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1/*
2 * Sample kobject implementation
3 *
4 * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
5 * Copyright (C) 2007 Novell Inc.
6 *
7 * Released under the GPL version 2 only.
8 *
9 */
10#include <linux/kobject.h>
11#include <linux/string.h>
12#include <linux/sysfs.h>
13#include <linux/module.h>
14#include <linux/init.h>
15
16/*
17 * This module shows how to create a simple subdirectory in sysfs called
18 * /sys/kernel/kobject-example In that directory, 3 files are created:
19 * "foo", "baz", and "bar". If an integer is written to these files, it can be
20 * later read out of it.
21 */
22
23static int foo;
24static int baz;
25static int bar;
26
27/*
28 * The "foo" file where a static variable is read from and written to.
29 */
30static ssize_t foo_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
31 char *buf)
32{
33 return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", foo);
34}
35
36static ssize_t foo_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
37 const char *buf, size_t count)
38{
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39 int ret;
40
41 ret = kstrtoint(buf, 10, &foo);
42 if (ret < 0)
43 return ret;
44
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45 return count;
46}
47
de510989 48/* Sysfs attributes cannot be world-writable. */
40efcb05 49static struct kobj_attribute foo_attribute =
de510989 50 __ATTR(foo, 0664, foo_show, foo_store);
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51
52/*
a115bc07 53 * More complex function where we determine which variable is being accessed by
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54 * looking at the attribute for the "baz" and "bar" files.
55 */
56static ssize_t b_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
57 char *buf)
58{
59 int var;
60
61 if (strcmp(attr->attr.name, "baz") == 0)
62 var = baz;
63 else
64 var = bar;
65 return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", var);
66}
67
68static ssize_t b_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
69 const char *buf, size_t count)
70{
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71 int var, ret;
72
73 ret = kstrtoint(buf, 10, &var);
74 if (ret < 0)
75 return ret;
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77 if (strcmp(attr->attr.name, "baz") == 0)
78 baz = var;
79 else
80 bar = var;
81 return count;
82}
83
84static struct kobj_attribute baz_attribute =
de510989 85 __ATTR(baz, 0664, b_show, b_store);
40efcb05 86static struct kobj_attribute bar_attribute =
de510989 87 __ATTR(bar, 0664, b_show, b_store);
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88
89
90/*
a115bc07 91 * Create a group of attributes so that we can create and destroy them all
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92 * at once.
93 */
94static struct attribute *attrs[] = {
95 &foo_attribute.attr,
96 &baz_attribute.attr,
97 &bar_attribute.attr,
98 NULL, /* need to NULL terminate the list of attributes */
99};
100
101/*
102 * An unnamed attribute group will put all of the attributes directly in
103 * the kobject directory. If we specify a name, a subdirectory will be
104 * created for the attributes with the directory being the name of the
105 * attribute group.
106 */
107static struct attribute_group attr_group = {
108 .attrs = attrs,
109};
110
111static struct kobject *example_kobj;
112
7ec7fb39 113static int __init example_init(void)
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114{
115 int retval;
116
117 /*
118 * Create a simple kobject with the name of "kobject_example",
119 * located under /sys/kernel/
120 *
121 * As this is a simple directory, no uevent will be sent to
122 * userspace. That is why this function should not be used for
123 * any type of dynamic kobjects, where the name and number are
124 * not known ahead of time.
125 */
126 example_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("kobject_example", kernel_kobj);
127 if (!example_kobj)
128 return -ENOMEM;
129
130 /* Create the files associated with this kobject */
131 retval = sysfs_create_group(example_kobj, &attr_group);
132 if (retval)
133 kobject_put(example_kobj);
134
135 return retval;
136}
137
7ec7fb39 138static void __exit example_exit(void)
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139{
140 kobject_put(example_kobj);
141}
142
143module_init(example_init);
144module_exit(example_exit);
07afb6ac 145MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
40efcb05 146MODULE_AUTHOR("Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>");