xref: /openbmc/linux/lib/kobject.c (revision 643d1f7f)
1 /*
2  * kobject.c - library routines for handling generic kernel objects
3  *
4  * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Patrick Mochel <mochel@osdl.org>
5  * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
6  * Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Novell Inc.
7  *
8  * This file is released under the GPLv2.
9  *
10  *
11  * Please see the file Documentation/kobject.txt for critical information
12  * about using the kobject interface.
13  */
14 
15 #include <linux/kobject.h>
16 #include <linux/string.h>
17 #include <linux/module.h>
18 #include <linux/stat.h>
19 #include <linux/slab.h>
20 
21 /*
22  * populate_dir - populate directory with attributes.
23  * @kobj: object we're working on.
24  *
25  * Most subsystems have a set of default attributes that are associated
26  * with an object that registers with them.  This is a helper called during
27  * object registration that loops through the default attributes of the
28  * subsystem and creates attributes files for them in sysfs.
29  */
30 static int populate_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
31 {
32 	struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
33 	struct attribute *attr;
34 	int error = 0;
35 	int i;
36 
37 	if (t && t->default_attrs) {
38 		for (i = 0; (attr = t->default_attrs[i]) != NULL; i++) {
39 			error = sysfs_create_file(kobj, attr);
40 			if (error)
41 				break;
42 		}
43 	}
44 	return error;
45 }
46 
47 static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
48 {
49 	int error = 0;
50 	if (kobject_name(kobj)) {
51 		error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
52 		if (!error) {
53 			error = populate_dir(kobj);
54 			if (error)
55 				sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
56 		}
57 	}
58 	return error;
59 }
60 
61 static inline struct kobject *to_kobj(struct list_head *entry)
62 {
63 	return container_of(entry, struct kobject, entry);
64 }
65 
66 static int get_kobj_path_length(struct kobject *kobj)
67 {
68 	int length = 1;
69 	struct kobject *parent = kobj;
70 
71 	/* walk up the ancestors until we hit the one pointing to the
72 	 * root.
73 	 * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level.
74 	 */
75 	do {
76 		if (kobject_name(parent) == NULL)
77 			return 0;
78 		length += strlen(kobject_name(parent)) + 1;
79 		parent = parent->parent;
80 	} while (parent);
81 	return length;
82 }
83 
84 static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
85 {
86 	struct kobject *parent;
87 
88 	--length;
89 	for (parent = kobj; parent; parent = parent->parent) {
90 		int cur = strlen(kobject_name(parent));
91 		/* back up enough to print this name with '/' */
92 		length -= cur;
93 		strncpy(path + length, kobject_name(parent), cur);
94 		*(path + --length) = '/';
95 	}
96 
97 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: path = '%s'\n", kobject_name(kobj),
98 		 kobj, __FUNCTION__, path);
99 }
100 
101 /**
102  * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
103  *
104  * @kobj:	kobject in question, with which to build the path
105  * @gfp_mask:	the allocation type used to allocate the path
106  *
107  * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
108  */
109 char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
110 {
111 	char *path;
112 	int len;
113 
114 	len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj);
115 	if (len == 0)
116 		return NULL;
117 	path = kzalloc(len, gfp_mask);
118 	if (!path)
119 		return NULL;
120 	fill_kobj_path(kobj, path, len);
121 
122 	return path;
123 }
124 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path);
125 
126 /* add the kobject to its kset's list */
127 static void kobj_kset_join(struct kobject *kobj)
128 {
129 	if (!kobj->kset)
130 		return;
131 
132 	kset_get(kobj->kset);
133 	spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
134 	list_add_tail(&kobj->entry, &kobj->kset->list);
135 	spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
136 }
137 
138 /* remove the kobject from its kset's list */
139 static void kobj_kset_leave(struct kobject *kobj)
140 {
141 	if (!kobj->kset)
142 		return;
143 
144 	spin_lock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
145 	list_del_init(&kobj->entry);
146 	spin_unlock(&kobj->kset->list_lock);
147 	kset_put(kobj->kset);
148 }
149 
150 static void kobject_init_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
151 {
152 	if (!kobj)
153 		return;
154 	kref_init(&kobj->kref);
155 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
156 }
157 
158 
159 static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
160 {
161 	int error = 0;
162 	struct kobject *parent;
163 
164 	if (!kobj)
165 		return -ENOENT;
166 
167 	if (!kobj->name || !kobj->name[0]) {
168 		pr_debug("kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty "
169 			 "name!\n", kobj);
170 		WARN_ON(1);
171 		return -EINVAL;
172 	}
173 
174 	parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
175 
176 	/* join kset if set, use it as parent if we do not already have one */
177 	if (kobj->kset) {
178 		if (!parent)
179 			parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
180 		kobj_kset_join(kobj);
181 		kobj->parent = parent;
182 	}
183 
184 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: parent: '%s', set: '%s'\n",
185 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__,
186 		 parent ? kobject_name(parent) : "<NULL>",
187 		 kobj->kset ? kobject_name(&kobj->kset->kobj) : "<NULL>");
188 
189 	error = create_dir(kobj);
190 	if (error) {
191 		kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
192 		kobject_put(parent);
193 		kobj->parent = NULL;
194 
195 		/* be noisy on error issues */
196 		if (error == -EEXIST)
197 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s with "
198 			       "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
199 			       "the same name in the same directory.\n",
200 			       __FUNCTION__, kobject_name(kobj));
201 		else
202 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
203 			       __FUNCTION__, kobject_name(kobj), error);
204 		dump_stack();
205 	} else
206 		kobj->state_in_sysfs = 1;
207 
208 	return error;
209 }
210 
211 /**
212  * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
213  * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
214  * @fmt: format string used to build the name
215  * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
216  */
217 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
218 				  va_list vargs)
219 {
220 	va_list aq;
221 	char *name;
222 
223 	va_copy(aq, vargs);
224 	name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
225 	va_end(aq);
226 
227 	if (!name)
228 		return -ENOMEM;
229 
230 	/* Free the old name, if necessary. */
231 	kfree(kobj->name);
232 
233 	/* Now, set the new name */
234 	kobj->name = name;
235 
236 	return 0;
237 }
238 
239 /**
240  * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
241  * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
242  * @fmt: format string used to build the name
243  *
244  * This sets the name of the kobject.  If you have already added the
245  * kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
246  * change the name of the kobject.
247  */
248 int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
249 {
250 	va_list args;
251 	int retval;
252 
253 	va_start(args, fmt);
254 	retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, args);
255 	va_end(args);
256 
257 	return retval;
258 }
259 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
260 
261 /**
262  * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
263  * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
264  * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
265  *
266  * This function will properly initialize a kobject such that it can then
267  * be passed to the kobject_add() call.
268  *
269  * After this function is called, the kobject MUST be cleaned up by a call
270  * to kobject_put(), not by a call to kfree directly to ensure that all of
271  * the memory is cleaned up properly.
272  */
273 void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
274 {
275 	char *err_str;
276 
277 	if (!kobj) {
278 		err_str = "invalid kobject pointer!";
279 		goto error;
280 	}
281 	if (!ktype) {
282 		err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
283 		goto error;
284 	}
285 	if (kobj->state_initialized) {
286 		/* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
287 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): tried to init an initialized "
288 		       "object, something is seriously wrong.\n", kobj);
289 		dump_stack();
290 	}
291 
292 	kref_init(&kobj->kref);
293 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
294 	kobj->ktype = ktype;
295 	kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
296 	kobj->state_add_uevent_sent = 0;
297 	kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent = 0;
298 	kobj->state_initialized = 1;
299 	return;
300 
301 error:
302 	printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): %s\n", kobj, err_str);
303 	dump_stack();
304 }
305 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
306 
307 static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
308 			    const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
309 {
310 	va_list aq;
311 	int retval;
312 
313 	va_copy(aq, vargs);
314 	retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, aq);
315 	va_end(aq);
316 	if (retval) {
317 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
318 		return retval;
319 	}
320 	kobj->parent = parent;
321 	return kobject_add_internal(kobj);
322 }
323 
324 /**
325  * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
326  * @kobj: the kobject to add
327  * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
328  * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
329  *
330  * The kobject name is set and added to the kobject hierarchy in this
331  * function.
332  *
333  * If @parent is set, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to it.
334  * If @parent is NULL, then the parent of the @kobj will be set to the
335  * kobject associted with the kset assigned to this kobject.  If no kset
336  * is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
337  * root of the sysfs tree.
338  *
339  * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
340  * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
341  * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
342  * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
343  *
344  * Note, no "add" uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
345  * up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
346  * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
347  * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
348  */
349 int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
350 		const char *fmt, ...)
351 {
352 	va_list args;
353 	int retval;
354 
355 	if (!kobj)
356 		return -EINVAL;
357 
358 	if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
359 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject '%s' (%p): tried to add an "
360 		       "uninitialized object, something is seriously wrong.\n",
361 		       kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
362 		dump_stack();
363 		return -EINVAL;
364 	}
365 	va_start(args, fmt);
366 	retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
367 	va_end(args);
368 
369 	return retval;
370 }
371 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
372 
373 /**
374  * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
375  * @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
376  * @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
377  * @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
378  * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
379  *
380  * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
381  * kobject_add().  The same type of error handling after a call to
382  * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
383  */
384 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
385 			 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
386 {
387 	va_list args;
388 	int retval;
389 
390 	kobject_init(kobj, ktype);
391 
392 	va_start(args, fmt);
393 	retval = kobject_add_varg(kobj, parent, fmt, args);
394 	va_end(args);
395 
396 	return retval;
397 }
398 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
399 
400 /**
401  * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
402  * @kobj: object in question.
403  * @new_name: object's new name
404  */
405 int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
406 {
407 	int error = 0;
408 	const char *devpath = NULL;
409 	char *devpath_string = NULL;
410 	char *envp[2];
411 
412 	kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
413 	if (!kobj)
414 		return -EINVAL;
415 	if (!kobj->parent)
416 		return -EINVAL;
417 
418 	/* see if this name is already in use */
419 	if (kobj->kset) {
420 		struct kobject *temp_kobj;
421 		temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
422 		if (temp_kobj) {
423 			printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
424 			       "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
425 			       kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
426 			kobject_put(temp_kobj);
427 			return -EINVAL;
428 		}
429 	}
430 
431 	devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
432 	if (!devpath) {
433 		error = -ENOMEM;
434 		goto out;
435 	}
436 	devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
437 	if (!devpath_string) {
438 		error = -ENOMEM;
439 		goto out;
440 	}
441 	sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
442 	envp[0] = devpath_string;
443 	envp[1] = NULL;
444 
445 	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
446 
447 	/* This function is mostly/only used for network interface.
448 	 * Some hotplug package track interfaces by their name and
449 	 * therefore want to know when the name is changed by the user. */
450 	if (!error)
451 		kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
452 
453 out:
454 	kfree(devpath_string);
455 	kfree(devpath);
456 	kobject_put(kobj);
457 
458 	return error;
459 }
460 
461 /**
462  * kobject_move - move object to another parent
463  * @kobj: object in question.
464  * @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
465  */
466 int kobject_move(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
467 {
468 	int error;
469 	struct kobject *old_parent;
470 	const char *devpath = NULL;
471 	char *devpath_string = NULL;
472 	char *envp[2];
473 
474 	kobj = kobject_get(kobj);
475 	if (!kobj)
476 		return -EINVAL;
477 	new_parent = kobject_get(new_parent);
478 	if (!new_parent) {
479 		if (kobj->kset)
480 			new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
481 	}
482 	/* old object path */
483 	devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
484 	if (!devpath) {
485 		error = -ENOMEM;
486 		goto out;
487 	}
488 	devpath_string = kmalloc(strlen(devpath) + 15, GFP_KERNEL);
489 	if (!devpath_string) {
490 		error = -ENOMEM;
491 		goto out;
492 	}
493 	sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
494 	envp[0] = devpath_string;
495 	envp[1] = NULL;
496 	error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
497 	if (error)
498 		goto out;
499 	old_parent = kobj->parent;
500 	kobj->parent = new_parent;
501 	new_parent = NULL;
502 	kobject_put(old_parent);
503 	kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_MOVE, envp);
504 out:
505 	kobject_put(new_parent);
506 	kobject_put(kobj);
507 	kfree(devpath_string);
508 	kfree(devpath);
509 	return error;
510 }
511 
512 /**
513  * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
514  * @kobj: object.
515  */
516 void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
517 {
518 	if (!kobj)
519 		return;
520 
521 	sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
522 	kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
523 	kobj_kset_leave(kobj);
524 	kobject_put(kobj->parent);
525 	kobj->parent = NULL;
526 }
527 
528 /**
529  * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
530  * @kobj: object.
531  */
532 struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
533 {
534 	if (kobj)
535 		kref_get(&kobj->kref);
536 	return kobj;
537 }
538 
539 /*
540  * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
541  * @kobj: object to cleanup
542  */
543 static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
544 {
545 	struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj);
546 	const char *name = kobj->name;
547 
548 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
549 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
550 
551 	if (t && !t->release)
552 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
553 			 "function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
554 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
555 
556 	/* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
557 	if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
558 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup 'remove' event\n",
559 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
560 		kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
561 	}
562 
563 	/* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
564 	if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
565 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
566 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
567 		kobject_del(kobj);
568 	}
569 
570 	if (t && t->release) {
571 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
572 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
573 		t->release(kobj);
574 	}
575 
576 	/* free name if we allocated it */
577 	if (name) {
578 		pr_debug("kobject: '%s': free name\n", name);
579 		kfree(name);
580 	}
581 }
582 
583 static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
584 {
585 	kobject_cleanup(container_of(kref, struct kobject, kref));
586 }
587 
588 /**
589  * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
590  * @kobj: object.
591  *
592  * Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
593  */
594 void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
595 {
596 	if (kobj)
597 		kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
598 }
599 
600 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
601 {
602 	pr_debug("kobject: (%p): %s\n", kobj, __FUNCTION__);
603 	kfree(kobj);
604 }
605 
606 static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
607 	.release	= dynamic_kobj_release,
608 	.sysfs_ops	= &kobj_sysfs_ops,
609 };
610 
611 /**
612  * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
613  *
614  * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
615  * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
616  *
617  * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
618  * The kobject structure returned from here must be cleaned up with a
619  * call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
620  * already been called on this structure.
621  */
622 struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
623 {
624 	struct kobject *kobj;
625 
626 	kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
627 	if (!kobj)
628 		return NULL;
629 
630 	kobject_init(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
631 	return kobj;
632 }
633 
634 /**
635  * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
636  *
637  * @name: the name for the kset
638  * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
639  *
640  * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
641  * with sysfs.  When you are finished with this structure, call
642  * kobject_put() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
643  * it is no longer being used.
644  *
645  * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
646  */
647 struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
648 {
649 	struct kobject *kobj;
650 	int retval;
651 
652 	kobj = kobject_create();
653 	if (!kobj)
654 		return NULL;
655 
656 	retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
657 	if (retval) {
658 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
659 		       __FUNCTION__, retval);
660 		kobject_put(kobj);
661 		kobj = NULL;
662 	}
663 	return kobj;
664 }
665 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
666 
667 /**
668  * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
669  * @k: kset
670  */
671 void kset_init(struct kset *k)
672 {
673 	kobject_init_internal(&k->kobj);
674 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
675 	spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
676 }
677 
678 /* default kobject attribute operations */
679 static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
680 			      char *buf)
681 {
682 	struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
683 	ssize_t ret = -EIO;
684 
685 	kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
686 	if (kattr->show)
687 		ret = kattr->show(kobj, kattr, buf);
688 	return ret;
689 }
690 
691 static ssize_t kobj_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
692 			       const char *buf, size_t count)
693 {
694 	struct kobj_attribute *kattr;
695 	ssize_t ret = -EIO;
696 
697 	kattr = container_of(attr, struct kobj_attribute, attr);
698 	if (kattr->store)
699 		ret = kattr->store(kobj, kattr, buf, count);
700 	return ret;
701 }
702 
703 struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
704 	.show	= kobj_attr_show,
705 	.store	= kobj_attr_store,
706 };
707 
708 /**
709  * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
710  * @k: kset.
711  */
712 int kset_register(struct kset *k)
713 {
714 	int err;
715 
716 	if (!k)
717 		return -EINVAL;
718 
719 	kset_init(k);
720 	err = kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
721 	if (err)
722 		return err;
723 	kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
724 	return 0;
725 }
726 
727 /**
728  * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
729  * @k: kset.
730  */
731 void kset_unregister(struct kset *k)
732 {
733 	if (!k)
734 		return;
735 	kobject_put(&k->kobj);
736 }
737 
738 /**
739  * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
740  * @kset: kset we're looking in.
741  * @name: object's name.
742  *
743  * Lock kset via @kset->subsys, and iterate over @kset->list,
744  * looking for a matching kobject. If matching object is found
745  * take a reference and return the object.
746  */
747 struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
748 {
749 	struct list_head *entry;
750 	struct kobject *ret = NULL;
751 
752 	spin_lock(&kset->list_lock);
753 	list_for_each(entry, &kset->list) {
754 		struct kobject *k = to_kobj(entry);
755 		if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k), name)) {
756 			ret = kobject_get(k);
757 			break;
758 		}
759 	}
760 	spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
761 	return ret;
762 }
763 
764 static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
765 {
766 	struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
767 	pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
768 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
769 	kfree(kset);
770 }
771 
772 static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
773 	.sysfs_ops	= &kobj_sysfs_ops,
774 	.release = kset_release,
775 };
776 
777 /**
778  * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
779  *
780  * @name: the name for the kset
781  * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
782  * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
783  *
784  * This function creates a kset structure dynamically.  This structure can
785  * then be registered with the system and show up in sysfs with a call to
786  * kset_register().  When you are finished with this structure, if
787  * kset_register() has been called, call kset_unregister() and the
788  * structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.
789  *
790  * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
791  */
792 static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
793 				struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
794 				struct kobject *parent_kobj)
795 {
796 	struct kset *kset;
797 
798 	kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
799 	if (!kset)
800 		return NULL;
801 	kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
802 	kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
803 	kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
804 
805 	/*
806 	 * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
807 	 * no kset itself.  That way we can properly free it when it is
808 	 * finished being used.
809 	 */
810 	kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
811 	kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
812 
813 	return kset;
814 }
815 
816 /**
817  * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
818  *
819  * @name: the name for the kset
820  * @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
821  * @parent_kobj: the parent kobject of this kset, if any.
822  *
823  * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
824  * with sysfs.  When you are finished with this structure, call
825  * kset_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when it
826  * is no longer being used.
827  *
828  * If the kset was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
829  */
830 struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
831 				 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops,
832 				 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
833 {
834 	struct kset *kset;
835 	int error;
836 
837 	kset = kset_create(name, uevent_ops, parent_kobj);
838 	if (!kset)
839 		return NULL;
840 	error = kset_register(kset);
841 	if (error) {
842 		kfree(kset);
843 		return NULL;
844 	}
845 	return kset;
846 }
847 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
848 
849 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
850 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_put);
851 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
852 
853 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
854 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);
855