开始写Linux设备驱动程序的时候,很多时候都是利用mknod命令手动创建设备节点,实际上现在Linux内核为我们提供了一组函数,可以用来在模块加载的时候自动在/dev目录下创建相应设备节点,并在卸载模块时删除该节点。
内核中定义了struct class结构体,顾名思义,一个struct class结构体类型变量对应一个类,内核同时提供了class_create(…)函数,可以用它来创建一个类,这个类存放于sysfs下面,一旦创建好了这个类,再调用device_create(…)函数来在/dev目录下创建相应的设备节点。这样,加载模块的时候,用户空间中的udev会自动响应device_create(…)函数,去/sysfs下寻找对应的类从而创建设备节点。
此外,利用device_create_file函数可以在/sys/class/下创建对应的属性文件,从而通过对该文件的读写实现特定的数据操作。
一、 class_create
二、 device_create
三、 device_create_file
3.1 a.在驱动程序中使用 device_create_file创建属性文件
3.2 b.在用户空间读取属性
四、使用示例
一、class_create
官方说明:
/* This is a #define to keep the compiler from merging different
* instances of the __key variable */
#define class_create(owner, name) \
({ \
static struct lock_class_key __key; \
__class_create(owner, name, &__key); \
})
/**
* class_create - create a struct class structure
* @owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct class
* @name: pointer to a string for the name of this class.
* @key: the lock_class_key for this class; used by mutex lock debugging
*
* This is used to create a struct class pointer that can then be used
* in calls to device_create().
*
* Returns &struct class pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
*
* Note, the pointer created here is to be destroyed when finished by
* making a call to class_destroy().
*/
struct class *__class_create(struct module *owner, const char *name,struct lock_class_key *key)
关键的一句是:
* This is used to create a struct class pointer that can then be used
* in calls to device_create().
-->这个函数用来创建一个struct class的结构体指针,这个指针可用作device_create()函数的参数。
也就是说,这个函数主要是在调用device_create()前使用,创建一个struct class类型的变量,并返回其指针。
二、device_create
官方说明:
/**
* device_create - creates a device and registers it with sysfs
* @class: pointer to the struct class that this device should be registered to
* @parent: pointer to the parent struct device of this new device, if any
* @devt: the dev_t for the char device to be added
* @drvdata: the data to be added to the device for callbacks
* @fmt: string for the device's name
*
* This function can be used by char device classes. A struct device
* will be created in sysfs, registered to the specified class.
*
* A "dev" file will be created, showing the dev_t for the device, if
* the dev_t is not 0,0.
* If a pointer to a parent struct device is passed in, the newly created
* struct device will be a child of that device in sysfs.
* The pointer to the struct device will be returned from the call.
* Any further sysfs files that might be required can be created using this
* pointer.
*
* Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
*
* Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
* been created with a call to class_create().
*/
struct device *device_create(struct class *class, struct device *parent,dev_t devt, void *drvdata, const char *fmt, ...)
首先解释一下"sysfs":sysfs是linux2.6所提供的一种虚拟档案系统;在设备模型中,sysfs文件系统用来表示设备的结构,将设备的层次结构形象的反应到用户空间中,从而可以通过修改sysfs中的文件属性来修改设备的属性值;sysfs被挂载到根目录下的"/sys"文件夹下。
三、device_create_file
官方说明:
/**
* device_create_file - create sysfs attribute file for device.
* @dev: device.
* @attr: device attribute descriptor.
*/
int device_create_file(struct device *dev,const struct device_attribute *attr)
使用这个函数时要引用 device_create所返回的device*指针,作用是在/sys/class/下创建一个属性文件,从而通过对这个属性文件进行读写就能完成对应的数据操作。
如:
a.在驱动程序中使用 device_create_file创建属性文件
static DEVICE_ATTR(val, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, hello_val_show, hello_val_store);
/*读取寄存器val的值到缓冲区buf中,内部使用*/
static ssize_t __hello_get_val(struct xxx_dev* dev, char* buf) {
int val = 0;
/*同步访问*/
if(down_interruptible(&(dev->sem))) {
return -ERESTARTSYS;
}
val = dev->val;
up(&(dev->sem));
return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d/n", val);
}
/*把缓冲区buf的值写到设备寄存器val中去,内部使用*/
static ssize_t __hello_set_val(struct xxx_dev* dev, const char* buf, size_t count) {
int val = 0;
/*将字符串转换成数字*/
val = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
/*同步访问*/
if(down_interruptible(&(dev->sem))) {
return -ERESTARTSYS;
}
dev->val = val;
up(&(dev->sem));
return count;
}
/*读取设备属性val*/
static ssize_t hello_val_show(struct device* dev, struct device_attribute* attr, char* buf) {
struct xxx_dev* hdev = (struct xxx_dev*)dev_get_drvdata(dev);
return __hello_get_val(hdev, buf);
}
/*写设备属性val*/
static ssize_t hello_val_store(struct device* dev, struct device_attribute* attr, const char* buf, size_t count) {
struct xxx_dev* hdev = (struct xxx_dev*)dev_get_drvdata(dev);
return __hello_set_val(hdev, buf, count);
}
/*模块加载方法*/
static int __init xxx_init(void){
...
/*在/sys/class/xxx/xxx目录下创建属性文件val*/
err = device_create_file(temp, &dev_attr_val);
if(err < 0) {
printk(KERN_ALERT"Failed to create attribute val.");
goto destroy_device;
}
...
}
b.在用户空间读取属性
...
read(dev->fd, val, sizeof(*val));
...
write(dev->fd, &val, sizeof(val));
...
四、使用示例
/*在/sys/class/目录下创建设备类别目录xxx*/
g_vircdev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, VIRCDEV_CLASS_NAME);
if(IS_ERR(g_vircdev_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(g_vircdev_class);
printk(KERN_ALERT "Failed to create class.\n");
goto CLASS_CREATE_ERR;
}
/*在/dev/目录和/sys/class/xxx目录下分别创建设备文件xxx*/
dev = device_create(g_vircdev_class, NULL, devt, NULL, VIRCDEV_DEVICE_NAME);
if(IS_ERR(dev)) {
err = PTR_ERR(dev);
printk(KERN_ALERT "Failed to create device.\n");
goto DEVICE_CREATE_ERR;
}
/*在/sys/class/xxx/xxx目录下创建属性文件val*/
err = device_create_file(dev, attr);
if(err < 0) {
printk(KERN_ALERT"Failed to create attribute file.");
goto DEVICE_CREATE_FILE_ERR;
}
在驱动程序中 初始化入口函数中,向内核注册一个设备后,往往要注册一个类
例如
static int __init mydriver_init(void) //驱动程序的初始化
{
……
MYDRIVER_Major = register_chrdev(0, DEVICE_NAME, &mydriver_fops); //向内核注册一个设备,返回值为注册的主设备号
if (MYDRIVER_Major < 0)
{
printk(DEVICE_NAME " can't register major number\n");
return MYDRIVER_Major;
}
……
mydriver_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DEVICE_NAME); //注册一个类,使mdev可以在"/dev/"目录下 面建立设备节点
……
//创建一个设备节点,节点名为DEVICE_NAME
device_create(mydriver_class, NULL, MKDEV(MYDRIVER_Major, 0), NULL, DEVICE_NAME);
……
}
从linux内核2.6的某个版本之后,devfs不复存在,udev成为devfs的 替代。相比devfs,udev有很多优势,在此就不罗嗦了,提醒一点,udev是应用层的东东,不要试图在内核的配置选项里找到它;加入对udev的支 持很简单,以作者所写的一个字符设备驱动为例,在驱动初始化的代码里调用class_create为该设备创建一个class,再为每个设备调用 class_device_create创建对应的设备。大致用法如下:
struct class *myclass = class_create(THIS_MODULE, “my_device_driver”);
class_create()
-------------------------------------------------
linux-2.6.22/include/linux/device.h
struct class *class_create(struct module *owner, const char *name)
class_create - create a struct class structure
@owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct class
@name: pointer to a string for the name of this class.
在/sys/class/下创建类目录
class_device_create()
-------------------------------------------------
linux-2.6.22/include/linux/device.h
struct class_device *class_device_create(struct class *cls,
struct class_device *parent,
dev_t devt,
struct device *device,
const char *fmt, ...)
class_device_create - creates a class device and registers it with sysfs
@cls: pointer to the struct class that this device should be registered to.
@parent: pointer to the parent struct class_device of this new device, if any.
@devt: the dev_t for the char device to be added.
@device: a pointer to a struct device that is assiociated with this class device.
@fmt: string for the class device's name
对于没有指定dev->parent的dev都将被添加到/sys/devices/virtual/tty/ 目录下,如果指定了dev->parent,那么同时该dev->class存在,同时parent->class存在,那么该dev->name目录将被添加到parent->class所在目录下
来看看linux2.6.25内核源码,是怎么做得.
device_create(tty_class, NULL, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 1),"console");
==>device_register
==>device_add
==>setup_parent
==>get_device_parent
==>dev->kobj.parent= kobj("/sys/devices/virtual/tty");//所以所有的文件添加都将指向该目录
// 名在/sys/devices/virtual/目录下创建以tty_class的name为目录名的目录
retval = kobject_add(k, parent_kobj,"%s", dev->class->name);// 将kobj添加到parent_kobj对应目录下
if (retval< 0) {
kobject_put(k);
returnNULL;
}
return k;
}
if (parent)
return &parent->kobj;
return NULL;
}
#endif
==================================================================================================================
基于linux-2.6.35的class_create(),device_create解析
从linux内核2.6的某个版本之后,devfs不复存在,udev成为devfs的替代。提醒一点,udev是应用层的,不要试图在内核的配置选项里找到它;加入对udev的支持很简单,以作者所写的一个字符设备驱动为例,在驱动初始化的代码里调用class_create为该设备创建一个class,再为每个设备调用device_create创建对应的设备。大致用法如下:
struct class *myclass ;
class_create(THIS_MODULE, “my_device_driver”);
device_create(myclass, NULL, MKDEV(major_num, minor_num), NULL, “my_device”);
这样的module被加载时,udev daemon就会自动在/dev下创建my_device设备文件。
我们在刚开始写Linux设备驱动程序的时候,很多时候都是利用mknod命令手动创建设备节点,实际上Linux内核为我们提供了一组函数,可以用来在模块加载的时候自动在 /dev目录下创建相应设备节点,并在卸载模块时删除该节点,当然前提条件是用户空间移植了udev。
内核中定义了struct class结构体,顾名思义,一个struct class结构体类型变量对应一个类,内核同时提供了class_create(…)函数,可以用它来创建一个类,这个类存放于sysfs下面,一旦创建好了这个类,再调用device_create(…)函数来在/dev目录下创建相应的设备节点。这样,加载模块的时候,用户空间中的udev会自动响应 device_create(…)函数,去/sysfs下寻找对应的类从而创建设备节点。
注意,在2.6较早的内核版本中,device_create(…)函数名称不同,是class_device_create(…),所以在新的内核中编译以前的模块程序有时会报错,就是因为函数名称 不同,而且里面的参数设置也有一些变化。
struct class和device_create(…) 以及device_create(…)都定义在/include/linux/device.h中,使用的时候一定要包含这个头文件,否则编译器会报错。
在2.6.35内核版本中,struct class定义在头文件include/linux/device.h中
/*
* device classes
*/
struct class {
const char *name;
struct module *owner;
struct class_attribute *class_attrs;
struct device_attribute *dev_attrs;
struct kobject *dev_kobj;
int (*dev_uevent)(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
char *(*devnode)(struct device *dev, mode_t *mode);
void (*class_release)(struct class *class);
void (*dev_release)(struct device *dev);
int (*suspend)(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state);
int (*resume)(struct device *dev);
const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ns_type;
const void *(*namespace)(struct device *dev);
const struct dev_pm_ops *pm;
struct class_private *p;
};
class_create(…)在/drivers/base/class.c中实现:
/**
* class_create - create a struct class structure
* @owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct class
* @name: pointer to a string for the name of this class.
;*
* This is used to create a struct class pointer that can then be used
* in calls to device_create().
*
* Note, the pointer created here is to be destroyed when finished by
* making a call to class_destroy().
*/
struct class *__class_create(struct module *owner, const char *name,struct lock_class_key *key)
{
struct class *cls;
int retval;
cls = kzalloc(sizeof(*cls), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!cls) {
retval = -ENOMEM;
goto error;
}
cls->name = name;
cls->owner = owner;
cls->class_release = class_create_release;
retval = __class_register(cls, key);
if (retval)
goto error;
return cls;
error:
kfree(cls);
return ERR_PTR(retval);
}
第一个参数指定类的所有者是哪个模块,第二个参数指定类名。
在class.c中,还定义了class_destroy(…)函数,用于在模块卸载时删除类。
device_create(…)函数在/drivers/base/core.c中实现:
/**
* device_create - creates a device and registers it with sysfs
* @class: pointer to the struct class that this device should be registered to
* @parent: pointer to the parent struct device of this new device, if any
* @devt: the dev_t for the char device to be added
* @fmt: string for the device's name
*
* This function can be used by char device classes. A struct device
* will be created in sysfs, registered to the specified class.
*
* A "dev" file will be created, showing the dev_t for the device, if
* the dev_t is not 0,0.
* If a pointer to a parent struct device is passed in, the newly created
* struct device will be a child of that device in sysfs.
* The pointer to the struct device will be returned from the call.
* Any further sysfs files that might be required can be created using this
* pointer.
*
* Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
* been created with a call to class_create().
*/
struct device *device_create(struct class *class, struct device *parent, dev_t devt, void *drvdata, const char *fmt, ...)
{
va_list vargs;
struct device *dev;
va_start(vargs, fmt);
dev = device_create_vargs(class, parent, devt, drvdata, fmt, vargs);
va_end(vargs);
return dev;
}
第一个参数指定所要创建的设备所从属的类,第二个参数是这个设备的父设备,如果没有就指定为NULL,第三个参数是设备号,第四个参数是设备名称,第五个参数是从设备号。
下面以一个简单字符设备驱动来展示如何使用这几个函数:
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
MODULE_LICENSE ("GPL");
int hello_major = 250;
int hello_minor = 0;
int number_of_devices = 1;
struct cdev cdev;
dev_t dev = 0;
struct file_operations hello_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
};
struct class *my_class;
static void char_reg_setup_cdev (void)
{
int error, devno = MKDEV (hello_major, hello_minor);
cdev_init (&cdev, &hello_fops);
cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
cdev.ops = &hello_fops;
error = cdev_add (&cdev, devno , 1);
if (error)
printk (KERN_NOTICE "Error %d adding char_reg_setup_cdev", error);
/* creating your own class */
my_class =class_create(THIS_MODULE, "farsight_class");
if(IS_ERR(my_class)) {
printk("Err: failed in creating class.\n");
return ;
}
/* register your own device in sysfs, and this will cause udevd to create corresponding device node */
device_create(my_class,NULL, devno, NULL,"hello");
}
static int __init hello_2_init (void)
{
int result;
dev = MKDEV (hello_major, hello_minor);
result = register_chrdev_region (dev, number_of_devices, "test");
if (result<0) {
printk (KERN_WARNING "hello: can't get major number %d\n", hello_major);
return result;
}
char_reg_setup_cdev ();
printk (KERN_INFO "char device registered\n");
return 0;
}
static void __exit hello_2_exit (void)
{
dev_t devno = MKDEV (hello_major, hello_minor);
cdev_del (&cdev);
unregister_chrdev_region (devno, number_of_devices);
device_destroy(my_class, devno);
class_destroy(my_class);
}
module_init (hello_2_init);
module_exit (hello_2_exit);
当加载模块的时候,会在/dev/hello这个设备文件
内核中定义了struct class结构体,顾名思义,一个struct class结构体类型变量对应一个类,内核同时提供了class_create(…)函数,可以用它来创建一个类,这个类存放于sysfs下面,一旦创建好了这个类,再调用device_create(…)函数来在/dev目录下创建相应的设备节点。这样,加载模块的时候,用户空间中的udev会自动响应device_create(…)函数,去/sysfs下寻找对应的类从而创建设备节点。
此外,利用device_create_file函数可以在/sys/class/下创建对应的属性文件,从而通过对该文件的读写实现特定的数据操作。
一、 class_create
二、 device_create
三、 device_create_file
3.1 a.在驱动程序中使用 device_create_file创建属性文件
3.2 b.在用户空间读取属性
四、使用示例
一、class_create
官方说明:
/* This is a #define to keep the compiler from merging different
* instances of the __key variable */
#define class_create(owner, name) \
({ \
static struct lock_class_key __key; \
__class_create(owner, name, &__key); \
})
/**
* class_create - create a struct class structure
* @owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct class
* @name: pointer to a string for the name of this class.
* @key: the lock_class_key for this class; used by mutex lock debugging
*
* This is used to create a struct class pointer that can then be used
* in calls to device_create().
*
* Returns &struct class pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
*
* Note, the pointer created here is to be destroyed when finished by
* making a call to class_destroy().
*/
struct class *__class_create(struct module *owner, const char *name,struct lock_class_key *key)
关键的一句是:
* This is used to create a struct class pointer that can then be used
* in calls to device_create().
-->这个函数用来创建一个struct class的结构体指针,这个指针可用作device_create()函数的参数。
也就是说,这个函数主要是在调用device_create()前使用,创建一个struct class类型的变量,并返回其指针。
二、device_create
官方说明:
/**
* device_create - creates a device and registers it with sysfs
* @class: pointer to the struct class that this device should be registered to
* @parent: pointer to the parent struct device of this new device, if any
* @devt: the dev_t for the char device to be added
* @drvdata: the data to be added to the device for callbacks
* @fmt: string for the device's name
*
* This function can be used by char device classes. A struct device
* will be created in sysfs, registered to the specified class.
*
* A "dev" file will be created, showing the dev_t for the device, if
* the dev_t is not 0,0.
* If a pointer to a parent struct device is passed in, the newly created
* struct device will be a child of that device in sysfs.
* The pointer to the struct device will be returned from the call.
* Any further sysfs files that might be required can be created using this
* pointer.
*
* Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
*
* Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
* been created with a call to class_create().
*/
struct device *device_create(struct class *class, struct device *parent,dev_t devt, void *drvdata, const char *fmt, ...)
首先解释一下"sysfs":sysfs是linux2.6所提供的一种虚拟档案系统;在设备模型中,sysfs文件系统用来表示设备的结构,将设备的层次结构形象的反应到用户空间中,从而可以通过修改sysfs中的文件属性来修改设备的属性值;sysfs被挂载到根目录下的"/sys"文件夹下。
三、device_create_file
官方说明:
/**
* device_create_file - create sysfs attribute file for device.
* @dev: device.
* @attr: device attribute descriptor.
*/
int device_create_file(struct device *dev,const struct device_attribute *attr)
使用这个函数时要引用 device_create所返回的device*指针,作用是在/sys/class/下创建一个属性文件,从而通过对这个属性文件进行读写就能完成对应的数据操作。
如:
a.在驱动程序中使用 device_create_file创建属性文件
static DEVICE_ATTR(val, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, hello_val_show, hello_val_store);
/*读取寄存器val的值到缓冲区buf中,内部使用*/
static ssize_t __hello_get_val(struct xxx_dev* dev, char* buf) {
int val = 0;
/*同步访问*/
if(down_interruptible(&(dev->sem))) {
return -ERESTARTSYS;
}
val = dev->val;
up(&(dev->sem));
return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d/n", val);
}
/*把缓冲区buf的值写到设备寄存器val中去,内部使用*/
static ssize_t __hello_set_val(struct xxx_dev* dev, const char* buf, size_t count) {
int val = 0;
/*将字符串转换成数字*/
val = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
/*同步访问*/
if(down_interruptible(&(dev->sem))) {
return -ERESTARTSYS;
}
dev->val = val;
up(&(dev->sem));
return count;
}
/*读取设备属性val*/
static ssize_t hello_val_show(struct device* dev, struct device_attribute* attr, char* buf) {
struct xxx_dev* hdev = (struct xxx_dev*)dev_get_drvdata(dev);
return __hello_get_val(hdev, buf);
}
/*写设备属性val*/
static ssize_t hello_val_store(struct device* dev, struct device_attribute* attr, const char* buf, size_t count) {
struct xxx_dev* hdev = (struct xxx_dev*)dev_get_drvdata(dev);
return __hello_set_val(hdev, buf, count);
}
/*模块加载方法*/
static int __init xxx_init(void){
...
/*在/sys/class/xxx/xxx目录下创建属性文件val*/
err = device_create_file(temp, &dev_attr_val);
if(err < 0) {
printk(KERN_ALERT"Failed to create attribute val.");
goto destroy_device;
}
...
}
b.在用户空间读取属性
...
read(dev->fd, val, sizeof(*val));
...
write(dev->fd, &val, sizeof(val));
...
四、使用示例
/*在/sys/class/目录下创建设备类别目录xxx*/
g_vircdev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, VIRCDEV_CLASS_NAME);
if(IS_ERR(g_vircdev_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(g_vircdev_class);
printk(KERN_ALERT "Failed to create class.\n");
goto CLASS_CREATE_ERR;
}
/*在/dev/目录和/sys/class/xxx目录下分别创建设备文件xxx*/
dev = device_create(g_vircdev_class, NULL, devt, NULL, VIRCDEV_DEVICE_NAME);
if(IS_ERR(dev)) {
err = PTR_ERR(dev);
printk(KERN_ALERT "Failed to create device.\n");
goto DEVICE_CREATE_ERR;
}
/*在/sys/class/xxx/xxx目录下创建属性文件val*/
err = device_create_file(dev, attr);
if(err < 0) {
printk(KERN_ALERT"Failed to create attribute file.");
goto DEVICE_CREATE_FILE_ERR;
}
在驱动程序中 初始化入口函数中,向内核注册一个设备后,往往要注册一个类
例如
static int __init mydriver_init(void) //驱动程序的初始化
{
……
MYDRIVER_Major = register_chrdev(0, DEVICE_NAME, &mydriver_fops); //向内核注册一个设备,返回值为注册的主设备号
if (MYDRIVER_Major < 0)
{
printk(DEVICE_NAME " can't register major number\n");
return MYDRIVER_Major;
}
……
mydriver_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DEVICE_NAME); //注册一个类,使mdev可以在"/dev/"目录下 面建立设备节点
……
//创建一个设备节点,节点名为DEVICE_NAME
device_create(mydriver_class, NULL, MKDEV(MYDRIVER_Major, 0), NULL, DEVICE_NAME);
……
}
从linux内核2.6的某个版本之后,devfs不复存在,udev成为devfs的 替代。相比devfs,udev有很多优势,在此就不罗嗦了,提醒一点,udev是应用层的东东,不要试图在内核的配置选项里找到它;加入对udev的支 持很简单,以作者所写的一个字符设备驱动为例,在驱动初始化的代码里调用class_create为该设备创建一个class,再为每个设备调用 class_device_create创建对应的设备。大致用法如下:
struct class *myclass = class_create(THIS_MODULE, “my_device_driver”);
class_device_create(myclass, NULL, MKDEV(major_num, 0), NULL, “my_device”);
class_device_create()是之前的版本,现在用的是device_create()
这样的module被加载时,udev daemon就会自动在/dev下创建my_device设备文件。class_create()
-------------------------------------------------
linux-2.6.22/include/linux/device.h
struct class *class_create(struct module *owner, const char *name)
class_create - create a struct class structure
@owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct class
@name: pointer to a string for the name of this class.
在/sys/class/下创建类目录
class_device_create()
-------------------------------------------------
linux-2.6.22/include/linux/device.h
struct class_device *class_device_create(struct class *cls,
struct class_device *parent,
dev_t devt,
struct device *device,
const char *fmt, ...)
class_device_create - creates a class device and registers it with sysfs
@cls: pointer to the struct class that this device should be registered to.
@parent: pointer to the parent struct class_device of this new device, if any.
@devt: the dev_t for the char device to be added.
@device: a pointer to a struct device that is assiociated with this class device.
@fmt: string for the class device's name
对于没有指定dev->parent的dev都将被添加到/sys/devices/virtual/tty/ 目录下,如果指定了dev->parent,那么同时该dev->class存在,同时parent->class存在,那么该dev->name目录将被添加到parent->class所在目录下
来看看linux2.6.25内核源码,是怎么做得.
device_create(tty_class, NULL, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 1),"console");
==>device_register
==>device_add
==>setup_parent
==>get_device_parent
==>dev->kobj.parent= kobj("/sys/devices/virtual/tty");//所以所有的文件添加都将指向该目录
// 名在/sys/devices/virtual/目录下创建以tty_class的name为目录名的目录
retval = kobject_add(k, parent_kobj,"%s", dev->class->name);// 将kobj添加到parent_kobj对应目录下
if (retval< 0) {
kobject_put(k);
returnNULL;
}
return k;
}
if (parent)
return &parent->kobj;
return NULL;
}
#endif
==================================================================================================================
基于linux-2.6.35的class_create(),device_create解析
从linux内核2.6的某个版本之后,devfs不复存在,udev成为devfs的替代。提醒一点,udev是应用层的,不要试图在内核的配置选项里找到它;加入对udev的支持很简单,以作者所写的一个字符设备驱动为例,在驱动初始化的代码里调用class_create为该设备创建一个class,再为每个设备调用device_create创建对应的设备。大致用法如下:
struct class *myclass ;
class_create(THIS_MODULE, “my_device_driver”);
device_create(myclass, NULL, MKDEV(major_num, minor_num), NULL, “my_device”);
这样的module被加载时,udev daemon就会自动在/dev下创建my_device设备文件。
我们在刚开始写Linux设备驱动程序的时候,很多时候都是利用mknod命令手动创建设备节点,实际上Linux内核为我们提供了一组函数,可以用来在模块加载的时候自动在 /dev目录下创建相应设备节点,并在卸载模块时删除该节点,当然前提条件是用户空间移植了udev。
内核中定义了struct class结构体,顾名思义,一个struct class结构体类型变量对应一个类,内核同时提供了class_create(…)函数,可以用它来创建一个类,这个类存放于sysfs下面,一旦创建好了这个类,再调用device_create(…)函数来在/dev目录下创建相应的设备节点。这样,加载模块的时候,用户空间中的udev会自动响应 device_create(…)函数,去/sysfs下寻找对应的类从而创建设备节点。
注意,在2.6较早的内核版本中,device_create(…)函数名称不同,是class_device_create(…),所以在新的内核中编译以前的模块程序有时会报错,就是因为函数名称 不同,而且里面的参数设置也有一些变化。
struct class和device_create(…) 以及device_create(…)都定义在/include/linux/device.h中,使用的时候一定要包含这个头文件,否则编译器会报错。
在2.6.35内核版本中,struct class定义在头文件include/linux/device.h中
/*
* device classes
*/
struct class {
const char *name;
struct module *owner;
struct class_attribute *class_attrs;
struct device_attribute *dev_attrs;
struct kobject *dev_kobj;
int (*dev_uevent)(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
char *(*devnode)(struct device *dev, mode_t *mode);
void (*class_release)(struct class *class);
void (*dev_release)(struct device *dev);
int (*suspend)(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state);
int (*resume)(struct device *dev);
const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ns_type;
const void *(*namespace)(struct device *dev);
const struct dev_pm_ops *pm;
struct class_private *p;
};
class_create(…)在/drivers/base/class.c中实现:
/**
* class_create - create a struct class structure
* @owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct class
* @name: pointer to a string for the name of this class.
;*
* This is used to create a struct class pointer that can then be used
* in calls to device_create().
*
* Note, the pointer created here is to be destroyed when finished by
* making a call to class_destroy().
*/
struct class *__class_create(struct module *owner, const char *name,struct lock_class_key *key)
{
struct class *cls;
int retval;
cls = kzalloc(sizeof(*cls), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!cls) {
retval = -ENOMEM;
goto error;
}
cls->name = name;
cls->owner = owner;
cls->class_release = class_create_release;
retval = __class_register(cls, key);
if (retval)
goto error;
return cls;
error:
kfree(cls);
return ERR_PTR(retval);
}
第一个参数指定类的所有者是哪个模块,第二个参数指定类名。
在class.c中,还定义了class_destroy(…)函数,用于在模块卸载时删除类。
device_create(…)函数在/drivers/base/core.c中实现:
/**
* device_create - creates a device and registers it with sysfs
* @class: pointer to the struct class that this device should be registered to
* @parent: pointer to the parent struct device of this new device, if any
* @devt: the dev_t for the char device to be added
* @fmt: string for the device's name
*
* This function can be used by char device classes. A struct device
* will be created in sysfs, registered to the specified class.
*
* A "dev" file will be created, showing the dev_t for the device, if
* the dev_t is not 0,0.
* If a pointer to a parent struct device is passed in, the newly created
* struct device will be a child of that device in sysfs.
* The pointer to the struct device will be returned from the call.
* Any further sysfs files that might be required can be created using this
* pointer.
*
* Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
* been created with a call to class_create().
*/
struct device *device_create(struct class *class, struct device *parent, dev_t devt, void *drvdata, const char *fmt, ...)
{
va_list vargs;
struct device *dev;
va_start(vargs, fmt);
dev = device_create_vargs(class, parent, devt, drvdata, fmt, vargs);
va_end(vargs);
return dev;
}
第一个参数指定所要创建的设备所从属的类,第二个参数是这个设备的父设备,如果没有就指定为NULL,第三个参数是设备号,第四个参数是设备名称,第五个参数是从设备号。
下面以一个简单字符设备驱动来展示如何使用这几个函数:
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
MODULE_LICENSE ("GPL");
int hello_major = 250;
int hello_minor = 0;
int number_of_devices = 1;
struct cdev cdev;
dev_t dev = 0;
struct file_operations hello_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
};
struct class *my_class;
static void char_reg_setup_cdev (void)
{
int error, devno = MKDEV (hello_major, hello_minor);
cdev_init (&cdev, &hello_fops);
cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
cdev.ops = &hello_fops;
error = cdev_add (&cdev, devno , 1);
if (error)
printk (KERN_NOTICE "Error %d adding char_reg_setup_cdev", error);
/* creating your own class */
my_class =class_create(THIS_MODULE, "farsight_class");
if(IS_ERR(my_class)) {
printk("Err: failed in creating class.\n");
return ;
}
/* register your own device in sysfs, and this will cause udevd to create corresponding device node */
device_create(my_class,NULL, devno, NULL,"hello");
}
static int __init hello_2_init (void)
{
int result;
dev = MKDEV (hello_major, hello_minor);
result = register_chrdev_region (dev, number_of_devices, "test");
if (result<0) {
printk (KERN_WARNING "hello: can't get major number %d\n", hello_major);
return result;
}
char_reg_setup_cdev ();
printk (KERN_INFO "char device registered\n");
return 0;
}
static void __exit hello_2_exit (void)
{
dev_t devno = MKDEV (hello_major, hello_minor);
cdev_del (&cdev);
unregister_chrdev_region (devno, number_of_devices);
device_destroy(my_class, devno);
class_destroy(my_class);
}
module_init (hello_2_init);
module_exit (hello_2_exit);
当加载模块的时候,会在/dev/hello这个设备文件