kobject: add kobject_create_and_add function
This lets users create dynamic kobjects much easier.
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index f91aeb7..33e7a61 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *);
+extern struct kobject * __must_check kobject_create_and_add(const char *name,
+ struct kobject *parent);
+
extern int __must_check kobject_rename(struct kobject *, const char *new_name);
extern int __must_check kobject_move(struct kobject *, struct kobject *);
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 4fb27ba..98422a3 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -619,18 +619,69 @@
kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
}
-
-static void dir_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
{
+ pr_debug("%s: freeing %s\n", __FUNCTION__, kobject_name(kobj));
kfree(kobj);
}
-static struct kobj_type dir_ktype = {
- .release = dir_release,
- .sysfs_ops = NULL,
- .default_attrs = NULL,
+static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
+ .release = dynamic_kobj_release,
};
+/*
+ * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
+ *
+ * This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and sets it up
+ * to be a "dynamic" kobject with a default release function set up.
+ *
+ * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
+ */
+static struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
+{
+ struct kobject *kobj;
+
+ kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!kobj)
+ return NULL;
+
+ kobject_init_ng(kobj, &dynamic_kobj_ktype);
+ return kobj;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
+ *
+ * @name: the name for the kset
+ * @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
+ *
+ * This function creates a kset structure dynamically and registers it
+ * with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call
+ * kobject_unregister() and the structure will be dynamically freed when
+ * it is no longer being used.
+ *
+ * If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.
+ */
+struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
+{
+ struct kobject *kobj;
+ int retval;
+
+ kobj = kobject_create();
+ if (!kobj)
+ return NULL;
+
+ retval = kobject_add_ng(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
+ if (retval) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
+ __FUNCTION__, retval);
+ kobject_put(kobj);
+ kobj = NULL;
+ }
+ return kobj;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
+
/**
* kobject_kset_add_dir - add sub directory of object.
* @kset: kset the directory is belongs to.
@@ -645,23 +696,17 @@
struct kobject *k;
int ret;
- if (!parent)
- return NULL;
-
- k = kzalloc(sizeof(*k), GFP_KERNEL);
+ k = kobject_create();
if (!k)
return NULL;
k->kset = kset;
- k->parent = parent;
- k->ktype = &dir_ktype;
- kobject_set_name(k, name);
- ret = kobject_register(k);
+ ret = kobject_add_ng(k, parent, "%s", name);
if (ret < 0) {
- printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_register error: %d\n",
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
__func__, ret);
- kobject_del(k);
- return NULL;
+ kobject_put(k);
+ k = NULL;
}
return k;
@@ -676,7 +721,7 @@
*/
struct kobject *kobject_add_dir(struct kobject *parent, const char *name)
{
- return kobject_kset_add_dir(NULL, parent, name);
+ return kobject_create_and_add(name, parent);
}
/**