linux/fs/char_dev.c
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   1/*
   2 *  linux/fs/char_dev.c
   3 *
   4 *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
   5 */
   6
   7#include <linux/init.h>
   8#include <linux/fs.h>
   9#include <linux/kdev_t.h>
  10#include <linux/slab.h>
  11#include <linux/string.h>
  12
  13#include <linux/major.h>
  14#include <linux/errno.h>
  15#include <linux/module.h>
  16#include <linux/seq_file.h>
  17
  18#include <linux/kobject.h>
  19#include <linux/kobj_map.h>
  20#include <linux/cdev.h>
  21#include <linux/mutex.h>
  22#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
  23#include <linux/tty.h>
  24
  25#include "internal.h"
  26
  27static struct kobj_map *cdev_map;
  28
  29static DEFINE_MUTEX(chrdevs_lock);
  30
  31static struct char_device_struct {
  32        struct char_device_struct *next;
  33        unsigned int major;
  34        unsigned int baseminor;
  35        int minorct;
  36        char name[64];
  37        struct cdev *cdev;              /* will die */
  38} *chrdevs[CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE];
  39
  40/* index in the above */
  41static inline int major_to_index(unsigned major)
  42{
  43        return major % CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE;
  44}
  45
  46#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
  47
  48void chrdev_show(struct seq_file *f, off_t offset)
  49{
  50        struct char_device_struct *cd;
  51
  52        if (offset < CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE) {
  53                mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
  54                for (cd = chrdevs[offset]; cd; cd = cd->next)
  55                        seq_printf(f, "%3d %s\n", cd->major, cd->name);
  56                mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
  57        }
  58}
  59
  60#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
  61
  62/*
  63 * Register a single major with a specified minor range.
  64 *
  65 * If major == 0 this functions will dynamically allocate a major and return
  66 * its number.
  67 *
  68 * If major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve the passed range of
  69 * minors and will return zero on success.
  70 *
  71 * Returns a -ve errno on failure.
  72 */
  73static struct char_device_struct *
  74__register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
  75                           int minorct, const char *name)
  76{
  77        struct char_device_struct *cd, **cp;
  78        int ret = 0;
  79        int i;
  80
  81        cd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct char_device_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
  82        if (cd == NULL)
  83                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
  84
  85        mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
  86
  87        /* temporary */
  88        if (major == 0) {
  89                for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(chrdevs)-1; i > 0; i--) {
  90                        if (chrdevs[i] == NULL)
  91                                break;
  92                }
  93
  94                if (i == 0) {
  95                        ret = -EBUSY;
  96                        goto out;
  97                }
  98                major = i;
  99        }
 100
 101        cd->major = major;
 102        cd->baseminor = baseminor;
 103        cd->minorct = minorct;
 104        strlcpy(cd->name, name, sizeof(cd->name));
 105
 106        i = major_to_index(major);
 107
 108        for (cp = &chrdevs[i]; *cp; cp = &(*cp)->next)
 109                if ((*cp)->major > major ||
 110                    ((*cp)->major == major &&
 111                     (((*cp)->baseminor >= baseminor) ||
 112                      ((*cp)->baseminor + (*cp)->minorct > baseminor))))
 113                        break;
 114
 115        /* Check for overlapping minor ranges.  */
 116        if (*cp && (*cp)->major == major) {
 117                int old_min = (*cp)->baseminor;
 118                int old_max = (*cp)->baseminor + (*cp)->minorct - 1;
 119                int new_min = baseminor;
 120                int new_max = baseminor + minorct - 1;
 121
 122                /* New driver overlaps from the left.  */
 123                if (new_max >= old_min && new_max <= old_max) {
 124                        ret = -EBUSY;
 125                        goto out;
 126                }
 127
 128                /* New driver overlaps from the right.  */
 129                if (new_min <= old_max && new_min >= old_min) {
 130                        ret = -EBUSY;
 131                        goto out;
 132                }
 133        }
 134
 135        cd->next = *cp;
 136        *cp = cd;
 137        mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
 138        return cd;
 139out:
 140        mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
 141        kfree(cd);
 142        return ERR_PTR(ret);
 143}
 144
 145static struct char_device_struct *
 146__unregister_chrdev_region(unsigned major, unsigned baseminor, int minorct)
 147{
 148        struct char_device_struct *cd = NULL, **cp;
 149        int i = major_to_index(major);
 150
 151        mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
 152        for (cp = &chrdevs[i]; *cp; cp = &(*cp)->next)
 153                if ((*cp)->major == major &&
 154                    (*cp)->baseminor == baseminor &&
 155                    (*cp)->minorct == minorct)
 156                        break;
 157        if (*cp) {
 158                cd = *cp;
 159                *cp = cd->next;
 160        }
 161        mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
 162        return cd;
 163}
 164
 165/**
 166 * register_chrdev_region() - register a range of device numbers
 167 * @from: the first in the desired range of device numbers; must include
 168 *        the major number.
 169 * @count: the number of consecutive device numbers required
 170 * @name: the name of the device or driver.
 171 *
 172 * Return value is zero on success, a negative error code on failure.
 173 */
 174int register_chrdev_region(dev_t from, unsigned count, const char *name)
 175{
 176        struct char_device_struct *cd;
 177        dev_t to = from + count;
 178        dev_t n, next;
 179
 180        for (n = from; n < to; n = next) {
 181                next = MKDEV(MAJOR(n)+1, 0);
 182                if (next > to)
 183                        next = to;
 184                cd = __register_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n), MINOR(n),
 185                               next - n, name);
 186                if (IS_ERR(cd))
 187                        goto fail;
 188        }
 189        return 0;
 190fail:
 191        to = n;
 192        for (n = from; n < to; n = next) {
 193                next = MKDEV(MAJOR(n)+1, 0);
 194                kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n), MINOR(n), next - n));
 195        }
 196        return PTR_ERR(cd);
 197}
 198
 199/**
 200 * alloc_chrdev_region() - register a range of char device numbers
 201 * @dev: output parameter for first assigned number
 202 * @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers
 203 * @count: the number of minor numbers required
 204 * @name: the name of the associated device or driver
 205 *
 206 * Allocates a range of char device numbers.  The major number will be
 207 * chosen dynamically, and returned (along with the first minor number)
 208 * in @dev.  Returns zero or a negative error code.
 209 */
 210int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t *dev, unsigned baseminor, unsigned count,
 211                        const char *name)
 212{
 213        struct char_device_struct *cd;
 214        cd = __register_chrdev_region(0, baseminor, count, name);
 215        if (IS_ERR(cd))
 216                return PTR_ERR(cd);
 217        *dev = MKDEV(cd->major, cd->baseminor);
 218        return 0;
 219}
 220
 221/**
 222 * __register_chrdev() - create and register a cdev occupying a range of minors
 223 * @major: major device number or 0 for dynamic allocation
 224 * @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers
 225 * @count: the number of minor numbers required
 226 * @name: name of this range of devices
 227 * @fops: file operations associated with this devices
 228 *
 229 * If @major == 0 this functions will dynamically allocate a major and return
 230 * its number.
 231 *
 232 * If @major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve a device with the given
 233 * major number and will return zero on success.
 234 *
 235 * Returns a -ve errno on failure.
 236 *
 237 * The name of this device has nothing to do with the name of the device in
 238 * /dev. It only helps to keep track of the different owners of devices. If
 239 * your module name has only one type of devices it's ok to use e.g. the name
 240 * of the module here.
 241 */
 242int __register_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
 243                      unsigned int count, const char *name,
 244                      const struct file_operations *fops)
 245{
 246        struct char_device_struct *cd;
 247        struct cdev *cdev;
 248        int err = -ENOMEM;
 249
 250        cd = __register_chrdev_region(major, baseminor, count, name);
 251        if (IS_ERR(cd))
 252                return PTR_ERR(cd);
 253
 254        cdev = cdev_alloc();
 255        if (!cdev)
 256                goto out2;
 257
 258        cdev->owner = fops->owner;
 259        cdev->ops = fops;
 260        kobject_set_name(&cdev->kobj, "%s", name);
 261
 262        err = cdev_add(cdev, MKDEV(cd->major, baseminor), count);
 263        if (err)
 264                goto out;
 265
 266        cd->cdev = cdev;
 267
 268        return major ? 0 : cd->major;
 269out:
 270        kobject_put(&cdev->kobj);
 271out2:
 272        kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(cd->major, baseminor, count));
 273        return err;
 274}
 275
 276/**
 277 * unregister_chrdev_region() - return a range of device numbers
 278 * @from: the first in the range of numbers to unregister
 279 * @count: the number of device numbers to unregister
 280 *
 281 * This function will unregister a range of @count device numbers,
 282 * starting with @from.  The caller should normally be the one who
 283 * allocated those numbers in the first place...
 284 */
 285void unregister_chrdev_region(dev_t from, unsigned count)
 286{
 287        dev_t to = from + count;
 288        dev_t n, next;
 289
 290        for (n = from; n < to; n = next) {
 291                next = MKDEV(MAJOR(n)+1, 0);
 292                if (next > to)
 293                        next = to;
 294                kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n), MINOR(n), next - n));
 295        }
 296}
 297
 298/**
 299 * __unregister_chrdev - unregister and destroy a cdev
 300 * @major: major device number
 301 * @baseminor: first of the range of minor numbers
 302 * @count: the number of minor numbers this cdev is occupying
 303 * @name: name of this range of devices
 304 *
 305 * Unregister and destroy the cdev occupying the region described by
 306 * @major, @baseminor and @count.  This function undoes what
 307 * __register_chrdev() did.
 308 */
 309void __unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
 310                         unsigned int count, const char *name)
 311{
 312        struct char_device_struct *cd;
 313
 314        cd = __unregister_chrdev_region(major, baseminor, count);
 315        if (cd && cd->cdev)
 316                cdev_del(cd->cdev);
 317        kfree(cd);
 318}
 319
 320static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cdev_lock);
 321
 322static struct kobject *cdev_get(struct cdev *p)
 323{
 324        struct module *owner = p->owner;
 325        struct kobject *kobj;
 326
 327        if (owner && !try_module_get(owner))
 328                return NULL;
 329        kobj = kobject_get(&p->kobj);
 330        if (!kobj)
 331                module_put(owner);
 332        return kobj;
 333}
 334
 335void cdev_put(struct cdev *p)
 336{
 337        if (p) {
 338                struct module *owner = p->owner;
 339                kobject_put(&p->kobj);
 340                module_put(owner);
 341        }
 342}
 343
 344/*
 345 * Called every time a character special file is opened
 346 */
 347static int chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 348{
 349        const struct file_operations *fops;
 350        struct cdev *p;
 351        struct cdev *new = NULL;
 352        int ret = 0;
 353
 354        spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
 355        p = inode->i_cdev;
 356        if (!p) {
 357                struct kobject *kobj;
 358                int idx;
 359                spin_unlock(&cdev_lock);
 360                kobj = kobj_lookup(cdev_map, inode->i_rdev, &idx);
 361                if (!kobj)
 362                        return -ENXIO;
 363                new = container_of(kobj, struct cdev, kobj);
 364                spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
 365                /* Check i_cdev again in case somebody beat us to it while
 366                   we dropped the lock. */
 367                p = inode->i_cdev;
 368                if (!p) {
 369                        inode->i_cdev = p = new;
 370                        list_add(&inode->i_devices, &p->list);
 371                        new = NULL;
 372                } else if (!cdev_get(p))
 373                        ret = -ENXIO;
 374        } else if (!cdev_get(p))
 375                ret = -ENXIO;
 376        spin_unlock(&cdev_lock);
 377        cdev_put(new);
 378        if (ret)
 379                return ret;
 380
 381        ret = -ENXIO;
 382        fops = fops_get(p->ops);
 383        if (!fops)
 384                goto out_cdev_put;
 385
 386        replace_fops(filp, fops);
 387        if (filp->f_op->open) {
 388                ret = filp->f_op->open(inode, filp);
 389                if (ret)
 390                        goto out_cdev_put;
 391        }
 392
 393        return 0;
 394
 395 out_cdev_put:
 396        cdev_put(p);
 397        return ret;
 398}
 399
 400void cd_forget(struct inode *inode)
 401{
 402        spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
 403        list_del_init(&inode->i_devices);
 404        inode->i_cdev = NULL;
 405        spin_unlock(&cdev_lock);
 406}
 407
 408static void cdev_purge(struct cdev *cdev)
 409{
 410        spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
 411        while (!list_empty(&cdev->list)) {
 412                struct inode *inode;
 413                inode = container_of(cdev->list.next, struct inode, i_devices);
 414                list_del_init(&inode->i_devices);
 415                inode->i_cdev = NULL;
 416        }
 417        spin_unlock(&cdev_lock);
 418}
 419
 420/*
 421 * Dummy default file-operations: the only thing this does
 422 * is contain the open that then fills in the correct operations
 423 * depending on the special file...
 424 */
 425const struct file_operations def_chr_fops = {
 426        .open = chrdev_open,
 427        .llseek = noop_llseek,
 428};
 429
 430static struct kobject *exact_match(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
 431{
 432        struct cdev *p = data;
 433        return &p->kobj;
 434}
 435
 436static int exact_lock(dev_t dev, void *data)
 437{
 438        struct cdev *p = data;
 439        return cdev_get(p) ? 0 : -1;
 440}
 441
 442/**
 443 * cdev_add() - add a char device to the system
 444 * @p: the cdev structure for the device
 445 * @dev: the first device number for which this device is responsible
 446 * @count: the number of consecutive minor numbers corresponding to this
 447 *         device
 448 *
 449 * cdev_add() adds the device represented by @p to the system, making it
 450 * live immediately.  A negative error code is returned on failure.
 451 */
 452int cdev_add(struct cdev *p, dev_t dev, unsigned count)
 453{
 454        int error;
 455
 456        p->dev = dev;
 457        p->count = count;
 458
 459        error = kobj_map(cdev_map, dev, count, NULL,
 460                         exact_match, exact_lock, p);
 461        if (error)
 462                return error;
 463
 464        kobject_get(p->kobj.parent);
 465
 466        return 0;
 467}
 468
 469static void cdev_unmap(dev_t dev, unsigned count)
 470{
 471        kobj_unmap(cdev_map, dev, count);
 472}
 473
 474/**
 475 * cdev_del() - remove a cdev from the system
 476 * @p: the cdev structure to be removed
 477 *
 478 * cdev_del() removes @p from the system, possibly freeing the structure
 479 * itself.
 480 */
 481void cdev_del(struct cdev *p)
 482{
 483        cdev_unmap(p->dev, p->count);
 484        kobject_put(&p->kobj);
 485}
 486
 487
 488static void cdev_default_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 489{
 490        struct cdev *p = container_of(kobj, struct cdev, kobj);
 491        struct kobject *parent = kobj->parent;
 492
 493        cdev_purge(p);
 494        kobject_put(parent);
 495}
 496
 497static void cdev_dynamic_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 498{
 499        struct cdev *p = container_of(kobj, struct cdev, kobj);
 500        struct kobject *parent = kobj->parent;
 501
 502        cdev_purge(p);
 503        kfree(p);
 504        kobject_put(parent);
 505}
 506
 507static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_default = {
 508        .release        = cdev_default_release,
 509};
 510
 511static struct kobj_type ktype_cdev_dynamic = {
 512        .release        = cdev_dynamic_release,
 513};
 514
 515/**
 516 * cdev_alloc() - allocate a cdev structure
 517 *
 518 * Allocates and returns a cdev structure, or NULL on failure.
 519 */
 520struct cdev *cdev_alloc(void)
 521{
 522        struct cdev *p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cdev), GFP_KERNEL);
 523        if (p) {
 524                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->list);
 525                kobject_init(&p->kobj, &ktype_cdev_dynamic);
 526        }
 527        return p;
 528}
 529
 530/**
 531 * cdev_init() - initialize a cdev structure
 532 * @cdev: the structure to initialize
 533 * @fops: the file_operations for this device
 534 *
 535 * Initializes @cdev, remembering @fops, making it ready to add to the
 536 * system with cdev_add().
 537 */
 538void cdev_init(struct cdev *cdev, const struct file_operations *fops)
 539{
 540        memset(cdev, 0, sizeof *cdev);
 541        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev->list);
 542        kobject_init(&cdev->kobj, &ktype_cdev_default);
 543        cdev->ops = fops;
 544}
 545
 546static struct kobject *base_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
 547{
 548        if (request_module("char-major-%d-%d", MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev)) > 0)
 549                /* Make old-style 2.4 aliases work */
 550                request_module("char-major-%d", MAJOR(dev));
 551        return NULL;
 552}
 553
 554void __init chrdev_init(void)
 555{
 556        cdev_map = kobj_map_init(base_probe, &chrdevs_lock);
 557}
 558
 559
 560/* Let modules do char dev stuff */
 561EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_chrdev_region);
 562EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_chrdev_region);
 563EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_chrdev_region);
 564EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_init);
 565EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_alloc);
 566EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_del);
 567EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_add);
 568EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_chrdev);
 569EXPORT_SYMBOL(__unregister_chrdev);
 570