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>
27 static struct kobj_map
*cdev_map
;
29 static DEFINE_MUTEX(chrdevs_lock
);
31 static struct char_device_struct
{
32 struct char_device_struct
*next
;
34 unsigned int baseminor
;
37 struct cdev
*cdev
; /* will die */
38 } *chrdevs
[CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE
];
40 /* index in the above */
41 static inline int major_to_index(unsigned major
)
43 return major
% CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE
;
48 void chrdev_show(struct seq_file
*f
, off_t offset
)
50 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
52 if (offset
< CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE
) {
53 mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock
);
54 for (cd
= chrdevs
[offset
]; cd
; cd
= cd
->next
)
55 seq_printf(f
, "%3d %s\n", cd
->major
, cd
->name
);
56 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
60 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
63 * Register a single major with a specified minor range.
65 * If major == 0 this functions will dynamically allocate a major and return
68 * If major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve the passed range of
69 * minors and will return zero on success.
71 * Returns a -ve errno on failure.
73 static struct char_device_struct
*
74 __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major
, unsigned int baseminor
,
75 int minorct
, const char *name
)
77 struct char_device_struct
*cd
, **cp
;
81 cd
= kzalloc(sizeof(struct char_device_struct
), GFP_KERNEL
);
83 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM
);
85 mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock
);
89 for (i
= ARRAY_SIZE(chrdevs
)-1; i
> 0; i
--) {
90 if (chrdevs
[i
] == NULL
)
102 cd
->baseminor
= baseminor
;
103 cd
->minorct
= minorct
;
104 strlcpy(cd
->name
, name
, sizeof(cd
->name
));
106 i
= major_to_index(major
);
108 for (cp
= &chrdevs
[i
]; *cp
; cp
= &(*cp
)->next
)
109 if ((*cp
)->major
> major
||
110 ((*cp
)->major
== major
&&
111 (((*cp
)->baseminor
>= baseminor
) ||
112 ((*cp
)->baseminor
+ (*cp
)->minorct
> baseminor
))))
115 /* Check for overlapping minor ranges. */
116 if (*cp
&& (*cp
)->major
== major
) {
117 int old_min
= (*cp
)->baseminor
;
118 int old_max
= (*cp
)->baseminor
+ (*cp
)->minorct
- 1;
119 int new_min
= baseminor
;
120 int new_max
= baseminor
+ minorct
- 1;
122 /* New driver overlaps from the left. */
123 if (new_max
>= old_min
&& new_max
<= old_max
) {
128 /* New driver overlaps from the right. */
129 if (new_min
<= old_max
&& new_min
>= old_min
) {
134 if (new_min
< old_min
&& new_max
> old_max
) {
143 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
146 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
151 static struct char_device_struct
*
152 __unregister_chrdev_region(unsigned major
, unsigned baseminor
, int minorct
)
154 struct char_device_struct
*cd
= NULL
, **cp
;
155 int i
= major_to_index(major
);
157 mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock
);
158 for (cp
= &chrdevs
[i
]; *cp
; cp
= &(*cp
)->next
)
159 if ((*cp
)->major
== major
&&
160 (*cp
)->baseminor
== baseminor
&&
161 (*cp
)->minorct
== minorct
)
167 mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock
);
172 * register_chrdev_region() - register a range of device numbers
173 * @from: the first in the desired range of device numbers; must include
175 * @count: the number of consecutive device numbers required
176 * @name: the name of the device or driver.
178 * Return value is zero on success, a negative error code on failure.
180 int register_chrdev_region(dev_t from
, unsigned count
, const char *name
)
182 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
183 dev_t to
= from
+ count
;
186 for (n
= from
; n
< to
; n
= next
) {
187 next
= MKDEV(MAJOR(n
)+1, 0);
190 cd
= __register_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n
), MINOR(n
),
198 for (n
= from
; n
< to
; n
= next
) {
199 next
= MKDEV(MAJOR(n
)+1, 0);
200 kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n
), MINOR(n
), next
- n
));
206 * alloc_chrdev_region() - register a range of char device numbers
207 * @dev: output parameter for first assigned number
208 * @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers
209 * @count: the number of minor numbers required
210 * @name: the name of the associated device or driver
212 * Allocates a range of char device numbers. The major number will be
213 * chosen dynamically, and returned (along with the first minor number)
214 * in @dev. Returns zero or a negative error code.
216 int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t
*dev
, unsigned baseminor
, unsigned count
,
219 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
220 cd
= __register_chrdev_region(0, baseminor
, count
, name
);
223 *dev
= MKDEV(cd
->major
, cd
->baseminor
);
228 * __register_chrdev() - create and register a cdev occupying a range of minors
229 * @major: major device number or 0 for dynamic allocation
230 * @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers
231 * @count: the number of minor numbers required
232 * @name: name of this range of devices
233 * @fops: file operations associated with this devices
235 * If @major == 0 this functions will dynamically allocate a major and return
238 * If @major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve a device with the given
239 * major number and will return zero on success.
241 * Returns a -ve errno on failure.
243 * The name of this device has nothing to do with the name of the device in
244 * /dev. It only helps to keep track of the different owners of devices. If
245 * your module name has only one type of devices it's ok to use e.g. the name
246 * of the module here.
248 int __register_chrdev(unsigned int major
, unsigned int baseminor
,
249 unsigned int count
, const char *name
,
250 const struct file_operations
*fops
)
252 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
256 cd
= __register_chrdev_region(major
, baseminor
, count
, name
);
264 cdev
->owner
= fops
->owner
;
266 kobject_set_name(&cdev
->kobj
, "%s", name
);
268 err
= cdev_add(cdev
, MKDEV(cd
->major
, baseminor
), count
);
274 return major
? 0 : cd
->major
;
276 kobject_put(&cdev
->kobj
);
278 kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(cd
->major
, baseminor
, count
));
283 * unregister_chrdev_region() - unregister a range of device numbers
284 * @from: the first in the range of numbers to unregister
285 * @count: the number of device numbers to unregister
287 * This function will unregister a range of @count device numbers,
288 * starting with @from. The caller should normally be the one who
289 * allocated those numbers in the first place...
291 void unregister_chrdev_region(dev_t from
, unsigned count
)
293 dev_t to
= from
+ count
;
296 for (n
= from
; n
< to
; n
= next
) {
297 next
= MKDEV(MAJOR(n
)+1, 0);
300 kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n
), MINOR(n
), next
- n
));
305 * __unregister_chrdev - unregister and destroy a cdev
306 * @major: major device number
307 * @baseminor: first of the range of minor numbers
308 * @count: the number of minor numbers this cdev is occupying
309 * @name: name of this range of devices
311 * Unregister and destroy the cdev occupying the region described by
312 * @major, @baseminor and @count. This function undoes what
313 * __register_chrdev() did.
315 void __unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major
, unsigned int baseminor
,
316 unsigned int count
, const char *name
)
318 struct char_device_struct
*cd
;
320 cd
= __unregister_chrdev_region(major
, baseminor
, count
);
326 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cdev_lock
);
328 static struct kobject
*cdev_get(struct cdev
*p
)
330 struct module
*owner
= p
->owner
;
331 struct kobject
*kobj
;
333 if (owner
&& !try_module_get(owner
))
335 kobj
= kobject_get_unless_zero(&p
->kobj
);
341 void cdev_put(struct cdev
*p
)
344 struct module
*owner
= p
->owner
;
345 kobject_put(&p
->kobj
);
351 * Called every time a character special file is opened
353 static int chrdev_open(struct inode
*inode
, struct file
*filp
)
355 const struct file_operations
*fops
;
357 struct cdev
*new = NULL
;
360 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
363 struct kobject
*kobj
;
365 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
366 kobj
= kobj_lookup(cdev_map
, inode
->i_rdev
, &idx
);
369 new = container_of(kobj
, struct cdev
, kobj
);
370 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
371 /* Check i_cdev again in case somebody beat us to it while
372 we dropped the lock. */
375 inode
->i_cdev
= p
= new;
376 list_add(&inode
->i_devices
, &p
->list
);
378 } else if (!cdev_get(p
))
380 } else if (!cdev_get(p
))
382 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
388 fops
= fops_get(p
->ops
);
392 replace_fops(filp
, fops
);
393 if (filp
->f_op
->open
) {
394 ret
= filp
->f_op
->open(inode
, filp
);
406 void cd_forget(struct inode
*inode
)
408 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
409 list_del_init(&inode
->i_devices
);
410 inode
->i_cdev
= NULL
;
411 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
414 static void cdev_purge(struct cdev
*cdev
)
416 spin_lock(&cdev_lock
);
417 while (!list_empty(&cdev
->list
)) {
419 inode
= container_of(cdev
->list
.next
, struct inode
, i_devices
);
420 list_del_init(&inode
->i_devices
);
421 inode
->i_cdev
= NULL
;
423 spin_unlock(&cdev_lock
);
427 * Dummy default file-operations: the only thing this does
428 * is contain the open that then fills in the correct operations
429 * depending on the special file...
431 const struct file_operations def_chr_fops
= {
433 .llseek
= noop_llseek
,
436 static struct kobject
*exact_match(dev_t dev
, int *part
, void *data
)
438 struct cdev
*p
= data
;
442 static int exact_lock(dev_t dev
, void *data
)
444 struct cdev
*p
= data
;
445 return cdev_get(p
) ? 0 : -1;
449 * cdev_add() - add a char device to the system
450 * @p: the cdev structure for the device
451 * @dev: the first device number for which this device is responsible
452 * @count: the number of consecutive minor numbers corresponding to this
455 * cdev_add() adds the device represented by @p to the system, making it
456 * live immediately. A negative error code is returned on failure.
458 int cdev_add(struct cdev
*p
, dev_t dev
, unsigned count
)
465 error
= kobj_map(cdev_map
, dev
, count
, NULL
,
466 exact_match
, exact_lock
, p
);
470 kobject_get(p
->kobj
.parent
);
476 * cdev_set_parent() - set the parent kobject for a char device
477 * @p: the cdev structure
478 * @kobj: the kobject to take a reference to
480 * cdev_set_parent() sets a parent kobject which will be referenced
481 * appropriately so the parent is not freed before the cdev. This
482 * should be called before cdev_add.
484 void cdev_set_parent(struct cdev
*p
, struct kobject
*kobj
)
486 WARN_ON(!kobj
->state_initialized
);
487 p
->kobj
.parent
= kobj
;
491 * cdev_device_add() - add a char device and it's corresponding
492 * struct device, linkink
493 * @dev: the device structure
494 * @cdev: the cdev structure
496 * cdev_device_add() adds the char device represented by @cdev to the system,
497 * just as cdev_add does. It then adds @dev to the system using device_add
498 * The dev_t for the char device will be taken from the struct device which
499 * needs to be initialized first. This helper function correctly takes a
500 * reference to the parent device so the parent will not get released until
501 * all references to the cdev are released.
503 * This helper uses dev->devt for the device number. If it is not set
504 * it will not add the cdev and it will be equivalent to device_add.
506 * This function should be used whenever the struct cdev and the
507 * struct device are members of the same structure whose lifetime is
508 * managed by the struct device.
510 * NOTE: Callers must assume that userspace was able to open the cdev and
511 * can call cdev fops callbacks at any time, even if this function fails.
513 int cdev_device_add(struct cdev
*cdev
, struct device
*dev
)
518 cdev_set_parent(cdev
, &dev
->kobj
);
520 rc
= cdev_add(cdev
, dev
->devt
, 1);
525 rc
= device_add(dev
);
533 * cdev_device_del() - inverse of cdev_device_add
534 * @dev: the device structure
535 * @cdev: the cdev structure
537 * cdev_device_del() is a helper function to call cdev_del and device_del.
538 * It should be used whenever cdev_device_add is used.
540 * If dev->devt is not set it will not remove the cdev and will be equivalent
543 * NOTE: This guarantees that associated sysfs callbacks are not running
544 * or runnable, however any cdevs already open will remain and their fops
545 * will still be callable even after this function returns.
547 void cdev_device_del(struct cdev
*cdev
, struct device
*dev
)
554 static void cdev_unmap(dev_t dev
, unsigned count
)
556 kobj_unmap(cdev_map
, dev
, count
);
560 * cdev_del() - remove a cdev from the system
561 * @p: the cdev structure to be removed
563 * cdev_del() removes @p from the system, possibly freeing the structure
566 * NOTE: This guarantees that cdev device will no longer be able to be
567 * opened, however any cdevs already open will remain and their fops will
568 * still be callable even after cdev_del returns.
570 void cdev_del(struct cdev
*p
)
572 cdev_unmap(p
->dev
, p
->count
);
573 kobject_put(&p
->kobj
);
577 static void cdev_default_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
579 struct cdev
*p
= container_of(kobj
, struct cdev
, kobj
);
580 struct kobject
*parent
= kobj
->parent
;
586 static void cdev_dynamic_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
588 struct cdev
*p
= container_of(kobj
, struct cdev
, kobj
);
589 struct kobject
*parent
= kobj
->parent
;
596 static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_default
= {
597 .release
= cdev_default_release
,
600 static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_dynamic
= {
601 .release
= cdev_dynamic_release
,
605 * cdev_alloc() - allocate a cdev structure
607 * Allocates and returns a cdev structure, or NULL on failure.
609 struct cdev
*cdev_alloc(void)
611 struct cdev
*p
= kzalloc(sizeof(struct cdev
), GFP_KERNEL
);
613 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p
->list
);
614 kobject_init(&p
->kobj
, &ktype_cdev_dynamic
);
620 * cdev_init() - initialize a cdev structure
621 * @cdev: the structure to initialize
622 * @fops: the file_operations for this device
624 * Initializes @cdev, remembering @fops, making it ready to add to the
625 * system with cdev_add().
627 void cdev_init(struct cdev
*cdev
, const struct file_operations
*fops
)
629 memset(cdev
, 0, sizeof *cdev
);
630 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev
->list
);
631 kobject_init(&cdev
->kobj
, &ktype_cdev_default
);
635 static struct kobject
*base_probe(dev_t dev
, int *part
, void *data
)
637 if (request_module("char-major-%d-%d", MAJOR(dev
), MINOR(dev
)) > 0)
638 /* Make old-style 2.4 aliases work */
639 request_module("char-major-%d", MAJOR(dev
));
643 void __init
chrdev_init(void)
645 cdev_map
= kobj_map_init(base_probe
, &chrdevs_lock
);
649 /* Let modules do char dev stuff */
650 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_chrdev_region
);
651 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_chrdev_region
);
652 EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_chrdev_region
);
653 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_init
);
654 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_alloc
);
655 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_del
);
656 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_add
);
657 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_set_parent
);
658 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_device_add
);
659 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_device_del
);
660 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_chrdev
);
661 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__unregister_chrdev
);