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1 /*
2 * procfs_example.c: an example proc interface
4 * Copyright (C) 2001, Erik Mouw (mouw@nl.linux.org)
6 * This file accompanies the procfs-guide in the Linux kernel
7 * source. Its main use is to demonstrate the concepts and
8 * functions described in the guide.
10 * This software has been developed while working on the LART
11 * computing board (http://www.lartmaker.nl), which was sponsored
12 * by the Delt University of Technology projects Mobile Multi-media
13 * Communications and Ubiquitous Communications.
15 * This program is free software; you can redistribute
16 * it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
17 * Public License as published by the Free Software
18 * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
19 * option) any later version.
21 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
22 * useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
23 * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
24 * PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
25 * details.
27 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
28 * License along with this program; if not, write to the
29 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,
30 * Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
34 #include <linux/module.h>
35 #include <linux/kernel.h>
36 #include <linux/init.h>
37 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
38 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
39 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
42 #define MODULE_VERS "1.0"
43 #define MODULE_NAME "procfs_example"
45 #define FOOBAR_LEN 8
47 struct fb_data_t {
48 char name[FOOBAR_LEN + 1];
49 char value[FOOBAR_LEN + 1];
53 static struct proc_dir_entry *example_dir, *foo_file,
54 *bar_file, *jiffies_file, *symlink;
57 struct fb_data_t foo_data, bar_data;
60 static int proc_read_jiffies(char *page, char **start,
61 off_t off, int count,
62 int *eof, void *data)
64 int len;
66 len = sprintf(page, "jiffies = %ld\n",
67 jiffies);
69 return len;
73 static int proc_read_foobar(char *page, char **start,
74 off_t off, int count,
75 int *eof, void *data)
77 int len;
78 struct fb_data_t *fb_data = (struct fb_data_t *)data;
80 /* DON'T DO THAT - buffer overruns are bad */
81 len = sprintf(page, "%s = '%s'\n",
82 fb_data->name, fb_data->value);
84 return len;
88 static int proc_write_foobar(struct file *file,
89 const char *buffer,
90 unsigned long count,
91 void *data)
93 int len;
94 struct fb_data_t *fb_data = (struct fb_data_t *)data;
96 if(count > FOOBAR_LEN)
97 len = FOOBAR_LEN;
98 else
99 len = count;
101 if(copy_from_user(fb_data->value, buffer, len))
102 return -EFAULT;
104 fb_data->value[len] = '\0';
106 return len;
110 static int __init init_procfs_example(void)
112 int rv = 0;
114 /* create directory */
115 example_dir = proc_mkdir(MODULE_NAME, NULL);
116 if(example_dir == NULL) {
117 rv = -ENOMEM;
118 goto out;
120 /* create jiffies using convenience function */
121 jiffies_file = create_proc_read_entry("jiffies",
122 0444, example_dir,
123 proc_read_jiffies,
124 NULL);
125 if(jiffies_file == NULL) {
126 rv = -ENOMEM;
127 goto no_jiffies;
130 /* create foo and bar files using same callback
131 * functions
133 foo_file = create_proc_entry("foo", 0644, example_dir);
134 if(foo_file == NULL) {
135 rv = -ENOMEM;
136 goto no_foo;
139 strcpy(foo_data.name, "foo");
140 strcpy(foo_data.value, "foo");
141 foo_file->data = &foo_data;
142 foo_file->read_proc = proc_read_foobar;
143 foo_file->write_proc = proc_write_foobar;
145 bar_file = create_proc_entry("bar", 0644, example_dir);
146 if(bar_file == NULL) {
147 rv = -ENOMEM;
148 goto no_bar;
151 strcpy(bar_data.name, "bar");
152 strcpy(bar_data.value, "bar");
153 bar_file->data = &bar_data;
154 bar_file->read_proc = proc_read_foobar;
155 bar_file->write_proc = proc_write_foobar;
157 /* create symlink */
158 symlink = proc_symlink("jiffies_too", example_dir,
159 "jiffies");
160 if(symlink == NULL) {
161 rv = -ENOMEM;
162 goto no_symlink;
165 /* everything OK */
166 printk(KERN_INFO "%s %s initialised\n",
167 MODULE_NAME, MODULE_VERS);
168 return 0;
170 no_symlink:
171 remove_proc_entry("bar", example_dir);
172 no_bar:
173 remove_proc_entry("foo", example_dir);
174 no_foo:
175 remove_proc_entry("jiffies", example_dir);
176 no_jiffies:
177 remove_proc_entry(MODULE_NAME, NULL);
178 out:
179 return rv;
183 static void __exit cleanup_procfs_example(void)
185 remove_proc_entry("jiffies_too", example_dir);
186 remove_proc_entry("bar", example_dir);
187 remove_proc_entry("foo", example_dir);
188 remove_proc_entry("jiffies", example_dir);
189 remove_proc_entry(MODULE_NAME, NULL);
191 printk(KERN_INFO "%s %s removed\n",
192 MODULE_NAME, MODULE_VERS);
196 module_init(init_procfs_example);
197 module_exit(cleanup_procfs_example);
199 MODULE_AUTHOR("Erik Mouw");
200 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("procfs examples");
201 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");