2 * Sample kset and ktype implementation
4 * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
5 * Copyright (C) 2007 Novell Inc.
7 * Released under the GPL version 2 only.
10 #include <linux/kobject.h>
11 #include <linux/string.h>
12 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
13 #include <linux/slab.h>
14 #include <linux/module.h>
15 #include <linux/init.h>
18 * This module shows how to create a kset in sysfs called
19 * /sys/kernel/kset-example
20 * Then tree kobjects are created and assigned to this kset, "foo", "baz",
21 * and "bar". In those kobjects, attributes of the same name are also
22 * created and if an integer is written to these files, it can be later
28 * This is our "object" that we will create a few of and register them with
37 #define to_foo_obj(x) container_of(x, struct foo_obj, kobj)
39 /* a custom attribute that works just for a struct foo_obj. */
40 struct foo_attribute
{
41 struct attribute attr
;
42 ssize_t (*show
)(struct foo_obj
*foo
, struct foo_attribute
*attr
, char *buf
);
43 ssize_t (*store
)(struct foo_obj
*foo
, struct foo_attribute
*attr
, const char *buf
, size_t count
);
45 #define to_foo_attr(x) container_of(x, struct foo_attribute, attr)
48 * The default show function that must be passed to sysfs. This will be
49 * called by sysfs for whenever a show function is called by the user on a
50 * sysfs file associated with the kobjects we have registered. We need to
51 * transpose back from a "default" kobject to our custom struct foo_obj and
52 * then call the show function for that specific object.
54 static ssize_t
foo_attr_show(struct kobject
*kobj
,
55 struct attribute
*attr
,
58 struct foo_attribute
*attribute
;
61 attribute
= to_foo_attr(attr
);
62 foo
= to_foo_obj(kobj
);
67 return attribute
->show(foo
, attribute
, buf
);
71 * Just like the default show function above, but this one is for when the
72 * sysfs "store" is requested (when a value is written to a file.)
74 static ssize_t
foo_attr_store(struct kobject
*kobj
,
75 struct attribute
*attr
,
76 const char *buf
, size_t len
)
78 struct foo_attribute
*attribute
;
81 attribute
= to_foo_attr(attr
);
82 foo
= to_foo_obj(kobj
);
84 if (!attribute
->store
)
87 return attribute
->store(foo
, attribute
, buf
, len
);
90 /* Our custom sysfs_ops that we will associate with our ktype later on */
91 static const struct sysfs_ops foo_sysfs_ops
= {
92 .show
= foo_attr_show
,
93 .store
= foo_attr_store
,
97 * The release function for our object. This is REQUIRED by the kernel to
98 * have. We free the memory held in our object here.
100 * NEVER try to get away with just a "blank" release function to try to be
101 * smarter than the kernel. Turns out, no one ever is...
103 static void foo_release(struct kobject
*kobj
)
107 foo
= to_foo_obj(kobj
);
112 * The "foo" file where the .foo variable is read from and written to.
114 static ssize_t
foo_show(struct foo_obj
*foo_obj
, struct foo_attribute
*attr
,
117 return sprintf(buf
, "%d\n", foo_obj
->foo
);
120 static ssize_t
foo_store(struct foo_obj
*foo_obj
, struct foo_attribute
*attr
,
121 const char *buf
, size_t count
)
123 sscanf(buf
, "%du", &foo_obj
->foo
);
127 static struct foo_attribute foo_attribute
=
128 __ATTR(foo
, 0666, foo_show
, foo_store
);
131 * More complex function where we determine which variable is being accessed by
132 * looking at the attribute for the "baz" and "bar" files.
134 static ssize_t
b_show(struct foo_obj
*foo_obj
, struct foo_attribute
*attr
,
139 if (strcmp(attr
->attr
.name
, "baz") == 0)
143 return sprintf(buf
, "%d\n", var
);
146 static ssize_t
b_store(struct foo_obj
*foo_obj
, struct foo_attribute
*attr
,
147 const char *buf
, size_t count
)
151 sscanf(buf
, "%du", &var
);
152 if (strcmp(attr
->attr
.name
, "baz") == 0)
159 static struct foo_attribute baz_attribute
=
160 __ATTR(baz
, 0666, b_show
, b_store
);
161 static struct foo_attribute bar_attribute
=
162 __ATTR(bar
, 0666, b_show
, b_store
);
165 * Create a group of attributes so that we can create and destroy them all
168 static struct attribute
*foo_default_attrs
[] = {
172 NULL
, /* need to NULL terminate the list of attributes */
176 * Our own ktype for our kobjects. Here we specify our sysfs ops, the
177 * release function, and the set of default attributes we want created
178 * whenever a kobject of this type is registered with the kernel.
180 static struct kobj_type foo_ktype
= {
181 .sysfs_ops
= &foo_sysfs_ops
,
182 .release
= foo_release
,
183 .default_attrs
= foo_default_attrs
,
186 static struct kset
*example_kset
;
187 static struct foo_obj
*foo_obj
;
188 static struct foo_obj
*bar_obj
;
189 static struct foo_obj
*baz_obj
;
191 static struct foo_obj
*create_foo_obj(const char *name
)
196 /* allocate the memory for the whole object */
197 foo
= kzalloc(sizeof(*foo
), GFP_KERNEL
);
202 * As we have a kset for this kobject, we need to set it before calling
205 foo
->kobj
.kset
= example_kset
;
208 * Initialize and add the kobject to the kernel. All the default files
209 * will be created here. As we have already specified a kset for this
210 * kobject, we don't have to set a parent for the kobject, the kobject
211 * will be placed beneath that kset automatically.
213 retval
= kobject_init_and_add(&foo
->kobj
, &foo_ktype
, NULL
, "%s", name
);
215 kobject_put(&foo
->kobj
);
220 * We are always responsible for sending the uevent that the kobject
221 * was added to the system.
223 kobject_uevent(&foo
->kobj
, KOBJ_ADD
);
228 static void destroy_foo_obj(struct foo_obj
*foo
)
230 kobject_put(&foo
->kobj
);
233 static int __init
example_init(void)
236 * Create a kset with the name of "kset_example",
237 * located under /sys/kernel/
239 example_kset
= kset_create_and_add("kset_example", NULL
, kernel_kobj
);
244 * Create three objects and register them with our kset
246 foo_obj
= create_foo_obj("foo");
250 bar_obj
= create_foo_obj("bar");
254 baz_obj
= create_foo_obj("baz");
261 destroy_foo_obj(bar_obj
);
263 destroy_foo_obj(foo_obj
);
265 kset_unregister(example_kset
);
269 static void __exit
example_exit(void)
271 destroy_foo_obj(baz_obj
);
272 destroy_foo_obj(bar_obj
);
273 destroy_foo_obj(foo_obj
);
274 kset_unregister(example_kset
);
277 module_init(example_init
);
278 module_exit(example_exit
);
279 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
280 MODULE_AUTHOR("Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>");