浅析为什么device_create()生成文件添加到/sys/devices/virtual/目录

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 [luther .gliethttp ]

luther@gliethttp : ~ $ ll /sys / class /tty /console
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009 -06 -30 09 :40 /sys / class /tty /console - > . . / . . /devices / virtual /tty /console
luther@gliethttp : ~ $ ll /sys /devices / virtual /tty /console /
total 0
-rw -r - -r - - 1 root root 4 .0K 2009 -06 -30 10 :51 uevent
drwxr -xr -x 2 root root 0 2009 -06 -30 10 :51 power
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009 -06 -30 10 :57 subsystem - > . . / . . / . . / . . / class /tty
-r - -r - -r - - 1 root root 4 .0K 2009 -06 -30 10 :57 dev

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[luther.gliethttp]

# ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
static struct kobject *get_device_parent ( struct device *dev ,
                     struct device *parent )
{
     /* class devices without a parent live in /sys/class/<classname>/ */
     if (dev - > class & & ( !parent | | parent - > class ! = dev - > class ) )
         return &dev - > class - >subsys .kobj ;
     /* all other devices keep their parent */
     else if (parent )
         return &parent - >kobj ;

     return NULL ;
}
# else
// 在我的ubnutu 8.10中使用的如下函数

static struct kobject *get_device_parent ( struct device *dev ,
                     struct device *parent )
{
     int retval ;

     if (dev - > class ) {
         struct kobject *kobj = NULL ;
         struct kobject *parent_kobj ;
         struct kobject *k ;

         /*
         * If we have no parent, we live in "virtual".
         * Class-devices with a non class-device as parent, live
         * in a "glue" directory to prevent namespace collisions.
         */
         if (parent = = NULL )
            parent_kobj = virtual_device_parent (dev ) ; // 获取/sys/devices/virtual目录对应的kobj

         else if (parent - > class )
             return &parent - >kobj ;
         else
            parent_kobj = &parent - >kobj ;

         /* find our class-directory at the parent and reference it */
        spin_lock ( &dev - > class - >class_dirs .list_lock ) ;
         // class->class_dirs本身就是一个kset

         // 如果该kset的list链表上没有挂接到/sys/devices/virtual目录上的son,那么说明该class_dirs还没有在

         // /sys/devices/virtual目录下创建,所以就需要创建该class名对应的目录[luther.gliethttp]

        list_for_each_entry (k , &dev - > class - >class_dirs . list , entry )
             if (k - >parent = = parent_kobj ) {
                kobj = kobject_get (k ) ;
                 break ;
             }
        spin_unlock ( &dev - > class - >class_dirs .list_lock ) ;
         if (kobj )
             return kobj ;
         // 创建/sys/devices/virtual/tty这个tty_class对应的目录

         /* or create a new class-directory at the parent device */
        k = kobject_create ( ) ;
         if ( !k )
             return NULL ;
        k - >kset = &dev - > class - >class_dirs ; // 名在/sys/devices/virtual/目录下创建以tty_class的name为目录名的目录[luther.gliethttp]

        retval = kobject_add (k , parent_kobj , "%s" , dev - > class - >name ) ; // 将kobj添加到parent_kobj对应目录下[luther.gliethttp]

         if (retval < 0 ) {
            kobject_put (k ) ;
             return NULL ;
         }
         /* do not emit an uevent for this simple "glue" directory */
         return k ;
     }

     if (parent )
         return &parent - >kobj ;
     return NULL ;
}
# endif