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1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 /*
3  * Sample kset and ktype implementation
4  *
5  * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
6  * Copyright (C) 2007 Novell Inc.
7  *
8  * Released under the GPL version 2 only.
9  *
10  */
11 #include <linux/kobject.h>
12 #include <linux/string.h>
13 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
14 #include <linux/slab.h>
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/init.h>
17 
18 /*
19  * This module shows how to create a kset in sysfs called
20  * /sys/kernel/kset-example
21  * Then tree kobjects are created and assigned to this kset, "foo", "baz",
22  * and "bar".  In those kobjects, attributes of the same name are also
23  * created and if an integer is written to these files, it can be later
24  * read out of it.
25  */
26 
27 
28 /*
29  * This is our "object" that we will create a few of and register them with
30  * sysfs.
31  */
32 struct foo_obj {
33 	struct kobject kobj;
34 	int foo;
35 	int baz;
36 	int bar;
37 };
38 #define to_foo_obj(x) container_of(x, struct foo_obj, kobj)
39 
40 /* a custom attribute that works just for a struct foo_obj. */
41 struct foo_attribute {
42 	struct attribute attr;
43 	ssize_t (*show)(struct foo_obj *foo, struct foo_attribute *attr, char *buf);
44 	ssize_t (*store)(struct foo_obj *foo, struct foo_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count);
45 };
46 #define to_foo_attr(x) container_of(x, struct foo_attribute, attr)
47 
48 /*
49  * The default show function that must be passed to sysfs.  This will be
50  * called by sysfs for whenever a show function is called by the user on a
51  * sysfs file associated with the kobjects we have registered.  We need to
52  * transpose back from a "default" kobject to our custom struct foo_obj and
53  * then call the show function for that specific object.
54  */
55 static ssize_t foo_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
56 			     struct attribute *attr,
57 			     char *buf)
58 {
59 	struct foo_attribute *attribute;
60 	struct foo_obj *foo;
61 
62 	attribute = to_foo_attr(attr);
63 	foo = to_foo_obj(kobj);
64 
65 	if (!attribute->show)
66 		return -EIO;
67 
68 	return attribute->show(foo, attribute, buf);
69 }
70 
71 /*
72  * Just like the default show function above, but this one is for when the
73  * sysfs "store" is requested (when a value is written to a file.)
74  */
75 static ssize_t foo_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj,
76 			      struct attribute *attr,
77 			      const char *buf, size_t len)
78 {
79 	struct foo_attribute *attribute;
80 	struct foo_obj *foo;
81 
82 	attribute = to_foo_attr(attr);
83 	foo = to_foo_obj(kobj);
84 
85 	if (!attribute->store)
86 		return -EIO;
87 
88 	return attribute->store(foo, attribute, buf, len);
89 }
90 
91 /* Our custom sysfs_ops that we will associate with our ktype later on */
92 static const struct sysfs_ops foo_sysfs_ops = {
93 	.show = foo_attr_show,
94 	.store = foo_attr_store,
95 };
96 
97 /*
98  * The release function for our object.  This is REQUIRED by the kernel to
99  * have.  We free the memory held in our object here.
100  *
101  * NEVER try to get away with just a "blank" release function to try to be
102  * smarter than the kernel.  Turns out, no one ever is...
103  */
104 static void foo_release(struct kobject *kobj)
105 {
106 	struct foo_obj *foo;
107 
108 	foo = to_foo_obj(kobj);
109 	kfree(foo);
110 }
111 
112 /*
113  * The "foo" file where the .foo variable is read from and written to.
114  */
115 static ssize_t foo_show(struct foo_obj *foo_obj, struct foo_attribute *attr,
116 			char *buf)
117 {
118 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", foo_obj->foo);
119 }
120 
121 static ssize_t foo_store(struct foo_obj *foo_obj, struct foo_attribute *attr,
122 			 const char *buf, size_t count)
123 {
124 	int ret;
125 
126 	ret = kstrtoint(buf, 10, &foo_obj->foo);
127 	if (ret < 0)
128 		return ret;
129 
130 	return count;
131 }
132 
133 /* Sysfs attributes cannot be world-writable. */
134 static struct foo_attribute foo_attribute =
135 	__ATTR(foo, 0664, foo_show, foo_store);
136 
137 /*
138  * More complex function where we determine which variable is being accessed by
139  * looking at the attribute for the "baz" and "bar" files.
140  */
141 static ssize_t b_show(struct foo_obj *foo_obj, struct foo_attribute *attr,
142 		      char *buf)
143 {
144 	int var;
145 
146 	if (strcmp(attr->attr.name, "baz") == 0)
147 		var = foo_obj->baz;
148 	else
149 		var = foo_obj->bar;
150 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", var);
151 }
152 
153 static ssize_t b_store(struct foo_obj *foo_obj, struct foo_attribute *attr,
154 		       const char *buf, size_t count)
155 {
156 	int var, ret;
157 
158 	ret = kstrtoint(buf, 10, &var);
159 	if (ret < 0)
160 		return ret;
161 
162 	if (strcmp(attr->attr.name, "baz") == 0)
163 		foo_obj->baz = var;
164 	else
165 		foo_obj->bar = var;
166 	return count;
167 }
168 
169 static struct foo_attribute baz_attribute =
170 	__ATTR(baz, 0664, b_show, b_store);
171 static struct foo_attribute bar_attribute =
172 	__ATTR(bar, 0664, b_show, b_store);
173 
174 /*
175  * Create a group of attributes so that we can create and destroy them all
176  * at once.
177  */
178 static struct attribute *foo_default_attrs[] = {
179 	&foo_attribute.attr,
180 	&baz_attribute.attr,
181 	&bar_attribute.attr,
182 	NULL,	/* need to NULL terminate the list of attributes */
183 };
184 
185 /*
186  * Our own ktype for our kobjects.  Here we specify our sysfs ops, the
187  * release function, and the set of default attributes we want created
188  * whenever a kobject of this type is registered with the kernel.
189  */
190 static struct kobj_type foo_ktype = {
191 	.sysfs_ops = &foo_sysfs_ops,
192 	.release = foo_release,
193 	.default_attrs = foo_default_attrs,
194 };
195 
196 static struct kset *example_kset;
197 static struct foo_obj *foo_obj;
198 static struct foo_obj *bar_obj;
199 static struct foo_obj *baz_obj;
200 
201 static struct foo_obj *create_foo_obj(const char *name)
202 {
203 	struct foo_obj *foo;
204 	int retval;
205 
206 	/* allocate the memory for the whole object */
207 	foo = kzalloc(sizeof(*foo), GFP_KERNEL);
208 	if (!foo)
209 		return NULL;
210 
211 	/*
212 	 * As we have a kset for this kobject, we need to set it before calling
213 	 * the kobject core.
214 	 */
215 	foo->kobj.kset = example_kset;
216 
217 	/*
218 	 * Initialize and add the kobject to the kernel.  All the default files
219 	 * will be created here.  As we have already specified a kset for this
220 	 * kobject, we don't have to set a parent for the kobject, the kobject
221 	 * will be placed beneath that kset automatically.
222 	 */
223 	retval = kobject_init_and_add(&foo->kobj, &foo_ktype, NULL, "%s", name);
224 	if (retval) {
225 		kobject_put(&foo->kobj);
226 		return NULL;
227 	}
228 
229 	/*
230 	 * We are always responsible for sending the uevent that the kobject
231 	 * was added to the system.
232 	 */
233 	kobject_uevent(&foo->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
234 
235 	return foo;
236 }
237 
238 static void destroy_foo_obj(struct foo_obj *foo)
239 {
240 	kobject_put(&foo->kobj);
241 }
242 
243 static int __init example_init(void)
244 {
245 	/*
246 	 * Create a kset with the name of "kset_example",
247 	 * located under /sys/kernel/
248 	 */
249 	example_kset = kset_create_and_add("kset_example", NULL, kernel_kobj);
250 	if (!example_kset)
251 		return -ENOMEM;
252 
253 	/*
254 	 * Create three objects and register them with our kset
255 	 */
256 	foo_obj = create_foo_obj("foo");
257 	if (!foo_obj)
258 		goto foo_error;
259 
260 	bar_obj = create_foo_obj("bar");
261 	if (!bar_obj)
262 		goto bar_error;
263 
264 	baz_obj = create_foo_obj("baz");
265 	if (!baz_obj)
266 		goto baz_error;
267 
268 	return 0;
269 
270 baz_error:
271 	destroy_foo_obj(bar_obj);
272 bar_error:
273 	destroy_foo_obj(foo_obj);
274 foo_error:
275 	kset_unregister(example_kset);
276 	return -EINVAL;
277 }
278 
279 static void __exit example_exit(void)
280 {
281 	destroy_foo_obj(baz_obj);
282 	destroy_foo_obj(bar_obj);
283 	destroy_foo_obj(foo_obj);
284 	kset_unregister(example_kset);
285 }
286 
287 module_init(example_init);
288 module_exit(example_exit);
289 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
290 MODULE_AUTHOR("Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>");
291