1. 介绍
在Linux2.6内核以前注册字符设备的函数接口是register_chrdev(),在2.6中其可继续使用。
register_chrdev大致作用:向内核注册cdev结构体,当在用户空间打开设备文件时内核可以根据设备号快速定位此设备文件的cdev->file_operations结构体,从而调用驱动底层的open、close、read、write、ioctl等函数,当我们在用户空间open字符设备文件时,首先调用def_chr_fops->chrdev_open()函数(所有字符设备都调用此函数),chrdev_open会调用kobj_lookup函数找到设备的cdev->kobject,从而得到设备的cdev,进而获得file_operations。要想通过kobj_lookup找到相应的cdev,必需调用register_chrdev()函数。向内核注册。
globalmem设备是我们构造的一个虚拟设备,globalmem意味着“全局内存”,在globalmem字符设备驱动中会分配一片大小为GLOBALMEM_SIZE(4KB)的内存空间,并在驱动中提供针对该片内存的读写、控制和定位函数,以供用户空间的进程能通过Linux系统调用访问这片内存。
2. kernel 代码
globalmem.c:
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#define GLOBALMEM_SIZE 0x1000 /*全局内存最大4K字节*/
#define MEM_CLEAR 0x1 /*清0全局内存*/
#define GLOBALMEM_MAJOR 150 /*预设的globalmem的主设备号*/
static int globalmem_major = GLOBALMEM_MAJOR;
/*globalmem设备结构体*/
struct globalmem_dev
{
struct cdev cdev; /*cdev结构体*/
unsigned char mem[GLOBALMEM_SIZE]; /*全局内存*/
};
struct globalmem_dev *globalmem_devp; /*设备结构体指针*/
int globalmem_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
filp->private_data = globalmem_devp;
printk("globalmem open\n");
return 0;
}
int globalmem_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
printk("globalmem release\n");
return 0;
}
static int globalmem_ioctl(struct inode *inodep, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
struct globalmem_dev *dev = filp->private_data;/*获得设备结构体指针*/
switch (cmd)
{
case MEM_CLEAR:
printk("globalmem ioctl clear\n");
memset(dev->mem, 0, GLOBALMEM_SIZE);
//printk(KERN_INFO "globalmem is set to zero\n");
break;
default:
return - EINVAL;
}
return 0;
}
static ssize_t globalmem_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *ppos)
{
unsigned long p = *ppos;
unsigned int count = size;
int ret = 0;
struct globalmem_dev *dev = filp->private_data; /*获得设备结构体指针*/
printk("globalmem read\n");
/*分析和获取有效的写长度*/
if (p >= GLOBALMEM_SIZE)
return count ? - ENXIO: 0;
if (count > GLOBALMEM_SIZE - p)
count = GLOBALMEM_SIZE - p;
/*内核空间->用户空间*/
if (copy_to_user(buf, (void*)(dev->mem + p), count))
{
ret = - EFAULT;
}
else
{
*ppos += count;
ret = count;
printk(KERN_INFO "read %d bytes(s) from %d\n", count, p);
}
return ret;
}
static ssize_t globalmem_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *ppos)
{
unsigned long p = *ppos;
unsigned int count = size;
int ret = 0;
struct globalmem_dev *dev = filp->private_data; /*获得设备结构体指针*/
printk("globalmem write\n");
/*分析和获取有效的写长度*/
if (p >= GLOBALMEM_SIZE)
return count ? - ENXIO: 0;
if (count > GLOBALMEM_SIZE - p)
count = GLOBALMEM_SIZE - p;
/*用户空间->内核空间*/
if (copy_from_user(dev->mem + p, buf, count))
ret = - EFAULT;
else
{
*ppos += count;
ret = count;
printk(KERN_INFO "written %d bytes(s) from %d\n", count, p);
}
return ret;
}
static loff_t globalmem_llseek(struct file *filp, loff_t offset, int orig)
{
loff_t ret = 0;
printk("globalmem llseek orig:%d\n",orig);
switch (orig)
{
case 0: /*相对文件开始位置偏移*/
if (offset < 0)
{
ret = - EINVAL;
break;
}
if ((unsigned int)offset > GLOBALMEM_SIZE)
{
ret = - EINVAL;
break;
}
filp->f_pos = (unsigned int)offset;
ret = filp->f_pos;
break;
case 1: /*相对文件当前位置偏移*/
if ((filp->f_pos + offset) > GLOBALMEM_SIZE)
{
ret = - EINVAL;
break;
}
if ((filp->f_pos + offset) < 0)
{
ret = - EINVAL;
break;
}
filp->f_pos += offset;
ret = filp->f_pos;
break;
default:
ret = - EINVAL;
break;
}
return ret;
}
static const struct file_operations globalmem_fops =
{
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.llseek = globalmem_llseek,
.read = globalmem_read,
.write = globalmem_write,
.ioctl = globalmem_ioctl,
.open = globalmem_open,
.release = globalmem_release,
};
static void globalmem_setup_cdev(struct globalmem_dev *dev, int index)
{
int err, devno = MKDEV(globalmem_major, index);
cdev_init(&dev->cdev, &globalmem_fops);
dev->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
dev->cdev.ops = &globalmem_fops;
err = cdev_add(&dev->cdev, devno, 1);
if (err)
printk(KERN_NOTICE "Error %d adding LED%d", err, index);
}
struct class *my_class;
int globalmem_init(void)
{
int result;
dev_t devno = MKDEV(globalmem_major, 0);
printk("globalmem init\n");
/* 申请设备号*/
if (globalmem_major)
result = register_chrdev_region(devno, 1, "globalmem");
else /* 动态申请设备号 */
{
result = alloc_chrdev_region(&devno, 0, 1, "globalmem");
globalmem_major = MAJOR(devno);
}
if (result < 0)
return result;
/* 动态申请设备结构体的内存*/
globalmem_devp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct globalmem_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!globalmem_devp) /*申请失败*/
{
result = - ENOMEM;
goto fail_malloc;
}
memset(globalmem_devp, 0, sizeof(struct globalmem_dev));
globalmem_setup_cdev(globalmem_devp, 0);
//luke add st
my_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE,"my_class");
if(IS_ERR(my_class))
{
printk("error:fail in creating class\n");
return -1;
}
device_create(my_class,NULL,MKDEV(150,0),NULL,"globalmem");
//ed
return 0;
fail_malloc: unregister_chrdev_region(devno, 1);
return result;
}
void globalmem_exit(void)
{
printk("globalmem exit\n");
cdev_del(&globalmem_devp->cdev); /*注销cdev*/
kfree(globalmem_devp); /*释放设备结构体内存*/
//luke add
device_destroy(my_class,MKDEV(150,0));
class_destroy(my_class);
//ed
unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(globalmem_major, 0), 1); /*释放设备号*/
}
MODULE_AUTHOR("Song Baohua");
MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
module_param(globalmem_major, int, S_IRUGO);
module_init(globalmem_init);
module_exit(globalmem_exit);
Makefile:
1 ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)
2 obj-m := globalmem.o
3 else
4 KERNELDIR = /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-45-generic/
5 PWD := $(shell pwd)
6 default:
7 $(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
8 clean:
9 rm -rf *.o *~ core .depend .*.cmd *.ko *.mod.c
10 endif
3. 查看信息
运行insmodglobalmem.ko命令加载模块,通过lsmod命令,发现globalmem模块已被加载。再通过cat/proc/devices命令查看,发现多出了主设备号为150的myglobalmem字符设备驱动,如下所示:
4. 验证
4.1 编写应用程序test.c用于测试
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
main()
{
char str[1024], str2[1024];
int fd, stop;
int ret;
fd = open("/dev/globalmem", O_RDWR, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
if (fd != -1 )
{
printf("Please input the string written to globalmem\n");
scanf("%s", str);
printf("The str is %s\n", str);
ioctl(fd, 1, NULL);
ret = write(fd, str, strlen(str));
printf("The ret is %d\n", ret);
lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
scanf("%d", &stop);
read(fd, str2, 100);
printf("The globalmem is %s\n", str2);
close(fd);
}
else
{
printf("Device open failure\n");
}
}
编译:
gcc-o test test.c
运行:
$sudo ./test
Pleaseinput the string written to globalmem
qwertyuiop
Thestr is qwertyuiop
Theret is 10
0
Theglobalmem is qwertyuiop
可以发现"globalmem"设备可以正确的读写。
4.2 echo cat 验证
root@luke-desktop:/home/luke/globaltest# echo "hello world22" > /dev/globalmem
root@luke-desktop:/home/luke/globaltest# cat /dev/globalmem
hello world22
如果启动了sys文件系统,将发现多出/sys/module/globalmem目录
ps:
本例中kernel通过device_create(...)自动创建了节点,也可以手动创建
sudo mknod /dev/globalmem c 150 0