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1 /*
2 * kobject.h - generic kernel object infrastructure.
4 * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Patrick Mochel
5 * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Open Source Development Labs
6 * Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
7 * Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Novell Inc.
9 * This file is released under the GPLv2.
11 * Please read Documentation/kobject.txt before using the kobject
12 * interface, ESPECIALLY the parts about reference counts and object
13 * destructors.
16 #ifndef _KOBJECT_H_
17 #define _KOBJECT_H_
19 #include <linux/types.h>
20 #include <linux/list.h>
21 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
22 #include <linux/compiler.h>
23 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
24 #include <linux/kref.h>
25 #include <linux/kernel.h>
26 #include <linux/wait.h>
27 #include <asm/atomic.h>
29 #define UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN 256
30 #define UEVENT_NUM_ENVP 32 /* number of env pointers */
31 #define UEVENT_BUFFER_SIZE 2048 /* buffer for the variables */
33 /* path to the userspace helper executed on an event */
34 extern char uevent_helper[];
36 /* counter to tag the uevent, read only except for the kobject core */
37 extern u64 uevent_seqnum;
40 * The actions here must match the index to the string array
41 * in lib/kobject_uevent.c
43 * Do not add new actions here without checking with the driver-core
44 * maintainers. Action strings are not meant to express subsystem
45 * or device specific properties. In most cases you want to send a
46 * kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, env) with additional event
47 * specific variables added to the event environment.
49 enum kobject_action {
50 KOBJ_ADD,
51 KOBJ_REMOVE,
52 KOBJ_CHANGE,
53 KOBJ_MOVE,
54 KOBJ_ONLINE,
55 KOBJ_OFFLINE,
56 KOBJ_MAX
59 struct kobject {
60 const char *name;
61 struct list_head entry;
62 struct kobject *parent;
63 struct kset *kset;
64 struct kobj_type *ktype;
65 struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
66 struct kref kref;
67 unsigned int state_initialized:1;
68 unsigned int state_in_sysfs:1;
69 unsigned int state_add_uevent_sent:1;
70 unsigned int state_remove_uevent_sent:1;
71 unsigned int uevent_suppress:1;
74 extern int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name, ...)
75 __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
76 extern int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
77 va_list vargs);
79 static inline const char *kobject_name(const struct kobject *kobj)
81 return kobj->name;
84 extern void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype);
85 extern int __must_check kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj,
86 struct kobject *parent,
87 const char *fmt, ...);
88 extern int __must_check kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj,
89 struct kobj_type *ktype,
90 struct kobject *parent,
91 const char *fmt, ...);
93 extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj);
95 extern struct kobject * __must_check kobject_create(void);
96 extern struct kobject * __must_check kobject_create_and_add(const char *name,
97 struct kobject *parent);
99 extern int __must_check kobject_rename(struct kobject *, const char *new_name);
100 extern int __must_check kobject_move(struct kobject *, struct kobject *);
102 extern struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj);
103 extern void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj);
105 extern char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t flag);
107 struct kobj_type {
108 void (*release)(struct kobject *kobj);
109 const struct sysfs_ops *sysfs_ops;
110 struct attribute **default_attrs;
111 const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *(*child_ns_type)(struct kobject *kobj);
112 const void *(*namespace)(struct kobject *kobj);
115 struct kobj_uevent_env {
116 char *envp[UEVENT_NUM_ENVP];
117 int envp_idx;
118 char buf[UEVENT_BUFFER_SIZE];
119 int buflen;
122 struct kset_uevent_ops {
123 int (* const filter)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj);
124 const char *(* const name)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj);
125 int (* const uevent)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
126 struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
129 struct kobj_attribute {
130 struct attribute attr;
131 ssize_t (*show)(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
132 char *buf);
133 ssize_t (*store)(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
134 const char *buf, size_t count);
137 extern const struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops;
140 * Namespace types which are used to tag kobjects and sysfs entries.
141 * Network namespace will likely be the first.
143 enum kobj_ns_type {
144 KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE = 0,
145 KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NET,
146 KOBJ_NS_TYPES
149 struct sock;
152 * Callbacks so sysfs can determine namespaces
153 * @current_ns: return calling task's namespace
154 * @netlink_ns: return namespace to which a sock belongs (right?)
155 * @initial_ns: return the initial namespace (i.e. init_net_ns)
157 struct kobj_ns_type_operations {
158 enum kobj_ns_type type;
159 const void *(*current_ns)(void);
160 const void *(*netlink_ns)(struct sock *sk);
161 const void *(*initial_ns)(void);
164 int kobj_ns_type_register(const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops);
165 int kobj_ns_type_registered(enum kobj_ns_type type);
166 const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_child_ns_ops(struct kobject *parent);
167 const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_ns_ops(struct kobject *kobj);
169 const void *kobj_ns_current(enum kobj_ns_type type);
170 const void *kobj_ns_netlink(enum kobj_ns_type type, struct sock *sk);
171 const void *kobj_ns_initial(enum kobj_ns_type type);
172 void kobj_ns_exit(enum kobj_ns_type type, const void *ns);
176 * struct kset - a set of kobjects of a specific type, belonging to a specific subsystem.
178 * A kset defines a group of kobjects. They can be individually
179 * different "types" but overall these kobjects all want to be grouped
180 * together and operated on in the same manner. ksets are used to
181 * define the attribute callbacks and other common events that happen to
182 * a kobject.
184 * @list: the list of all kobjects for this kset
185 * @list_lock: a lock for iterating over the kobjects
186 * @kobj: the embedded kobject for this kset (recursion, isn't it fun...)
187 * @uevent_ops: the set of uevent operations for this kset. These are
188 * called whenever a kobject has something happen to it so that the kset
189 * can add new environment variables, or filter out the uevents if so
190 * desired.
192 struct kset {
193 struct list_head list;
194 spinlock_t list_lock;
195 struct kobject kobj;
196 const struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops;
199 extern void kset_init(struct kset *kset);
200 extern int __must_check kset_register(struct kset *kset);
201 extern void kset_unregister(struct kset *kset);
202 extern struct kset * __must_check kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
203 const struct kset_uevent_ops *u,
204 struct kobject *parent_kobj);
206 static inline struct kset *to_kset(struct kobject *kobj)
208 return kobj ? container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj) : NULL;
211 static inline struct kset *kset_get(struct kset *k)
213 return k ? to_kset(kobject_get(&k->kobj)) : NULL;
216 static inline void kset_put(struct kset *k)
218 kobject_put(&k->kobj);
221 static inline struct kobj_type *get_ktype(struct kobject *kobj)
223 return kobj->ktype;
226 extern struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *, const char *);
228 /* The global /sys/kernel/ kobject for people to chain off of */
229 extern struct kobject *kernel_kobj;
230 /* The global /sys/kernel/mm/ kobject for people to chain off of */
231 extern struct kobject *mm_kobj;
232 /* The global /sys/hypervisor/ kobject for people to chain off of */
233 extern struct kobject *hypervisor_kobj;
234 /* The global /sys/power/ kobject for people to chain off of */
235 extern struct kobject *power_kobj;
236 /* The global /sys/firmware/ kobject for people to chain off of */
237 extern struct kobject *firmware_kobj;
239 #if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
240 int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action);
241 int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
242 char *envp[]);
244 int add_uevent_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env, const char *format, ...)
245 __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));
247 int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
248 enum kobject_action *type);
249 #else
250 static inline int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj,
251 enum kobject_action action)
252 { return 0; }
253 static inline int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj,
254 enum kobject_action action,
255 char *envp[])
256 { return 0; }
258 static inline int add_uevent_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env,
259 const char *format, ...)
260 { return 0; }
262 static inline int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
263 enum kobject_action *type)
264 { return -EINVAL; }
265 #endif
267 #endif /* _KOBJECT_H_ */