4 * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
7 #include <linux/init.h>
9 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
10 #include <linux/slab.h>
11 #include <linux/string.h>
13 #include <linux/major.h>
14 #include <linux/errno.h>
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
18 #include <linux/kobject.h>
19 #include <linux/kobj_map.h>
20 #include <linux/cdev.h>
21 #include <linux/mutex.h>
22 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
23 #include <linux/tty.h>
28 * capabilities for /dev/mem, /dev/kmem and similar directly mappable character
30 * - permits shared-mmap for read, write and/or exec
31 * - does not permit private mmap in NOMMU mode (can't do COW)
32 * - no readahead or I/O queue unplugging required
34 struct backing_dev_info directly_mappable_cdev_bdi
= {
38 /* permit private copies of the data to be taken */
41 /* permit direct mmap, for read, write or exec */
43 BDI_CAP_READ_MAP
| BDI_CAP_WRITE_MAP
| BDI_CAP_EXEC_MAP
|
44 /* no writeback happens */
45 BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK
),
48 static struct kobj_map
*cdev_map
;
50 static DEFINE_MUTEX(chrdevs_lock
);
52 static struct char_device_struct
{
53 struct char_device_struct
*next
;
55 unsigned int baseminor
;
58 struct cdev
*cdev
; /* will die */
59 } *chrdevs
[CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE
];
61 /* index in the above */
62 static inline int major_to_index(unsigned major
)
64 return major
% CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE
;
69 void chrdev_show(struct seq_file
*f
, off_t offset
)
71 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
73 if (offset
< CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE
) {
74 mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock
);
75 for (cd
= chrdevs
[offset
]; cd
; cd
= cd
->next
)
76 seq_printf(f
, "%3d %s\n", cd
->major
, cd
->name
);
77 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
81 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
84 * Register a single major with a specified minor range.
86 * If major == 0 this functions will dynamically allocate a major and return
89 * If major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve the passed range of
90 * minors and will return zero on success.
92 * Returns a -ve errno on failure.
94 static struct char_device_struct
*
95 __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major
, unsigned int baseminor
,
96 int minorct
, const char *name
)
98 struct char_device_struct
*cd
, **cp
;
102 cd
= kzalloc(sizeof(struct char_device_struct
), GFP_KERNEL
);
104 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM
);
106 mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock
);
110 for (i
= ARRAY_SIZE(chrdevs
)-1; i
> 0; i
--) {
111 if (chrdevs
[i
] == NULL
)
123 cd
->baseminor
= baseminor
;
124 cd
->minorct
= minorct
;
125 strlcpy(cd
->name
, name
, sizeof(cd
->name
));
127 i
= major_to_index(major
);
129 for (cp
= &chrdevs
[i
]; *cp
; cp
= &(*cp
)->next
)
130 if ((*cp
)->major
> major
||
131 ((*cp
)->major
== major
&&
132 (((*cp
)->baseminor
>= baseminor
) ||
133 ((*cp
)->baseminor
+ (*cp
)->minorct
> baseminor
))))
136 /* Check for overlapping minor ranges. */
137 if (*cp
&& (*cp
)->major
== major
) {
138 int old_min
= (*cp
)->baseminor
;
139 int old_max
= (*cp
)->baseminor
+ (*cp
)->minorct
- 1;
140 int new_min
= baseminor
;
141 int new_max
= baseminor
+ minorct
- 1;
143 /* New driver overlaps from the left. */
144 if (new_max
>= old_min
&& new_max
<= old_max
) {
149 /* New driver overlaps from the right. */
150 if (new_min
<= old_max
&& new_min
>= old_min
) {
158 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
161 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
166 static struct char_device_struct
*
167 __unregister_chrdev_region(unsigned major
, unsigned baseminor
, int minorct
)
169 struct char_device_struct
*cd
= NULL
, **cp
;
170 int i
= major_to_index(major
);
172 mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock
);
173 for (cp
= &chrdevs
[i
]; *cp
; cp
= &(*cp
)->next
)
174 if ((*cp
)->major
== major
&&
175 (*cp
)->baseminor
== baseminor
&&
176 (*cp
)->minorct
== minorct
)
182 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
187 * register_chrdev_region() - register a range of device numbers
188 * @from: the first in the desired range of device numbers; must include
190 * @count: the number of consecutive device numbers required
191 * @name: the name of the device or driver.
193 * Return value is zero on success, a negative error code on failure.
195 int register_chrdev_region(dev_t from
, unsigned count
, const char *name
)
197 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
198 dev_t to
= from
+ count
;
201 for (n
= from
; n
< to
; n
= next
) {
202 next
= MKDEV(MAJOR(n
)+1, 0);
205 cd
= __register_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n
), MINOR(n
),
213 for (n
= from
; n
< to
; n
= next
) {
214 next
= MKDEV(MAJOR(n
)+1, 0);
215 kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n
), MINOR(n
), next
- n
));
221 * alloc_chrdev_region() - register a range of char device numbers
222 * @dev: output parameter for first assigned number
223 * @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers
224 * @count: the number of minor numbers required
225 * @name: the name of the associated device or driver
227 * Allocates a range of char device numbers. The major number will be
228 * chosen dynamically, and returned (along with the first minor number)
229 * in @dev. Returns zero or a negative error code.
231 int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t
*dev
, unsigned baseminor
, unsigned count
,
234 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
235 cd
= __register_chrdev_region(0, baseminor
, count
, name
);
238 *dev
= MKDEV(cd
->major
, cd
->baseminor
);
243 * __register_chrdev() - create and register a cdev occupying a range of minors
244 * @major: major device number or 0 for dynamic allocation
245 * @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers
246 * @count: the number of minor numbers required
247 * @name: name of this range of devices
248 * @fops: file operations associated with this devices
250 * If @major == 0 this functions will dynamically allocate a major and return
253 * If @major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve a device with the given
254 * major number and will return zero on success.
256 * Returns a -ve errno on failure.
258 * The name of this device has nothing to do with the name of the device in
259 * /dev. It only helps to keep track of the different owners of devices. If
260 * your module name has only one type of devices it's ok to use e.g. the name
261 * of the module here.
263 int __register_chrdev(unsigned int major
, unsigned int baseminor
,
264 unsigned int count
, const char *name
,
265 const struct file_operations
*fops
)
267 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
271 cd
= __register_chrdev_region(major
, baseminor
, count
, name
);
279 cdev
->owner
= fops
->owner
;
281 kobject_set_name(&cdev
->kobj
, "%s", name
);
283 err
= cdev_add(cdev
, MKDEV(cd
->major
, baseminor
), count
);
289 return major
? 0 : cd
->major
;
291 kobject_put(&cdev
->kobj
);
293 kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(cd
->major
, baseminor
, count
));
298 * unregister_chrdev_region() - return a range of device numbers
299 * @from: the first in the range of numbers to unregister
300 * @count: the number of device numbers to unregister
302 * This function will unregister a range of @count device numbers,
303 * starting with @from. The caller should normally be the one who
304 * allocated those numbers in the first place...
306 void unregister_chrdev_region(dev_t from
, unsigned count
)
308 dev_t to
= from
+ count
;
311 for (n
= from
; n
< to
; n
= next
) {
312 next
= MKDEV(MAJOR(n
)+1, 0);
315 kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n
), MINOR(n
), next
- n
));
320 * __unregister_chrdev - unregister and destroy a cdev
321 * @major: major device number
322 * @baseminor: first of the range of minor numbers
323 * @count: the number of minor numbers this cdev is occupying
324 * @name: name of this range of devices
326 * Unregister and destroy the cdev occupying the region described by
327 * @major, @baseminor and @count. This function undoes what
328 * __register_chrdev() did.
330 void __unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major
, unsigned int baseminor
,
331 unsigned int count
, const char *name
)
333 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
335 cd
= __unregister_chrdev_region(major
, baseminor
, count
);
341 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cdev_lock
);
343 static struct kobject
*cdev_get(struct cdev
*p
)
345 struct module
*owner
= p
->owner
;
346 struct kobject
*kobj
;
348 if (owner
&& !try_module_get(owner
))
350 kobj
= kobject_get(&p
->kobj
);
356 void cdev_put(struct cdev
*p
)
359 struct module
*owner
= p
->owner
;
360 kobject_put(&p
->kobj
);
366 * Called every time a character special file is opened
368 static int chrdev_open(struct inode
*inode
, struct file
*filp
)
370 const struct file_operations
*fops
;
372 struct cdev
*new = NULL
;
375 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
378 struct kobject
*kobj
;
380 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
381 kobj
= kobj_lookup(cdev_map
, inode
->i_rdev
, &idx
);
384 new = container_of(kobj
, struct cdev
, kobj
);
385 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
386 /* Check i_cdev again in case somebody beat us to it while
387 we dropped the lock. */
390 inode
->i_cdev
= p
= new;
391 list_add(&inode
->i_devices
, &p
->list
);
393 } else if (!cdev_get(p
))
395 } else if (!cdev_get(p
))
397 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
403 fops
= fops_get(p
->ops
);
407 replace_fops(filp
, fops
);
408 if (filp
->f_op
->open
) {
409 ret
= filp
->f_op
->open(inode
, filp
);
421 void cd_forget(struct inode
*inode
)
423 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
424 list_del_init(&inode
->i_devices
);
425 inode
->i_cdev
= NULL
;
426 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
429 static void cdev_purge(struct cdev
*cdev
)
431 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
432 while (!list_empty(&cdev
->list
)) {
434 inode
= container_of(cdev
->list
.next
, struct inode
, i_devices
);
435 list_del_init(&inode
->i_devices
);
436 inode
->i_cdev
= NULL
;
438 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
442 * Dummy default file-operations: the only thing this does
443 * is contain the open that then fills in the correct operations
444 * depending on the special file...
446 const struct file_operations def_chr_fops
= {
448 .llseek
= noop_llseek
,
451 static struct kobject
*exact_match(dev_t dev
, int *part
, void *data
)
453 struct cdev
*p
= data
;
457 static int exact_lock(dev_t dev
, void *data
)
459 struct cdev
*p
= data
;
460 return cdev_get(p
) ? 0 : -1;
464 * cdev_add() - add a char device to the system
465 * @p: the cdev structure for the device
466 * @dev: the first device number for which this device is responsible
467 * @count: the number of consecutive minor numbers corresponding to this
470 * cdev_add() adds the device represented by @p to the system, making it
471 * live immediately. A negative error code is returned on failure.
473 int cdev_add(struct cdev
*p
, dev_t dev
, unsigned count
)
480 error
= kobj_map(cdev_map
, dev
, count
, NULL
,
481 exact_match
, exact_lock
, p
);
485 kobject_get(p
->kobj
.parent
);
490 static void cdev_unmap(dev_t dev
, unsigned count
)
492 kobj_unmap(cdev_map
, dev
, count
);
496 * cdev_del() - remove a cdev from the system
497 * @p: the cdev structure to be removed
499 * cdev_del() removes @p from the system, possibly freeing the structure
502 void cdev_del(struct cdev
*p
)
504 cdev_unmap(p
->dev
, p
->count
);
505 kobject_put(&p
->kobj
);
509 static void cdev_default_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
511 struct cdev
*p
= container_of(kobj
, struct cdev
, kobj
);
512 struct kobject
*parent
= kobj
->parent
;
518 static void cdev_dynamic_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
520 struct cdev
*p
= container_of(kobj
, struct cdev
, kobj
);
521 struct kobject
*parent
= kobj
->parent
;
528 static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_default
= {
529 .release
= cdev_default_release
,
532 static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_dynamic
= {
533 .release
= cdev_dynamic_release
,
537 * cdev_alloc() - allocate a cdev structure
539 * Allocates and returns a cdev structure, or NULL on failure.
541 struct cdev
*cdev_alloc(void)
543 struct cdev
*p
= kzalloc(sizeof(struct cdev
), GFP_KERNEL
);
545 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p
->list
);
546 kobject_init(&p
->kobj
, &ktype_cdev_dynamic
);
552 * cdev_init() - initialize a cdev structure
553 * @cdev: the structure to initialize
554 * @fops: the file_operations for this device
556 * Initializes @cdev, remembering @fops, making it ready to add to the
557 * system with cdev_add().
559 void cdev_init(struct cdev
*cdev
, const struct file_operations
*fops
)
561 memset(cdev
, 0, sizeof *cdev
);
562 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev
->list
);
563 kobject_init(&cdev
->kobj
, &ktype_cdev_default
);
567 static struct kobject
*base_probe(dev_t dev
, int *part
, void *data
)
569 if (request_module("char-major-%d-%d", MAJOR(dev
), MINOR(dev
)) > 0)
570 /* Make old-style 2.4 aliases work */
571 request_module("char-major-%d", MAJOR(dev
));
575 void __init
chrdev_init(void)
577 cdev_map
= kobj_map_init(base_probe
, &chrdevs_lock
);
578 if (bdi_init(&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi
))
579 panic("Failed to init directly mappable cdev bdi");
583 /* Let modules do char dev stuff */
584 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_chrdev_region
);
585 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_chrdev_region
);
586 EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_chrdev_region
);
587 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_init
);
588 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_alloc
);
589 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_del
);
590 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_add
);
591 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_chrdev
);
592 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__unregister_chrdev
);
593 EXPORT_SYMBOL(directly_mappable_cdev_bdi
);