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author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2007-11-05 22:16:15 +0100 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2008-01-25 05:40:10 +0100 |
commit | 3f9e3ee9dc3605e5c593b5d708494571fb0d3970 (patch) | |
tree | b5490463c14b919f88ec18833846a38cfb621aa3 /lib/kobject.c | |
parent | kset: add kset_create_and_add function (diff) | |
download | linux-3f9e3ee9dc3605e5c593b5d708494571fb0d3970.tar.xz linux-3f9e3ee9dc3605e5c593b5d708494571fb0d3970.zip |
kobject: add kobject_create_and_add function
This lets users create dynamic kobjects much easier.
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to '')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/kobject.c | 81 |
1 files changed, 63 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c index 4fb27ba28807..98422a3eeffc 100644 --- a/lib/kobject.c +++ b/lib/kobject.c @@ -619,18 +619,69 @@ void kobject_put(struct kobject * kobj) kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release); } - -static void dir_release(struct kobject *kobj) +static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj) { + pr_debug("%s: freeing %s\n", __FUNCTION__, kobject_name(kobj)); kfree(kobj); } -static struct kobj_type dir_ktype = { - .release = dir_release, - .sysfs_ops = NULL, - .default_attrs = NULL, +static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = { + .release = dynamic_kobj_release, }; +/* + * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically + * + * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up + * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up. + * + * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned. + */ +static struct kobject *kobject_create(void) +{ + struct kobject *kobj; + + kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!kobj) + return NULL; + + kobject_init_ng(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype); + return kobj; +} + +/** + * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs + * + * @name: the name for the kset + * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any. + * + * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it + * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call + * kobject_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when + * it is no longer being used. + * + * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned. + */ +struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent) +{ + struct kobject *kobj; + int retval; + + kobj = kobject_create(); + if (!kobj) + return NULL; + + retval = kobject_add_ng(kobj, parent, "%s", name); + if (retval) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n", + __FUNCTION__, retval); + kobject_put(kobj); + kobj = NULL; + } + return kobj; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add); + /** * kobject_kset_add_dir - add sub directory of object. * @kset: kset the directory is belongs to. @@ -645,23 +696,17 @@ struct kobject *kobject_kset_add_dir(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *k; int ret; - if (!parent) - return NULL; - - k = kzalloc(sizeof(*k), GFP_KERNEL); + k = kobject_create(); if (!k) return NULL; k->kset = kset; - k->parent = parent; - k->ktype = &dir_ktype; - kobject_set_name(k, name); - ret = kobject_register(k); + ret = kobject_add_ng(k, parent, "%s", name); if (ret < 0) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_register error: %d\n", + printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n", __func__, ret); - kobject_del(k); - return NULL; + kobject_put(k); + k = NULL; } return k; @@ -676,7 +721,7 @@ struct kobject *kobject_kset_add_dir(struct kset *kset, */ struct kobject *kobject_add_dir(struct kobject *parent, const char *name) { - return kobject_kset_add_dir(NULL, parent, name); + return kobject_create_and_add(name, parent); } /** |