1.块设备注册
int register_blkdev(unsigned int_major, const char *name);
该函数完成两件事:
a. 分配一个动态主设备号。
b. 在/proc/devices中创建一个入口。
/** * register_blkdev - register a new block device * * @major: the requested major device number [1..255]. If @major=0, try to * allocate any unused major number. * @name: the name of the new block device as a zero terminated string * * The @name must be unique within the system. * * The return value depends on the @major input parameter. * - if a major device number was requested in range [1..255] then the * function returns zero on success, or a negative error code * - if any unused major number was requested with @major=0 parameter * then the return value is the allocated major number in range * [1..255] or a negative error code otherwise */ int register_blkdev(unsignedint major, const char *name)//major是块设备的主设备号,name为设备名,他会在/proc/devices中显示。 如果major为0,内核会自动分配一个新的主设备号,函数返回值就是这个主设备号。 { struct blk_major_name **n, *p; int index, ret = 0; mutex_lock(&block_class_lock); /* temporary */ if (major == 0) { for (index = ARRAY_SIZE(major_names)-1; index > 0; index--) { if (major_names[index] == NULL) break; } if (index == 0) { printk("register_blkdev: failed to get major for %s\n", name); ret = -EBUSY; goto out; } major = index; ret = major; } p = kmalloc(sizeof(struct blk_major_name), GFP_KERNEL); if (p == NULL) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto out; } p->major = major; strlcpy(p->name, name, sizeof(p->name)); p->next = NULL; index = major_to_index(major); for (n = &major_names[index]; *n; n = &(*n)->next) { if ((*n)->major == major) break; } if (!*n) *n = p; else ret = -EBUSY; if (ret < 0) { printk("register_blkdev: cannot get major %d for %s\n", major, name); kfree(p); } out: mutex_unlock(&block_class_lock); return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_blkdev);
- 2.注销。
int unregister_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name); //参数必须与register_blkdev()匹配,否则返回错误。
void unregister_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name) { struct blk_major_name **n; struct blk_major_name *p = NULL; int index = major_to_index(major); mutex_lock(&block_class_lock); for (n = &major_names[index]; *n; n = &(*n)->next) if ((*n)->major == major) break; if (!*n || strcmp((*n)->name, name)) { WARN_ON(1); } else { p = *n; *n = p->next; } mutex_unlock(&block_class_lock); kfree(p); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_blkdev);