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-rw-r--r--lib/kobject.c93
-rw-r--r--lib/kobject_uevent.c11
2 files changed, 68 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index aa89edcd2b63..f2ccdbac8ed9 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/random.h>
/**
- * kobject_namespace - return @kobj's namespace tag
+ * kobject_namespace() - Return @kobj's namespace tag.
* @kobj: kobject in question
*
* Returns namespace tag of @kobj if its parent has namespace ops enabled
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const void *kobject_namespace(struct kobject *kobj)
}
/**
- * kobject_get_ownership - get sysfs ownership data for @kobj
+ * kobject_get_ownership() - Get sysfs ownership data for @kobj.
* @kobj: kobject in question
* @uid: kernel user ID for sysfs objects
* @gid: kernel group ID for sysfs objects
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static int populate_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
{
+ const struct kobj_type *ktype = get_ktype(kobj);
const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops;
int error;
@@ -95,6 +96,14 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
return error;
}
+ if (ktype) {
+ error = sysfs_create_groups(kobj, ktype->default_groups);
+ if (error) {
+ sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
+ return error;
+ }
+ }
+
/*
* @kobj->sd may be deleted by an ancestor going away. Hold an
* extra reference so that it stays until @kobj is gone.
@@ -153,12 +162,11 @@ static void fill_kobj_path(struct kobject *kobj, char *path, int length)
}
/**
- * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
- *
+ * kobject_get_path() - Allocate memory and fill in the path for @kobj.
* @kobj: kobject in question, with which to build the path
* @gfp_mask: the allocation type used to allocate the path
*
- * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
+ * Return: The newly allocated memory, caller must free with kfree().
*/
char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
@@ -265,7 +273,7 @@ static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
}
/**
- * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
+ * kobject_set_name_vargs() - Set the name of a kobject.
* @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
* @fmt: format string used to build the name
* @vargs: vargs to format the string.
@@ -305,7 +313,7 @@ int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
}
/**
- * kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
+ * kobject_set_name() - Set the name of a kobject.
* @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
* @fmt: format string used to build the name
*
@@ -327,7 +335,7 @@ int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);
/**
- * kobject_init - initialize a kobject structure
+ * kobject_init() - Initialize a kobject structure.
* @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
* @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
*
@@ -383,7 +391,7 @@ static __printf(3, 0) int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj,
}
/**
- * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
+ * kobject_add() - The main kobject add function.
* @kobj: the kobject to add
* @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
* @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
@@ -397,15 +405,23 @@ static __printf(3, 0) int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj,
* is assigned to the kobject, then the kobject will be located in the
* root of the sysfs tree.
*
- * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
- * properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
- * Under no instance should the kobject that is passed to this function
- * be directly freed with a call to kfree(), that can leak memory.
- *
* Note, no "add" uevent will be created with this call, the caller should set
* up all of the necessary sysfs files for the object and then call
* kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
* userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
+ *
+ * Return: If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be
+ * called to properly clean up the memory associated with the
+ * object. Under no instance should the kobject that is passed
+ * to this function be directly freed with a call to kfree(),
+ * that can leak memory.
+ *
+ * If this function returns success, kobject_put() must also be called
+ * in order to properly clean up the memory associated with the object.
+ *
+ * In short, once this function is called, kobject_put() MUST be called
+ * when the use of the object is finished in order to properly free
+ * everything.
*/
int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -431,15 +447,19 @@ int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
/**
- * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
+ * kobject_init_and_add() - Initialize a kobject structure and add it to
+ * the kobject hierarchy.
* @kobj: pointer to the kobject to initialize
* @ktype: pointer to the ktype for this kobject.
* @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
* @fmt: the name of the kobject.
*
- * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
- * kobject_add(). The same type of error handling after a call to
- * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
+ * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and kobject_add().
+ *
+ * If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
+ * properly clean up the memory associated with the object. This is the
+ * same type of error handling after a call to kobject_add() and kobject
+ * lifetime rules are the same here.
*/
int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -458,7 +478,7 @@ int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
/**
- * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
+ * kobject_rename() - Change the name of an object.
* @kobj: object in question.
* @new_name: object's new name
*
@@ -525,7 +545,7 @@ out:
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_rename);
/**
- * kobject_move - move object to another parent
+ * kobject_move() - Move object to another parent.
* @kobj: object in question.
* @new_parent: object's new parent (can be NULL)
*/
@@ -578,17 +598,26 @@ out:
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_move);
/**
- * kobject_del - unlink kobject from hierarchy.
+ * kobject_del() - Unlink kobject from hierarchy.
* @kobj: object.
+ *
+ * This is the function that should be called to delete an object
+ * successfully added via kobject_add().
*/
void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
{
struct kernfs_node *sd;
+ const struct kobj_type *ktype;
if (!kobj)
return;
sd = kobj->sd;
+ ktype = get_ktype(kobj);
+
+ if (ktype)
+ sysfs_remove_groups(kobj, ktype->default_groups);
+
sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
sysfs_put(sd);
@@ -600,7 +629,7 @@ void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_del);
/**
- * kobject_get - increment refcount for object.
+ * kobject_get() - Increment refcount for object.
* @kobj: object.
*/
struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
@@ -693,7 +722,7 @@ static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
}
/**
- * kobject_put - decrement refcount for object.
+ * kobject_put() - Decrement refcount for object.
* @kobj: object.
*
* Decrement the refcount, and if 0, call kobject_cleanup().
@@ -722,7 +751,7 @@ static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
};
/**
- * kobject_create - create a struct kobject dynamically
+ * 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.
@@ -745,8 +774,8 @@ struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
}
/**
- * kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
- *
+ * kobject_create_and_add() - Create a struct kobject dynamically and
+ * register it with sysfs.
* @name: the name for the kobject
* @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
*
@@ -777,7 +806,7 @@ struct kobject *kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_add);
/**
- * kset_init - initialize a kset for use
+ * kset_init() - Initialize a kset for use.
* @k: kset
*/
void kset_init(struct kset *k)
@@ -819,7 +848,7 @@ const struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobj_sysfs_ops);
/**
- * kset_register - initialize and add a kset.
+ * kset_register() - Initialize and add a kset.
* @k: kset.
*/
int kset_register(struct kset *k)
@@ -839,7 +868,7 @@ int kset_register(struct kset *k)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_register);
/**
- * kset_unregister - remove a kset.
+ * kset_unregister() - Remove a kset.
* @k: kset.
*/
void kset_unregister(struct kset *k)
@@ -852,7 +881,7 @@ void kset_unregister(struct kset *k)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kset_unregister);
/**
- * kset_find_obj - search for object in kset.
+ * kset_find_obj() - Search for object in kset.
* @kset: kset we're looking in.
* @name: object's name.
*
@@ -900,7 +929,7 @@ static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
};
/**
- * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
+ * kset_create() - Create a struct kset dynamically.
*
* @name: the name for the kset
* @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
@@ -944,7 +973,7 @@ static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
}
/**
- * kset_create_and_add - create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs
+ * kset_create_and_add() - Create a struct kset dynamically and add it to sysfs.
*
* @name: the name for the kset
* @uevent_ops: a struct kset_uevent_ops for the kset
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index f05802687ba4..7998affa45d4 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -466,6 +466,13 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
int i = 0;
int retval = 0;
+ /*
+ * Mark "remove" event done regardless of result, for some subsystems
+ * do not want to re-trigger "remove" event via automatic cleanup.
+ */
+ if (action == KOBJ_REMOVE)
+ kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent = 1;
+
pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
@@ -567,10 +574,6 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
kobj->state_add_uevent_sent = 1;
break;
- case KOBJ_REMOVE:
- kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent = 1;
- break;
-
case KOBJ_UNBIND:
zap_modalias_env(env);
break;