!name)
227 		return -ENOMEM;
228 
229 	/* Free the old name, if necessary. */
230 	kfree(kobj->name);
231 
232 	/* Now, set the new name */
233 	kobj->name = name;
234 
235 	return 0;
236 }
237 
238 /**
239  * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
240  * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
241  * @fmt: format string used to build the name
242  *
243  * This sets the name of the kobject.  If you have already added the
244  * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
245  * change the name of the kobject.
246  */
247 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
248 {
249 	va_list args;
250 	int retval;
251 
252 	va_start(args, fmt);
253 	retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, args);
254 	va_end(args);
255 
256 	return retval;
257 }
258 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
259 
260 /**
261  * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
262  * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
263  * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
264  *
265  * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
266  * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
267  *
268  * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
269  * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
270  * the memory is cleaned up properly.
271  */
272 void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
273 {
274 	char *err_str;
275 
276 	if (!kobj) {
277 		err_str = "invalid kobject pointer!";
278 		goto error;
279 	}
280 	if (!ktype) {
281 		err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
282 		goto error;
283 	}
284 	if (kobj->state_initialized) {
285 		/* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
286 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): tried to init an initialized "
287 		       "object, something is seriously wrong.\n", kobj);
288 		dump_stack();
289 	}
290 
291 	kobject_init_internal(kobj);
292 	kobj->ktype = ktype;
293 	return;
294 
295 error:
296 	printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): %s\n", kobj, err_str);
297 	dump_stack();
298 }
299 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
300 
301 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
302 			    const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
303 {
304 	va_list aq;
305 	int retval;
306 
307 	va_copy(aq, vargs);
308 	retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, aq);
309 	va_end(aq);
310 	if (retval) {
311 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
312 		return retval;
313 	}
314 	kobj->parent = parent;
315 	return kobject_add_internal(kobj);
316 }
317 
318 /**
319  * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
320  * @kobj: the kobject to add
321  * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
322  * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
323  *
324  * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
325  * function.
326  *
327  * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
328  * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
329  * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject.  If no kset
330  * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
331  * root of the sysfs tree.
332  *
333  * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
334  * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
335  * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
336  * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
337  *
338  * Note, no "add" uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
339  * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
340  * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
341  * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
342  */
343 int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
344 		const char *fmt, ...)
345 {
346 	va_list args;
347 	int retval;
348 
349 	if (!kobj)
350 		return -EINVAL;
351 
352 	if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
353 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject '%s' (%p): tried to add an "
354 		       "uninitialized object, something is seriously wrong.\n",
355 		       kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
356 		dump_stack();
357 		return -EINVAL;
358 	}
359 	va_start(args, fmt);
360 	retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
361 	va_end(args);
362 
363 	return retval;
364 }
365 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
366 
367 /**
368  * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
369  * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
370  * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
371  * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
372  * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
373  *
374  * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
375  * kobject_add().  The same type of error handling after a call to
376  * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
377  */
378 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
379 			 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
380 {
381 	va_list args;
382 	int retval;
383 
384 	kobject_init(kobj, ktype);
385 
386 	va_start(args, fmt);
387 	retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
388 	va_end(args);
389 
390 	return retval;
391 }
392 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
393 
394 /**
395  * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
396  * @kobj: object in question.
397  * @new_name: object's new name
398  */
399 int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
400 {
401 	int error = 0;
402 	const char *devpath = NULL;
403 	char *devpath_string = NULL;
404 	char *envp[2];
405 
406 	kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
407 	if (!kobj)
408 		return -EINVAL;
409 	if (!kobj->parent)
410 		return -EINVAL;
411 
412 	/* see if this name is already in use */
413 	if (kobj->kset) {
414 		struct kobject *temp_kobj;
415 		temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
416 		if (temp_kobj) {
417 			printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
418 			       "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
419 			       kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
420 			kobject_put(temp_kobj);
421 			return -EINVAL;
422 		}
423 	}
424 
425 	devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
426 	if (!devpath) {
427 		error = -ENOMEM;
428 		goto out;
429 	}
430 	devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
431 	if (!devpath_string) {
432 		error = -ENOMEM;
433 		goto out;
434 	}
435 	sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
436 	envp[0] = devpath_string;
437 	envp[1] = NULL;
438 
439 	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
440 
441 	/* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
442 	 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
443 	 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
444 	if (!error)
445 		kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
446 
447 out:
448 	kfree(devpath_string);
449 	kfree(devpath);
450 	kobject_put(kobj);
451 
452 	return error;
453 }
454 
455 /**
456  * kobject_move - move object to another parent
457  * @kobj: object in question.
458  * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
459  */
460 int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
461 {
462 	int error;
463 	struct kobject *old_parent;
464 	const char *devpath = NULL;
465 	char *devpath_string = NULL;
466 	char *envp[2];
467 
468 	kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
469 	if (!kobj)
470 		return -EINVAL;
471 	new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
472 	if (!new_parent) {
473 		if (kobj->kset)
474 			new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
475 	}
476 	/* old object path */
477 	devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
478 	if (!devpath) {
479 		error = -ENOMEM;
480 		goto out;
481 	}
482 	devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
483 	if (!devpath_string) {
484 		error = -ENOMEM;
485 		goto out;
486 	}
487 	sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
488 	envp[0] = devpath_string;
489 	envp[1] = NULL;
490 	error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
491 	if (error)
492 		goto out;
493 	old_parent = kobj->parent;
494 	kobj->parent = new_parent;
495 	new_parent = NULL;
496 	kobject_put(old_parent);
497 	kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
498 out:
499 	kobject_put(new_parent);
500 	kobject_put(kobj);
501 	kfree(devpath_string);
502 	kfree(devpath);
503 	return error;
504 }
505 
506 /**
507  * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
508  * @kobj: object.
509  */
510 void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
511 {
512 	if (!kobj)
513 		return;
514 
515 	sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
516 	kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
517 	kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
518 	kobject_put(kobj->parent);
519 	kobj->parent = NULL;
520 }
521 
522 /**
523  * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
524  * @kobj: object.
525  */
526 struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
527 {
528 	if (kobj)
529 		kref_get(&kobj->kref);
530 	return kobj;
531 }
532 
533 /*
534  * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
535  * @kobj: object to cleanup
536  */
537 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
538 {
539 	struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
540 	const char *name = kobj->name;
541 
542 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
543 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
544 
545 	if (t && !t->release)
546 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
547 			 "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
548 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
549 
550 	/* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
551 	if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
552 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
553 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
554 		kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
555 	}
556 
557 	/* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
558 	if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
559 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
560 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
561 		kobject_del(kobj);
562 	}
563 
564 	if (t && t->release) {
565 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
566 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
567 		t->release(kobj);
568 	}
569 
570 	/* free name if we allocated it */
571 	if (name) {
572 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name);
573 		kfree(name);
574 	}
575 }
576 
577 static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
578 {
579 	kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref, struct kobject, kref));
580 }
581 
582 /**
583  * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
584  * @kobj: object.
585  *
586  * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
587  */
588 void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
589 {
590 	if (kobj) {
591 		if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
592 			printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject: '%s' (%p): is not "
593 			       "initialized, yet kobject_put() is being "
594 			       "called.\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
595 			WARN_ON(1);
596 		}
597 		kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
598 	}
599 }
600 
601 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
602 {
603 	pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj, __FUNCTION__);
604 	kfree(kobj);
605 }
606 
607 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
608 	.release	= dynamic_kobj_release,
609 	.sysfs_ops	= &kobj_sysfs_ops,
610 };
611 
612 /**
613  * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
614  *
615  * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
616  * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
617  *
618  * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
619  * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
620  * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
621  * already been called on this structure.
622  */
623 struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
624 {
625 	struct kobject *kobj;
626 
627 	kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
628 	if (!kobj)
629 		return NULL;
630 
631 	kobject_init(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
632 	return kobj;
633 }
634 
635 /**
636  * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
637  *
638  * @name: the name for the kset
639  * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
640  *
641  * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it
642  * with sysfs.  When you are finished with this structure, call
643  * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
644  * it is no longer being used.
645  *
646  * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
647  */
648 struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
649 {
650 	struct kobject *kobj;
651 	int retval;
652 
653 	kobj = kobject_create();
654 	if (!kobj)
655 		return NULL;
656 
657 	retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
658 	if (retval) {
659 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
660 		       __FUNCTION__, retval);
661 		kobject_put(kobj);
662 		kobj = NULL;
663 	}
664 	return kobj;
665 }
666 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
667 
668 /**
669  * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
670  * @k: kset
671  */
672 void kset_init(struct kset *k)
673 {
674 	kobject_init_internal(&k->kobj);
675 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
676 	spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
677 }
678 
679 /* default kobject attribute operations */
680 static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
681 			      char *buf)
682 {
683 	struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
684 	ssize_t ret = -EIO;
685 
686 	kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
687 	if (kattr->show)
688 		ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
689 	return ret;
690 }
691 
692 static ssize_t kobj_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
693 			       const char *buf, size_t count)
694 {
695 	struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
696 	ssize_t ret = -EIO;
697 
698 	kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
699 	if (kattr->store)
700 		ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
701 	return ret;
702 }
703 
704 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
705 	.show	= kobj_attr_show,
706 	.store	= kobj_attr_store,
707 };
708 
709 /**
710  * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
711  * @k: kset.
712  */
713 int kset_register(struct kset *k)
714 {
715 	int err;
716 
717 	if (!k)
718 		return -EINVAL;
719 
720 	kset_init(k);
721 	err = kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
722 	if (err)
723 		return err;
724 	kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
725 	return 0;
726 }
727 
728 /**
729  * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
730  * @k: kset.
731  */
732 void kset_unregister(struct kset *k)
733 {
734 	if (!k)
735 		return;
736 	kobject_put(&k->kobj);
737 }
738 
739 /**
740  * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
741  * @kset: kset we're looking in.
742  * @name: object's name.
743  *
744  * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
745  * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
746  * take a reference and return the object.
747  */
748 struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
749 {
750 	struct kobject *k;
751 	struct kobject *ret = NULL;
752 
753 	spin_lock(&kset->list_lock);
754 	list_for_each_entry(k, &kset->list, entry) {
755 		if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k), name)) {
756 			ret = kobject_get(k);
757 			break;
758 		}
759 	}
760 	spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
761 	return ret;
762 }
763 
764 static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
765 {
766 	struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
767 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
768 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
769 	kfree(kset);
770 }
771 
772 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
773 	.sysfs_ops	= &kobj_sysfs_ops,
774 	.release = kset_release,
775 };
776 
777 /**
778  * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
779  *
780  * @name: the name for the kset
781  * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
782  * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
783  *
784  * This function creates a kset structure dynamically.  This structure can
785  * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
786  * kset_register().  When you are finished with this structure, if
787  * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
788  * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
789  *
790  * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
791  */
792 static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
793 				struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
794 				struct kobject *parent_kobj)
795 {
796 	struct kset *kset;
797 
798 	kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
799 	if (!kset)
800 		return NULL;
801 	kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
802 	kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
803 	kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
804 
805 	/*
806 	 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
807 	 * no kset itself.  That way we can properly free it when it is
808 	 * finished being used.
809 	 */
810 	kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
811 	kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
812 
813 	return kset;
814 }
815 
816 /**
817  * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
818  *
819  * @name: the name for the kset
820  * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
821  * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
822  *
823  * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
824  * with sysfs.  When you are finished with this structure, call
825  * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
826  * is no longer being used.
827  *
828  * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
829  */
830 struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
831 				 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
832 				 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
833 {
834 	struct kset *kset;
835 	int error;
836 
837 	kset = kset_create(name, uevent_ops, parent_kobj);
838 	if (!kset)
839 		return NULL;
840 	error = kset_register(kset);
841 	if (error) {
842 		kfree(kset);
843 		return NULL;
844 	}
845 	return kset;
846 }
847 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
848 
849 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
850 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put);
851 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
852 
853 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
854 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);
855