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+/*
+ * kobject.h - generic kernel object infrastructure.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2003	Patrick Mochel
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2003	Open Source Development Labs
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ *
+ * 
+ * Please read Documentation/kobject.txt before using the kobject
+ * interface, ESPECIALLY the parts about reference counts and object
+ * destructors. 
+ */
+
+#ifndef _KOBJECT_H_
+#define _KOBJECT_H_
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
+#include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/kobject_uevent.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+
+#define KOBJ_NAME_LEN	20
+
+/* counter to tag the hotplug event, read only except for the kobject core */
+extern u64 hotplug_seqnum;
+
+struct kobject {
+	char			* k_name;
+	char			name[KOBJ_NAME_LEN];
+	struct kref		kref;
+	struct list_head	entry;
+	struct kobject		* parent;
+	struct kset		* kset;
+	struct kobj_type	* ktype;
+	struct dentry		* dentry;
+};
+
+extern int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *, const char *, ...)
+	__attribute__((format(printf,2,3)));
+
+static inline char * kobject_name(struct kobject * kobj)
+{
+	return kobj->k_name;
+}
+
+extern void kobject_init(struct kobject *);
+extern void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *);
+
+extern int kobject_add(struct kobject *);
+extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *);
+
+extern int kobject_rename(struct kobject *, char *new_name);
+
+extern int kobject_register(struct kobject *);
+extern void kobject_unregister(struct kobject *);
+
+extern struct kobject * kobject_get(struct kobject *);
+extern void kobject_put(struct kobject *);
+
+extern char * kobject_get_path(struct kobject *, int);
+
+struct kobj_type {
+	void (*release)(struct kobject *);
+	struct sysfs_ops	* sysfs_ops;
+	struct attribute	** default_attrs;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ *	kset - a set of kobjects of a specific type, belonging
+ *	to a specific subsystem.
+ *
+ *	All kobjects of a kset should be embedded in an identical 
+ *	type. This type may have a descriptor, which the kset points
+ *	to. This allows there to exist sets of objects of the same
+ *	type in different subsystems.
+ *
+ *	A subsystem does not have to be a list of only one type 
+ *	of object; multiple ksets can belong to one subsystem. All 
+ *	ksets of a subsystem share the subsystem's lock.
+ *
+ *      Each kset can support hotplugging; if it does, it will be given
+ *      the opportunity to filter out specific kobjects from being
+ *      reported, as well as to add its own "data" elements to the
+ *      environment being passed to the hotplug helper.
+ */
+struct kset_hotplug_ops {
+	int (*filter)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj);
+	char *(*name)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj);
+	int (*hotplug)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
+			int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+};
+
+struct kset {
+	struct subsystem	* subsys;
+	struct kobj_type	* ktype;
+	struct list_head	list;
+	spinlock_t		list_lock;
+	struct kobject		kobj;
+	struct kset_hotplug_ops	* hotplug_ops;
+};
+
+
+extern void kset_init(struct kset * k);
+extern int kset_add(struct kset * k);
+extern int kset_register(struct kset * k);
+extern void kset_unregister(struct kset * k);
+
+static inline struct kset * to_kset(struct kobject * kobj)
+{
+	return kobj ? container_of(kobj,struct kset,kobj) : NULL;
+}
+
+static inline struct kset * kset_get(struct kset * k)
+{
+	return k ? to_kset(kobject_get(&k->kobj)) : NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void kset_put(struct kset * k)
+{
+	kobject_put(&k->kobj);
+}
+
+static inline struct kobj_type * get_ktype(struct kobject * k)
+{
+	if (k->kset && k->kset->ktype)
+		return k->kset->ktype;
+	else 
+		return k->ktype;
+}
+
+extern struct kobject * kset_find_obj(struct kset *, const char *);
+
+
+/**
+ * Use this when initializing an embedded kset with no other 
+ * fields to initialize.
+ */
+#define set_kset_name(str)	.kset = { .kobj = { .name = str } }
+
+
+
+struct subsystem {
+	struct kset		kset;
+	struct rw_semaphore	rwsem;
+};
+
+#define decl_subsys(_name,_type,_hotplug_ops) \
+struct subsystem _name##_subsys = { \
+	.kset = { \
+		.kobj = { .name = __stringify(_name) }, \
+		.ktype = _type, \
+		.hotplug_ops =_hotplug_ops, \
+	} \
+}
+#define decl_subsys_name(_varname,_name,_type,_hotplug_ops) \
+struct subsystem _varname##_subsys = { \
+	.kset = { \
+		.kobj = { .name = __stringify(_name) }, \
+		.ktype = _type, \
+		.hotplug_ops =_hotplug_ops, \
+	} \
+}
+
+/* The global /sys/kernel/ subsystem for people to chain off of */
+extern struct subsystem kernel_subsys;
+
+/**
+ * Helpers for setting the kset of registered objects.
+ * Often, a registered object belongs to a kset embedded in a 
+ * subsystem. These do no magic, just make the resulting code
+ * easier to follow. 
+ */
+
+/**
+ *	kobj_set_kset_s(obj,subsys) - set kset for embedded kobject.
+ *	@obj:		ptr to some object type.
+ *	@subsys:	a subsystem object (not a ptr).
+ *
+ *	Can be used for any object type with an embedded ->kobj.
+ */
+
+#define kobj_set_kset_s(obj,subsys) \
+	(obj)->kobj.kset = &(subsys).kset
+
+/**
+ *	kset_set_kset_s(obj,subsys) - set kset for embedded kset.
+ *	@obj:		ptr to some object type.
+ *	@subsys:	a subsystem object (not a ptr).
+ *
+ *	Can be used for any object type with an embedded ->kset.
+ *	Sets the kset of @obj's  embedded kobject (via its embedded
+ *	kset) to @subsys.kset. This makes @obj a member of that 
+ *	kset.
+ */
+
+#define kset_set_kset_s(obj,subsys) \
+	(obj)->kset.kobj.kset = &(subsys).kset
+
+/**
+ *	subsys_set_kset(obj,subsys) - set kset for subsystem
+ *	@obj:		ptr to some object type.
+ *	@subsys:	a subsystem object (not a ptr).
+ *
+ *	Can be used for any object type with an embedded ->subsys.
+ *	Sets the kset of @obj's kobject to @subsys.kset. This makes
+ *	the object a member of that kset.
+ */
+
+#define subsys_set_kset(obj,_subsys) \
+	(obj)->subsys.kset.kobj.kset = &(_subsys).kset
+
+extern void subsystem_init(struct subsystem *);
+extern int subsystem_register(struct subsystem *);
+extern void subsystem_unregister(struct subsystem *);
+
+static inline struct subsystem * subsys_get(struct subsystem * s)
+{
+	return s ? container_of(kset_get(&s->kset),struct subsystem,kset) : NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void subsys_put(struct subsystem * s)
+{
+	kset_put(&s->kset);
+}
+
+struct subsys_attribute {
+	struct attribute attr;
+	ssize_t (*show)(struct subsystem *, char *);
+	ssize_t (*store)(struct subsystem *, const char *, size_t); 
+};
+
+extern int subsys_create_file(struct subsystem * , struct subsys_attribute *);
+extern void subsys_remove_file(struct subsystem * , struct subsys_attribute *);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
+void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action);
+int add_hotplug_env_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
+			char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len,
+			const char *format, ...)
+	__attribute__((format (printf, 7, 8)));
+#else
+static inline void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action) { }
+static inline int add_hotplug_env_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index, 
+				      char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len, 
+				      const char *format, ...)
+{ return 0; }
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+#endif /* _KOBJECT_H_ */